writing was so dry and i wasn't feeling either the romance or the comedy in this. maybe it gets better but i didn't feel like sticking around to find writing was so dry and i wasn't feeling either the romance or the comedy in this. maybe it gets better but i didn't feel like sticking around to find out...more
the romance was so painfully underbaked and the rest of it? i didn't care much about. the premise is my actual nightmare which doesn't help but honestthe romance was so painfully underbaked and the rest of it? i didn't care much about. the premise is my actual nightmare which doesn't help but honestly this felt more like someone summarizing a book than actually showing me what was happening. even with the flashbacks!
didn't hate it but this isn't what i was expecting....more
the reason celebrity romances typically don't work: the heroine has to be pathetic
maybe i have an inflated sense of self, but conceptually... why woulthe reason celebrity romances typically don't work: the heroine has to be pathetic
maybe i have an inflated sense of self, but conceptually... why would i obsess over a man when he should be obsessing over me? like. this is fiction. and you actively chose to write a white bread hero that our heroine thinks is a total catch in comparison to her total loser ex-husband? bleck. give me wish fulfillment. or write some harry styles fanfiction... give me a hero worth drooling over lmao.
also didn't care about this chick's blog and it didn't need to break up the narrative of the story.
not to double down on the pathetic aspect but she thought it was sweet that he "arrived" before they could even get started. bye....more
genuinely would not have guessed that the author was actually british. i don't have anything noteworthy to say except i much prefer the american puttegenuinely would not have guessed that the author was actually british. i don't have anything noteworthy to say except i much prefer the american puttering to british pottering. though i think i'd be pretty fucking annoyed either way since the author couldn't think of any other verb to describe what these characters were doing in their apartments during lockdown.
this actually wasn't that bad except that it didn't need to exist....more
~insert it's always sunny in philadelphia PatheticGirl43 meme here~
cause all these gals are p a t h e t i c. pitiful. sorry. sad. some of them justifi~insert it's always sunny in philadelphia PatheticGirl43 meme here~
cause all these gals are p a t h e t i c. pitiful. sorry. sad. some of them justifiably so but good lord, talk about a fucking snooze fest.
not even the death of a main character could rouse me from my brain fog while listening to this. there's soooo many romances and contemporaries that handle these topics in more interesting ways. sorry not sorry. boo. 1/10
no idea how to rate this because on the one hand, what a fucking mess
but on the other hand... at least this book commits. it's a truly unhinged josie no idea how to rate this because on the one hand, what a fucking mess
but on the other hand... at least this book commits. it's a truly unhinged josie silver book. a campy take on In Five Years. could have absolutely done without the 2000s fat shaming and other assorted aggressions though.
if you're craving a genuinely good laugh i think you should pick this up as a palate cleanser. laugh at rachel's many justifications for fucking her shitty best friend's man named dexter. giggle at childhood slights. guffaw at the "not like other girls" moments.
in essence live. laugh. commit adultery <3 ...more
ngl this was a little all over the place in terms of genre. but the last 25% of this book was SO enjoyable that i'm willing to overlook it. also i meangl this was a little all over the place in terms of genre. but the last 25% of this book was SO enjoyable that i'm willing to overlook it. also i mean... it was fun as hell and the aunties were fucking awesome. would recommend for a summer read HOWEVER do not go in expecting a murder mystery because that's not really what this is....more
ngl, i enjoyed this. i wish it had leaned more into the messiness but overall this was solid. mostly bc i have pretty specific taste in tropes (mutualngl, i enjoyed this. i wish it had leaned more into the messiness but overall this was solid. mostly bc i have pretty specific taste in tropes (mutual pining jazzes the hell out of my jollies) and this worked for me....more
probably wouldn't have picked this up on my own since it leans more women's fic/chick lit (hate those terms but dunno what else to call this) than romprobably wouldn't have picked this up on my own since it leans more women's fic/chick lit (hate those terms but dunno what else to call this) than romance BUT this was really good
(view spoiler)[and by "wouldn't have picked this up on my own" i mean that i'm reading all of the goodreads romance finalists for 2020 (hide spoiler)]...more
i guess you could say this is my favorite TJR book to date. which isn't saying much but i digress.
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i guess you could say this is my favorite TJR book to date. which isn't saying much but i digress.
story essentially follows big boobed and big bunned hannah down two different paths with two different men. i listened to this 100% on audio and listened to it at 3x speed. cause like, i don't love these contemporaries usually.
i think my favorite part of this book was that it didn't really matter what timeline was chosen. i think that reid did something really cool in having two pretty central female characters. one of the characters' life turns out different in each timeline and one of the characters' life turns out essentially the exact same. (the girl with the 2 different outcomes: she's equally happy in both)
i think for me, the book kind of teaches the lesson that it really doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things the little decisions you'll make. it might take you down a different path but ultimately you'll end up fine. also sort of proves the point that there is no "one" person for you. just the person you happen to meet and accept into your heart at the right time.
i'm still thinking about that, a day after having finished this book. so it definitely left an impact.
but i still don't connect on a deep level with TJR's characters. they seem to be vessels for a lesson rather than full fledged people. which is fine, they served their purpose well in this book. it just prevented me from developing any attachment to hannah or either of her love interests. i was really more in it for the meta aspect of the story rather than any particular timeline.
overall, sort of an average read for me but definitely my fav TJR thus far....more
"what's the rush, honey? we have all the time in the world.
cue the tears, a bitch is emotional... ok just sort of.
this book was about a woman's wh"what's the rush, honey? we have all the time in the world.
cue the tears, a bitch is emotional... ok just sort of.
this book was about a woman's whose husband passed away after a whirl wind romance. so quick, in fact, that the woman's mother in law doesn't even know her son was married. the story pretty much follows the MIL and widow as they grieve together.
if it sounds boring, that's cause it kind of was. it was told thru the past and the present. we get the widow falling in love with her dead husband a couple months prior and we get the grieving process. but the plot just wasn't... plotty. sure things happen but to me the "triumph of the human spirit" isn't something that i care to read books about.
call me a hater, but i do want something to happen when i'm reading. even if i do prefer character development.
this wasn't a total failure, i guess i kind of find life precious and short now or whatever. but this isn't something i'd read again or something i'll probably ever think of again. ...more
it was mostly the writing to be honest. there was a WHOLE lot of tell and not a lot of show. we're supposed to believethis really did not work for me.
it was mostly the writing to be honest. there was a WHOLE lot of tell and not a lot of show. we're supposed to believe that this girl was best friends with a guy, lost touch, and now he's a rock star. and she's supposed to interview him and they're gonna fall in love or whatever.
but we get almost NO context as to what their childhood friendship looked like. there is no relationship building in the present and we get no flashbacks to the past. we're just supposed to believe that people with completely different aspirations and at completely different life stages are supposed to magically work because we used to be best friends.
it made everything feel completely unbelievable, low stakes, and pretty insta-lovey.
this was also an issue because (view spoiler)[there is a cheating plot. (hide spoiler)] i mean i usually don't love this plot device anyway re: love triangles but it felt absolutely ridiculous that our main character would choose the rockstar she barely knows over a guy who she's actively been seeing for 2 years, GIVEN the context or lack thereof for her relationship with the rockstar.
on top of that, our heroine, Tru(dy) was completely naive and immature in her feelings and how she handled them. if you want to be with one guy, you need to let the other guy know immediately. dragging things out doesn't spare feelings.
had this book been written differently it could have been explosive. i like love triangles. i like rockstar romances. i like childhood best friends. but none of the pieces worked effectively here and i felt like i was reading someone's diary rather than a full fledged first person narrative....more
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