The story plot is good. Having a notebook to communicate may sound a little strange but it is interesting, especially considering the popularity of electronic communications today.
However, even though it is interesting, I still don’t find it appealing. Mainly because I’m not its intended audience. But if I had been 12 or 15, I would probably like it.
Lily
I don’t like her character. She’s whiny and demanding. She’s the least bit supportive when her parents decided to leave to Fiji and have their honeymoon. I know it may sound selfish for parents to leave their kids alone, but their son and daughter (Lily) are big enough to look after themselves. If the writers’ intention is to have a heroine like this, then they’ve succeeded.
Perhaps, having this kind of heroine is good. Because, I think her character is the complete opposite of the hero in the story.
Dash
I find Dash’s character a bit charming. Today, it’s very rare for a guy to be interested in books and yogurt. He is not a perfect character and he doesn’t try to be one. But the way his character developed is really good. Living with divorced parents, hating Christmas, being snarky – he was vividly and aptly described. He is also a bit romantic and he is passionate about what he likes, which is really a cute thing. Though, it was hard to read his POV (just saying).
The Story
It’s Christmas time, and Lily found herself feeling alone with her parents gone for their honeymoon and her brother too occupied with his boyfriend. To help her divert her attention and loneliness this holiday season, her brother gave her a red notebook and wrote a dare in it and left it in a library.
Dash accidentally found the red notebook and immediately got curious about it. Then, he followed all the notebook’s instructions and decided to also give a dare to whomever owns the notebook.
Lily didn’t expect the turn of events, and she gladly took the next challenge, until both of them were intertwined in the games of dares.
Even though they are strangers to each other, they find comfort in their words and they were able to express their thoughts and sentiments.
However, because of this, both had conjured the ideal image of one another. And so with an unexpected turn of events, they found out that no one among them is the ideal person they’ve been thinking about all this time.
This could have ended everything between them. However, both of them decided to start over again and continue what they have started and create the most happy ending to their story.
Ratings: 2 out of 2. It was ok only because of the plot story.
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