Friday, August 9, 2019

Review: To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han


Review:

I have seen this book around for years, but for some reason it never even made it to my TBR list.  One day I was scrolling through Netflix and noticed it was a Netflix original movie.  All of a sudden my interest was piqued and I added it to my TBR list, because you certainly can't watch the movie before reading the book.

Lara Jean is the middle of three sisters.  Her mother died when she was younger and her father is a very busy doctor.  Lara Jean's older sister, Margot, leaves to attend St. Andrews in Scotland and she is left to manage the house and her younger sister.  She is starting her junior year of high school when the unthinkable happens.  Someone mailed the letters she had written to five boys she had crushes on at various points in time since middle school.  The letters were never intended to be read by anyone except Lara Jean.  They were her way of expressing her feelings and putting an end to crushes she never acted upon.

As the boys begin approaching her about the letters, she decides to kiss Peter Kavinsky in front of Josh.  Both of the boys received letters, but Josh is the one she thinks she still has feelings for. Peter recently broke up with his girlfriend and wants to get her back, so the two devise a plan to act like they are dating  to make their true love interests jealous.  As the months pass by...they begin to realize they aren't pretending anymore.

This was an excellent story with very lovable characters.  I flew through the book and can't wait to read the rest of the series.  The ending was a bit abrupt and would have resulted in an agonizing wait for those who read this when it was first released.  That is definitely one of the pluses of stumbling upon a series after all of the books are already available.

I did watch the movie and was a bit disappointed.  They changed quite a few details compared to the book, which I didn't really think was necessary.  Perhaps if someone hasn't read the book and watches the movie without any expectations, they will find it more enjoyable.  I thought it was average at best and would have been happy with just the book in this case.

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