The Loneliest Girl In The Universe by Lauren James

Like I said on another one of my reviews, it's very rare I like a book so much that I finish it in two whole days!! This book really blew my mind, but like everything there were pros and cons for me. I truly would recommend this book but let's dig in to see more of my likes and dislikes of this book:

CONS
-There's more sexual stuff then I would have liked it. Come on we're in Space here people, let's not get into it. I mean yes sex does happen but can we not fantasize about and dream about it in every romance book? Romance is not all sex. These parts really turned me off.

- It was boring at times. I caught myself flipping through pages to see when the next exciting thing happened. But these boring parts never lasted long. So thank you for that, Lauren James.

- This book was tragic. Hence the title, "The Loneliest Girl In The Universe" I guess this is personally a really big con for myself when I'm looking for books. I hate sad books and thought that we weren't going to be reminded of tragic events every other chapter. I like to get away from the sad stuff the world can bring not read about it too.

-I don't see much self growth with the main character, Romy until the last page, literally. She had such good potential too. (I would really like to see a sequel to this book where Romy is on EARTH II where we can see that Romy grew up a bit.)


-The fanfic thing was too weird. I liked that the author incorporated fan fic into the story but the characters were ridiculous I just really dreaded every time we got to read some fan fic Romy had written.


PROS:

- The twists and turns that this book will take you on were unlike any other. I was so compelled to read more and more and then I realized I was at the last page!

- The dedication was perfect and stayed true. "For all the girls who never felt they were brave enough to be the hero in an adventure story," this book tells this to a T and oh my gosh will it make you feel awesome being a girl.

Romy was a perfect female hero. She had fears, she had doubt, she had a mental breakdown she wasn't so strong she couldn't cry, so strong she wasn't really female anymore, and the most part the male character wasn't weak to make the female character bigger and better and tougher. I'm looking at you Hunger Games. (Ya'll I'm a HUGE fan of the Hunger Games so I'm not bashing Ms. Collins)

-I realized I love stories set in space!

-The ending of this book was GREAT! Ms. James, second book please?

Christopher Robin

This book review was kind of hard to write. I liked this book very much and hated this book for the very same reasons.

-The writing was childlike. It was so simple and there was no description. There were just words inked on a page/ It's simplicity gave off the most childlike vibe and it made my imagination run wild with how many things I got to dress up.

-The storyline was predictable. From the very beginning of the book I knew how this story was going to end. / The simplicity of just being whisked away in the book and not worrying about plot twists or keeping track of things that maybe was foreshadowing something.

- Everything was perfectly peachy in the ending/ The ending that we all crave, The ending where everything is butterflies and rainbows. The ending that distracts us from life's hard trials and tribulations.

- Unrealistic. This could never happen.....ever/ Disney's magic always leaves us hoping that even though we know it can't that these stories will come true.

-No opening/lead for a second book. I understand that there are people that are saying, "Why would you want a second one? It doesn't need one....." But there are so many other adventures adult Christopher Robin can go on with his Hundred Acre Friends. After all no one gets a second chance to make new old friends.

When I was thinking about all these negative thoughts while reading keeping this review in mind. I needed to remind myself that this was in fact a children's book, a children's story. I think that's why it might have been hard for me to decipher which thing were actually pros and cons because there is still a child inside of me when I read these Disney books and watch Disney movies filled with innocence and the same old Disney magic.

Overall I was really excited when this book/movie was released and did enjoy revisiting Pooh and the gang through the words and am excited to see the movie