3⭐️— STAR-CROSSED more like plot crossed!! I usually quite like when plots cross and find each other in strange ways (ie Love, Actually, and other movies/books like that) but sometimes it’s just too much. That was the problem here.
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I don’t think either of the main characters grew at all in the novel. It takes place over a year and at the end all their decisions felt the same. Justine did something not great; she was dishonest in her job multiple times and dishonest in her oldest friendship. I don’t think she learned anything even after there were consequences. The background stories were interesting enough, it was cool to see how Justine’s actions affected more than just Nick. But we never got enough of those stories and it made the whole novel feel really choppy. I also didn’t really like Justine and Nick. Justine had potential but her choices and the stagnant nature of her character growth really threw me off. Nick on the other hand seemed like a wet blanket with virtually no potential. I don’t know why Laura(?) was so invested in getting him to change/stay with her. She would be thriving without him tbh.
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A fun-ish, quick read but ultimately a book I will forget about soon. The real question is: do you believe in astrology? I kinda do. It’s like, it’s definitely not real….. but what if it is. There are some people I know whose signs are truly THEM and other people who don’t match their signs at all. Honestly I just think it’s fun! Sometimes we just need a little random star-sign reading to brighten our day, y’know? So what’s your sign and do you feel like you fit it?
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