Kasie West
Auteur van The Distance Between Us
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Kasie West is an American author, based in California. She is a graduate of Fresno State University with a Bachelor of Arts degree. She writes contemporary young adult novels. Her work includes The Distance Between Us; On the Fence; The Fill-In Boyfriend; The Sun, The Moon, and the Truth; P.S. I toon meer Like You; By Your Side; Lucky in Love; Love, Life, and the List; and Listen to Your Heart (May 2018). She also wrote the Pivot Point Series, which includes Pivot Point and Split Second. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
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Lonely Hearts Day 2 exemplaren
Katie West (3-pk set): On The Fence, The Distance Between Us, The Fill-in Boyfriend (2016) 1 exemplaar
Fünftausend Gründe, warum ich dich liebe 1 exemplaar
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This book was very, very cute and I liked it far more than the previous 2 by Kasie West that I’ve listened to (Love, Life & the List and Fame, Fate & the First Kiss).
It took me much longer than I usually need to finish a book because I was feeling quite uneasy at times o Maddie’s behalf and maybe I wasn’t in the right mood for feeling betrayed, lonely, insecure and confused.
My home situation at 17/18 looked a lot different than hers but I could nonetheless relate to her - a lot. How a very unideal family situation can turn you into a person who has to be accountable, responsable, reliable and who doesn’t like surprises, plans everything, wants to control everything possible and worries a lot about family and friends. I could definitely relate to that…
I felt like I knew her very well and maybe that is the reason I wasn’t too keen on these feelings and put the book aside for a while.
Anyway, the one big difference between Maddie and me is while she seems to be a trusting and very kind person, thinking only the best of others, I am very skeptical, suspicious of people’s behavior if they’re nice for no reason and don’t trust easily - and never have.
So, hoping not to be presumptuous I think I wouldn’t have made the same mistakes as Maddie and it seemed a bit strange to me that she did. But you never know, I never had that kind of money, not to mention from one day to the other and I wouldn’t want to. This whole topic made me anxious and I think Kasie West drew a realistic picture of how money changes people and their behavior.
Seth is actually the only one who doesn’t treat Maddie differently and I really liked him. He’s funny and kind, cares for Maddie but the whole romance part isn’t cheesy or over the top and for once the fight right before the ‘HEA’ didn’t seem totally unnecessary but quite realistic and understandable and when they talked things over it was cute and not a totally overdone romantic gesture which really annoy me and spoil sweet books and endings for me.
In the end not everything was great and resolved (which was great in itself, big reconciliations with everybody just aren’t realistic) but Maddie learned her lesson(s) and got the boy. So - I loved the book (and the anteater… (meer)