Hello world! Second fast review of the blog and I'm really excited about this one! First of all sorry about my lack of updates, I've been studying a lot for university (I'm studying translation) and I've also been reading quite a lot. I first heard about this book in one of Carrie Fletcher's videos on YouTube but when it appeared on my GoodReads recommendation list I knew I had to read it. I started it the day after finishing a trilogy and the least thing I wanted to do was read about other characters BUT it caught me immediately. So without further ado here is my fast book review for Billy and Me by Giovanna Fletcher:
At the beginning
of the book we met Sophie and the first thing I noticed about her is that she's
so easy to like that it's impossible to not feel for her. As she tells her
story in a very endearing way, the feelings only grow fonder and although there
are some times you want to scream at her, mostly you agree with her.
Giovanna
Fletcher presented us with a really cute easy-to-read story about every girl's
dream basically. A girl who, without knowing, falls in love with a movie star who's
filming a book adaptation in her small town. What makes this book so much
better, and set it apart from the other current romantic novels is the darkness
that it has. Sophie has a secret, something that affected her life so much that
shaped her into who she is. I felt really
connected with Sophie, and I don't know if it was because I have a similar life
story (not the part about the handsome boyfriend anyway) or because of the way
Giovanna wrote her, either way it was just really sentimental to read.
It has so
much character development that it's insane, but in a really good way. The
relationships between the characters change by the minute, they grow or
deteriorate, but the change is there. It's not a plain story, it's really full
of twists and turns that you don't expect.
Finally,
another thing that I really enjoyed was the truth on everything. How people
behave around her when she became the movie star's girlfriend, and how that behavior
changed from when she was just Sophie, although she never really changed, not
in that way at least. How there are mean people, and maybe people around them
don't realize they are mean or don't want to see it. How someone deals with
different life changing situations, a lot of them, in a really short period of
time. It was all really well described and the message powerfully transmitted.
So, I would
recommend this book to anyone who fancy a good love story, or just like to read
about people and relationships and about a girl's life being turned upside down
in one single action. This book is beautiful and deserves all the support in
the world.
Favorite book quote: “Love makes life worth living, not money” ― Giovanna Fletcher, Billy and Me
