Han chocks the book full of stock characters. When described in the abstract, there seems to be little outstanding about the novel. The rest of the story goes more or less like you think it will. Lara Jean and Peter enter into a contract in which they fake a relationship to make Peter's ex-girlfriend jealous. Lara Jean's letter-writing disaster flings her into an odd partnership with Peter Kavinsky, the high school jock. The plot is catalyzed when the letters are mailed out to their intended recipients and thus begins the story. She keeps her passion to herself, and when she has a crush, she writes a love letter to that person, then puts it in a box with no intention of ever sending it. She has never had a boyfriend and spends her days consuming romance novels and rom-coms rather than experiencing real love. Lara Jean Song Covey is a hopeless romantic going into her junior year of high school. And at first glance, the book seems like most other novels in the young adult romance genre. You might come in with the same impression if you know this book via the Netflix adaptation of the same name. I started Jenny Han's To All the Boys I've Loved Before thinking it would be like Cheetos: enjoyable but cheesy and of low quality. A typical young adult romance, yet neat in its prose and subtle, giving the story uncommon depth.
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