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Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour
5.0
"Everything leads to you" is a fresh and different contemporary. It's not only the LGBT, the film aspect, or the misterious story of Clyde. It's the way each developes and evolves around the others. Besides, Emi's sexuality being brought up so lightly gives the book a refreshing feeling.
I felt like I could really connect with Emi, her passion for her work and her self-criticism when she realizes stuff makes her such a real character, that plus her rants make it hard not to like her at least a little bit. Her friendship with Charlotte, and relationship with her brother, make nothing less than add up to them all, proving loyalty, quirkness and character itself. I found them such an important part of the book, well-built relationships are a goal to achieve, and LaCour did nailed it here.
I can't help but highlight once again the film aspect of this book. It’s incredible how much I got to learn, the descriptions and the passionate way Emi just /talks/ about sets and decoration and this adding a whole new effect to the movies feels almost magical.
The love story was not a cutesy lovesy dovesy one but a realer. I like how in some point of the book, there's a rant about the difference between movie love and real life love. That thing about life just GAH (positive GAH).
The love interest, Ava, has such a personality and an important backstory. I don't want to spoil a thing so I'll just tell you she's amazing and pretty and nice and just SO her.
Just fantastic and so worthy of reading.
5 glittering stars.
PS (kinda spoiler): YES&YES: WOW, like YEAH. That's a movie I would love to see. I think it was so well resoluted and I just wanted to know more and more about it.
I felt like I could really connect with Emi, her passion for her work and her self-criticism when she realizes stuff makes her such a real character, that plus her rants make it hard not to like her at least a little bit. Her friendship with Charlotte, and relationship with her brother, make nothing less than add up to them all, proving loyalty, quirkness and character itself. I found them such an important part of the book, well-built relationships are a goal to achieve, and LaCour did nailed it here.
I can't help but highlight once again the film aspect of this book. It’s incredible how much I got to learn, the descriptions and the passionate way Emi just /talks/ about sets and decoration and this adding a whole new effect to the movies feels almost magical.
The love story was not a cutesy lovesy dovesy one but a realer. I like how in some point of the book, there's a rant about the difference between movie love and real life love. That thing about life just GAH (positive GAH).
The love interest, Ava, has such a personality and an important backstory. I don't want to spoil a thing so I'll just tell you she's amazing and pretty and nice and just SO her.
Just fantastic and so worthy of reading.
5 glittering stars.
PS (kinda spoiler): YES&YES: WOW, like YEAH. That's a movie I would love to see. I think it was so well resoluted and I just wanted to know more and more about it.