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A review by galaxiesofbooks
The Beautiful by RenΓ©e Ahdieh
3.75
okay so this book was enjoyable, πππ overrated imo. i don't usually read vampire themed books, so i thought i'd give it a try and it wasn't bad, but neither was it my favorite read.
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the plot was great, i loved the idea of it and the slow unraveling of events. i never guessed who the devil was. i found it kind of confusing as to what truly happened in the past between Bastien and the devil, like the back story of it all, we don't get that much info in this book. i guess in the 2nd it's more explained then? idk lol
i also found myself relating to Celine in so many occasions, i loved that she was one fearless character & didn't give a rat's ass about what people thought about her or her actions. i loved that she was independent, stoic and held her ground when she needed to do so. her personality was pretty good developed. i also enjoyed Pippa as Celine's best friend and i think we all need a Pippa in our lives lmaoo she was a proper definition of a best friend. caring, loving, supportive and honest. i completely fell in love with their friendship development.
also, Celine πππππ Shakespeare which i found amusing. idk why to be honest, i just loved when he was mentioned & ππππππ in her conversations w other people, if that makes sense lol.
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what i didn't like about this book was that there were sooo many french sentences that needed to be translated into english. there were times when the author in the next sentences ahead kinda gave us a translation of it, but then there were equal amount of times when i found it annoying instead of reading, having to pick up my phone and translate what the fuck did this sentence mean lol.
the plot didn't quite fully live up to it for me to give it 4 or even 5 diamonds. it was enjoyable, but not to the point where i could put it to my all time faves list or recommend to people saying it was phenomenal. bc it wasn't.
the romance aspects at times were really really sugary which i hate in books, although i guess it's good that it was slow burning.
the next thing is that the side characters had different personalities, so that's good, but i didn't really care for them & they weren't that much in the picture and fully developed. i think they should've been more in the scene of things.
and the last thing that i had issues with was that there were lots of descriptions which were completely unnecessary and while reading those parts of the book, i found myself being bored to death.
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it was still enjoyable and i would recommend reading this to vampire, forbidden romance lovers, but i don't want u to expect much as this book is still seen ππππππππππ, i think it's highly overrated.
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the plot was great, i loved the idea of it and the slow unraveling of events. i never guessed who the devil was. i found it kind of confusing as to what truly happened in the past between Bastien and the devil, like the back story of it all, we don't get that much info in this book. i guess in the 2nd it's more explained then? idk lol
i also found myself relating to Celine in so many occasions, i loved that she was one fearless character & didn't give a rat's ass about what people thought about her or her actions. i loved that she was independent, stoic and held her ground when she needed to do so. her personality was pretty good developed. i also enjoyed Pippa as Celine's best friend and i think we all need a Pippa in our lives lmaoo she was a proper definition of a best friend. caring, loving, supportive and honest. i completely fell in love with their friendship development.
also, Celine πππππ Shakespeare which i found amusing. idk why to be honest, i just loved when he was mentioned & ππππππ in her conversations w other people, if that makes sense lol.
β β β β β β β β β
what i didn't like about this book was that there were sooo many french sentences that needed to be translated into english. there were times when the author in the next sentences ahead kinda gave us a translation of it, but then there were equal amount of times when i found it annoying instead of reading, having to pick up my phone and translate what the fuck did this sentence mean lol.
the plot didn't quite fully live up to it for me to give it 4 or even 5 diamonds. it was enjoyable, but not to the point where i could put it to my all time faves list or recommend to people saying it was phenomenal. bc it wasn't.
the romance aspects at times were really really sugary which i hate in books, although i guess it's good that it was slow burning.
the next thing is that the side characters had different personalities, so that's good, but i didn't really care for them & they weren't that much in the picture and fully developed. i think they should've been more in the scene of things.
and the last thing that i had issues with was that there were lots of descriptions which were completely unnecessary and while reading those parts of the book, i found myself being bored to death.
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it was still enjoyable and i would recommend reading this to vampire, forbidden romance lovers, but i don't want u to expect much as this book is still seen ππππππππππ, i think it's highly overrated.