as wrong as it gets
#Edited

Okay, I was writing a review on a book earlier, and I was talking about my expectations. One of my points was referring to a character called Lily, and here's my sentence:

"Lily was going to be a girl who went through a lot to be where she was now."

I know it's wrong but I just can't seem to fix the sentence to prove my point.

Help please? Thanks in advance.

The Context:

So I read a book. Before I read it, I thought that she was going to be like this and like that.
However, she didn't turn out the way I expected her to.
The sentence I was asking about is actually what I was gonna write down in my review, after reading the book, and the part where she went through a lot was my thought before reading the book.

Hope this helps, tia.

Question

as wrong as it gets
#Edited

Okay, I was writing a review on a book earlier, and I was talking about my expectations. One of my points was referring to a character called Lily, and here's my sentence:

"Lily  was going to be a girl who went through a lot to be where she was now."

I know it's wrong but I just can't seem to fix the sentence to prove my point.

Help please? Thanks in advance.

The Context:

So I read a book. Before I read it, I thought that she was going to be like this and like that.
However, she didn't turn out the way I expected her to.
The sentence I was asking about is actually what I was gonna write down in my review, after reading the book, and the part where she went through a lot was my thought before reading the book.

Hope this helps, tia.

Answer

You may have meant this: I expected that Lily would be a girl who had gone through a lot to be where she was (then/at a specific past time).

Answer

thanks for the feedback xx, here's

The Context:

So I read a book. Before I read it, I thought that she was going to be like this and like that.
However, she didn't turn out the way I expected her to.
The sentence I was asking about is actually what I was gonna write down in my review, after reading the book, and the part where she went through a lot was my thought before reading the book.

Hope this helps, tia.

Answer

"Lily IS a girl who went through a lot to be where she IS now."

was = past; now = present

Answer

You probably need to give us the context, particularly with regard to the situation and the timing, so we can help you get the tenses right. Are you talking about what you thought about her at the beginning of the book?
And 'where she is now" is the end of the book?

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