![]() ![]() One is that I’m not sure I’ve ever read a book with a main character living with sickle cell anemia before and I appreciated seeing that on the page, even if it was played for narm in the end. **The next paragraph contains mild spoilers**Ī few unexpectedly pleasant things occurred to me while reading this. Then she dies, and Jack spends the rest of the book inexplicably Groundhog Day-ing his way through the same summer over and over again, trying to help his friends and save his lady love. High school senior Jack falls for college freshman Kate and with a little help from his ridiculously loving friends and family woos her in a dozen different cutesy ways that all seem to start with bowls of cereal. It’s totally not what I expected or usually like, but it won me over. If See You Yesterday is hot sauce, this book is maple syrup. ![]() ![]() And it is all of that, but unlike the film, my main reaction while reading this was… … EGAG. The synopsis led me to believe it was a sci-fi time travel tale focused on fixing sad past mistakes, much like last year’s tear-jerking Netflix original See You Yesterday. I was expecting this book to be something totally different than what it was. ![]()
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