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readerette's review
hopeful
lighthearted
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
3.0
Great to have neurodiversity and mental illness normalization/representation in fiction.
This book is predictable, as romances often are, and the writing did not draw me in, personally. It felt to me like a recitation of events and dialogue, not a compelling story. This could have been a deliberate choice since the main character frequently talks about focusing on the facts, but if that is what was happening, it wasn't appealing to me as a reader.
The main character's quick transformation from constant struggle with OCD to essentially just choosing to be less worried about things didn't seem entirely realistic. It was just a couple of sentences and suddenly she could do all the things she had previously worried about.
I didn't sense much chemistry between the main characters but I imagine that was intentional (a temperate relationship rather than fire and sex), though probably also because the writing style was less about character building and more about stating what was happening.
This book is predictable, as romances often are, and the writing did not draw me in, personally. It felt to me like a recitation of events and dialogue, not a compelling story. This could have been a deliberate choice since the main character frequently talks about focusing on the facts, but if that is what was happening, it wasn't appealing to me as a reader.
The main character's quick transformation from constant struggle with OCD to essentially just choosing to be less worried about things didn't seem entirely realistic. It was just a couple of sentences and suddenly she could do all the things she had previously worried about.
I didn't sense much chemistry between the main characters but I imagine that was intentional (a temperate relationship rather than fire and sex), though probably also because the writing style was less about character building and more about stating what was happening.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Mental illness and Pregnancy
Minor: Cancer, Death of parent, and Grief
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