All That Was part 2: Lili T


This is the second review of All That Was (you might have to read the first one to understand fully)
Lili T.
After All That Was written by Karen Rivers  published in 2018 I am amazed at how my perspective of the book has changed. Originally, I thought that the book was annoying because it had no chapters and that it tended to drag on. However after reading it fully, this book has definitely turned out to be a great book with lots of plot twists. Most of all it is one of those books that you have to read all the way through since the beginning is slow. 
As I mentioned in my other blog post, Soup (Pipers boyfriend and Sloane’s crush) plays a big role in the story, as it causes drama between the two best friends. However, in the beginning of the book you don’t really get a sense of who Soup is as a character or person. You only get Piper talking about how gorgeous he is. Once you read further in the book when it jumps to after Pipers death it is interesting to finally get a part of the book from Soups point of view. You start to see that he is a lot more like Sloane than Piper. He is a very curious person but never says his thoughts out loud. And he cares about himself more than other people sometimes. 
The most fun part about All That Was is trying to figure out who Pipers killer is. It is one of those things that you’ll never guess. When I learned who it was, it made sense but I was stunned. If you read my first blog post and have been thinking of reading this book, I would definitely give it a try. Although slow at the start, it is the perfect mix of drama, romance, and suspense. 

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  1. Dan Y.December 12, 2019 at 6:13 PM

    Nice post! It's interesting to see how different two halves of a book can be. While you obviously didn't enjoy the first half very much, it's cool to see that the author seems to expand a whole lot more on the story later on in the novel. I guess this novel can serve as a good example of how pushing through a seemingly boring story can eventually be rewarding in the end. It seems that a lot of books sometimes dump too much exposition before the actual events.

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