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3.57 AVERAGE
3.57 AVERAGE
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Okay, I really tried to like Josh. And it sort of worked… until he and Jess got together. After that, the whole book basically turned into a hostage situation—me, trapped with their relationship drama…
Jess? Icon.
The writing style? So far so good.
Josh? …Josh had the energy of a man who brings a PowerPoint to foreplay!!!!
The moment they confessed their love, everything fell apart faster than a Shein dress in the washing machine. And that sex scene? Bro. He literally forces her hand onto his ding-dong, she pulls away, and then he does it again. That’s not passion… It was about as romantic as being mansplained the stock market.
And don’t get me started on his “genius” politics. Not everyone has to be left-wing, fine. But this man—this Wall Street wunderkind—was serving takes so deranged, I half-expected him to claim birds aren’t real. And the worst part? He didn’t even understand other arguments. Like, bro, you’re not deep, you’re just confused. Watching him debate was like watching a potato attempt a TED Talk.
So yeah, not bad written book, sure. But the “message”? Apparently: Date someone who is bad at consent, bad at politics, AND bad at listening, so you can spend the rest of your life in a one-woman reboot of The Shining.
funny
hopeful
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I loved this book! I raced through it and found it funny and entertaining whilst also being reflective and thought provoking on a number of interesting topics. I really liked Jess as a character and loved the writing.
Both protagonists were unlikeable and an overall badly written book. The message did not come across well and contradicted the themes of the book. The messages the book was trying to send felt both forced and contradictory due to the way it was written. These characters would not end up together in real life
I don't think the writing in this book was sharp/clear enough to deliver the point that I think it was trying to deliver? Also I feel like had the story ended before Josh and Jess got back together, I might have enjoyed it a bit more plot-wise? It felt like Jess was finally starting to ask herself important questions, and see the true nature behind her incompatibility with Josh, just to unlearn it all in the last 2-3 chapters. This book was very hard to read at times and ultimately took me a total of 19 days to read all the way through. Super unfortunate that it was marketed as a cutesy romance because it sends a harmful message.
emotional
lighthearted
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Major side eye to Josh. I love Jess having a boujee lifestyle and I’m all for her lover girl era, and for this reason I went back and forth rooting for them for half of the book. I believe people are capable of change! My bad, that didn’t play out well. I wouldn’t recommend this book to someone unless they were troubled by some internal demons.
It’s obvious that Josh cares and loves Jess - but he gives ‘I don’t see color’ which I hate for her. She’s been through ENOUGH :( I found it difficult to understand the authors position on them until the last chapter, the last page even. Honestly, as a black girl in her 20s navigating my own era of corporate life and dating, it seems like it will be the most painful romantic relationship of Jess’ life. In a different more psychological way than her college boyfriend.
That being said, I found Jess to be really annoying sometimes. I’m sure I feel that way because I had a 3 (+?) year existential crisis about being in business school while I was in business school. Reading about someone finally crash out over it after getting a finance degree didn’t feel realistic to me. Like babes did you pay attention in those Finance courses? Was Business Law and Society not a pre-requisite for your degree??
Last page put an actual pit in my stomach. Reading it felt dystopian even though we all lived through it, twice now. Everything is definitely not fine!
It’s obvious that Josh cares and loves Jess - but he gives ‘I don’t see color’ which I hate for her. She’s been through ENOUGH :( I found it difficult to understand the authors position on them until the last chapter, the last page even. Honestly, as a black girl in her 20s navigating my own era of corporate life and dating, it seems like it will be the most painful romantic relationship of Jess’ life. In a different more psychological way than her college boyfriend.
That being said, I found Jess to be really annoying sometimes. I’m sure I feel that way because I had a 3 (+?) year existential crisis about being in business school while I was in business school. Reading about someone finally crash out over it after getting a finance degree didn’t feel realistic to me. Like babes did you pay attention in those Finance courses? Was Business Law and Society not a pre-requisite for your degree??
Last page put an actual pit in my stomach. Reading it felt dystopian even though we all lived through it, twice now. Everything is definitely not fine!