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DNF @ 25 %.
I might be in a reading slump, because this is the second book this month I just couldn't finish.
I started listening to the audiobook, and as other reviewers have mentioned as well, the narration is definitely not the most enjoyable. The accents of Emma's mother and Moses are downright offensive. The writing would probably be okay, but I found it jarring that Emma's parts were told in the first person, whereas Cooper's were told in the third person. I love a dual POV, but this didn't do it for me.
As I'm sure many do, I read to escape my own reality and to see characters get their happy-for-now. 25% in, everybody was just miserable for one reason or another. There are also way too many characters and everyone has something heavy and not easily solvable to deal with (infertility, unrequited love, possibly infidelity, loneliness, and so on).
I might be in a reading slump, because this is the second book this month I just couldn't finish.
I started listening to the audiobook, and as other reviewers have mentioned as well, the narration is definitely not the most enjoyable. The accents of Emma's mother and Moses are downright offensive. The writing would probably be okay, but I found it jarring that Emma's parts were told in the first person, whereas Cooper's were told in the third person. I love a dual POV, but this didn't do it for me.
As I'm sure many do, I read to escape my own reality and to see characters get their happy-for-now. 25% in, everybody was just miserable for one reason or another. There are also way too many characters and everyone has something heavy and not easily solvable to deal with (infertility, unrequited love, possibly infidelity, loneliness, and so on).
Content Warnings
Graphic: Infertility
Minor: Eating disorder
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