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A review by angieoverbooked
One Last Word by Suzanne Park
lighthearted
medium-paced
3.0
This was so promising and had a strong start. I love the premise- a tech entrepreneur with an app idea that allows users to plan messages, “one last word,”that will go out after they die. I love the serendipity of her reconnecting with her high school crush who becomes her mentor. I liked the main and side characters. The dialogue and banter were fun.
But around the halfway point, unnecessary things started happening. And I think it was just too ambitious. There were multiple half baked plot points. If just a few were more fleshed out, this would have been great. But instead of paring them down, it’s like every interesting story idea Park thought of made it in the book. I enjoyed her writing but, unfortunately, I think the plot just got away from itself.
Ratings
Quality of Writing 4/5
Pacing 4/5
Plot Development 2/5
Character Development 3/5
Overall Enjoyability 3/5