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p_o_g's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
readingwiththeresa's review against another edition
3.0
3.5 stars: I really enjoyed this book. It was fast-paced, funny and seemed fitting for a holiday read. The book didn’t mention much (if anything) about holidays but for me personally, it was a cute story like watching a hallmark movie.
sirkkuwrites's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Loveable characters? Yes
3.5
peggyecarter's review against another edition
lighthearted
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
rachdonz's review against another edition
3.0
While I enjoy a good romance novel from time to time, this one just didn’t hit for me. I realllllllly didn’t like Ava’s character, and the last couple of chapters ruined it for me. This is one of those novels where I would’ve preferred the couple NOT end up together, but books like this have to have their happy ending I guess.
‘Love Your Life’ started off interesting and then dragged on a little too long. This book could’ve easily been about 100 pages shorter.
‘Love Your Life’ started off interesting and then dragged on a little too long. This book could’ve easily been about 100 pages shorter.
amera314's review against another edition
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
This is the love story of Ava and Matt who meet on a writers retreat and don’t know anything about each other. They fall in love and return to London to find their lives aren’t compatible.
If you don’t like instalove, don’t read this. If you don’t like quirky FMCs, don’t read this. I wanted to like this book as I love a good romcom but Ava was one of the most irritating characters I have ever read about. She marches to the beat of her own drum and has no idea how the rest of the world works. Also I have no idea how you fall in love with someone without knowing anything about them. Maybe I’m too cynical for this book.
If you don’t like instalove, don’t read this. If you don’t like quirky FMCs, don’t read this. I wanted to like this book as I love a good romcom but Ava was one of the most irritating characters I have ever read about. She marches to the beat of her own drum and has no idea how the rest of the world works. Also I have no idea how you fall in love with someone without knowing anything about them. Maybe I’m too cynical for this book.
fer28's review against another edition
3.0
I struggled a little with the two main characters in this book. They both are somewhat unlike able and so different, it seems fairly impossible that their romance would ever get past their 1st meeting.
The book improves as it goes along but I actually would have preferred a book about the main characters friends Nell and Topher. Their characters seem to have more depth and strength of character.
Still, I liked where things ended but it took a bit too long to get there.
The book improves as it goes along but I actually would have preferred a book about the main characters friends Nell and Topher. Their characters seem to have more depth and strength of character.
Still, I liked where things ended but it took a bit too long to get there.
confessions_of_a_bookaholic's review against another edition
3.0
When Ava heads to a writing retreat in Italy to focus on finishing her novel the last thing on her mind is finding love. That is atleast until she meets Matt and falls in love at first sight. After a whirlwind romance Matt and Ava return to their normal lives in London. They're both determined that they will make their holiday love a long time thing, but as their real lives start to collide it's one mishap after another. Can they overcome their differences and make their relationship work in the real world?
I normally love Sophie Kinsella and find her books great light relief. Whilst this one ticked that box in a lot of ways it wasn't my favourite, and I found it easy to put down (especially in the first half or so).
Plot wise you can kind of get the general gist of this, it follows a trope we're all familiar with, but as I've said many times nobody reads these sorts of books to be surprised. You read them for a happy ending and a giggle along the way.
I think the thing I found hard about this one was that I found Ava really really irritating! Just about everything about her was grinding my gears, from her 'portfolio career' - read doesn't finish anything, to her refusal to properly train her dog. That last one is a pet peeve of mine actually, as a dog owner myself nothing annoys me more than other dog owners who refuse to take responsibility for how their dogs behave. Anyway back to the book. Ava just was not my cup of tea. She's the kind of protagonist I hate reading about. I did however love Topher and Nihal, they were my favourite characters.
Things did pick up a bit towards the end, but overall I wasn't really invested in Ava and Matt as a couple, they would have been better off going their separate ways. As I said at the start this wasn't my favourite Kinsella book, but fans of rom coms will find plenty to like.
I normally love Sophie Kinsella and find her books great light relief. Whilst this one ticked that box in a lot of ways it wasn't my favourite, and I found it easy to put down (especially in the first half or so).
Plot wise you can kind of get the general gist of this, it follows a trope we're all familiar with, but as I've said many times nobody reads these sorts of books to be surprised. You read them for a happy ending and a giggle along the way.
I think the thing I found hard about this one was that I found Ava really really irritating! Just about everything about her was grinding my gears, from her 'portfolio career' - read doesn't finish anything, to her refusal to properly train her dog. That last one is a pet peeve of mine actually, as a dog owner myself nothing annoys me more than other dog owners who refuse to take responsibility for how their dogs behave. Anyway back to the book. Ava just was not my cup of tea. She's the kind of protagonist I hate reading about. I did however love Topher and Nihal, they were my favourite characters.
Things did pick up a bit towards the end, but overall I wasn't really invested in Ava and Matt as a couple, they would have been better off going their separate ways. As I said at the start this wasn't my favourite Kinsella book, but fans of rom coms will find plenty to like.
kaulhilo's review against another edition
5.0
i have...so many emotions.....
this book read more like her older novels than her more recent ones and i’m so incredibly glad for that; most of my life has been spent finding comfort from sophie kinsella novels and i’m glad this one, even slightly, imitated what drew me to her in the first place. i couldn’t stop thinking about becky and luke while reading about matt and ava, and honestly love your life followed a lot of the shopaholic blueprint, especially when it came to the romance, but like... it made sense. it felt right. it was perfect. (although now i’m feeling very beg-gy for more shopaholic novels, which is alarming because i’m always feeling desperate for more but.. the need is exceptionally strong right now).
all in all, it’s 4 am, i have zero coherent thoughts, but i loved this book and it absolutely broke my heart and ruined me, but also picked me up and fixed everything and added glitter to the wound so... (not very sanitary but) all good. if anyone can pick up what’s been an absolute disaster of a month, it’s sophie and i’m so glad she chose to put out a book now, when i needed it desperately.
> 4.5 stars but i’m openly biased and will give anything sophie kinsella writes 5,000 stars.
this book read more like her older novels than her more recent ones and i’m so incredibly glad for that; most of my life has been spent finding comfort from sophie kinsella novels and i’m glad this one, even slightly, imitated what drew me to her in the first place. i couldn’t stop thinking about becky and luke while reading about matt and ava, and honestly love your life followed a lot of the shopaholic blueprint, especially when it came to the romance, but like... it made sense. it felt right. it was perfect. (although now i’m feeling very beg-gy for more shopaholic novels, which is alarming because i’m always feeling desperate for more but.. the need is exceptionally strong right now).
all in all, it’s 4 am, i have zero coherent thoughts, but i loved this book and it absolutely broke my heart and ruined me, but also picked me up and fixed everything and added glitter to the wound so... (not very sanitary but) all good. if anyone can pick up what’s been an absolute disaster of a month, it’s sophie and i’m so glad she chose to put out a book now, when i needed it desperately.
> 4.5 stars but i’m openly biased and will give anything sophie kinsella writes 5,000 stars.