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2 Stars
Reviewed on: Brina and the Books
The beginning of the book was super exciting. I didn’t want to stop reading at all, but every time they announced my subway stop, I reluctantly had to get off the train to get to work. I was so excited about this story that I started to tell my colleague and friend about it. I didn’t care if she wanted to know or not, I just had to tell someone about this amazing story.
I don’t know what it was about the characters, Sadie, Nathan, and Finn, but there was so much mystery surrounding them, it was intriguing. Every one of them had secrets and I wanted to uncover them as fast as I could. It was so much fun guessing what they were hiding. I couldn’t wait for the big boom and the major plot twist. At least I was so sure I was headed toward one big “explosion” but the big boom never came and it left me disappointed.
With every chapter I finished, with ever page I turned, I got more and more frustrated. Not only with the story but the characters became more and more annoying too – especially Sadie and Finn. Their actions, their behavior, their choices, their thinking: everything was so wrong and not appealing to me in the slightest. They were bad people. Bad people who really deserved each other.
Nathan was frustrating as well. He should have opened his mouth and should have told Sadie what’s been going on. Everything that happened between Finn, Sadie, and Finn could have been avoided. Sadie’s not better. If she had opened her mouth all those years ago, the whole fiasco wouldn’t have happened. I guess then we also wouldn’t have gotten this book but I can definitely live with that.
With this story, Hawkins went into a direction, I wasn’t expecting. I honestly don’t want to read books that address this kind of topic. It’s wrong and inexcusable. I’m surprised I even finished this book.
Slip of the Tongue was not the book for me, sadly. Don’t let this rather negative review put you off reading, though. If you really want to read it, you should go ahead and give it a try. Maybe it’s just the book for you.
Reviewed on: Brina and the Books
The beginning of the book was super exciting. I didn’t want to stop reading at all, but every time they announced my subway stop, I reluctantly had to get off the train to get to work. I was so excited about this story that I started to tell my colleague and friend about it. I didn’t care if she wanted to know or not, I just had to tell someone about this amazing story.
I don’t know what it was about the characters, Sadie, Nathan, and Finn, but there was so much mystery surrounding them, it was intriguing. Every one of them had secrets and I wanted to uncover them as fast as I could. It was so much fun guessing what they were hiding. I couldn’t wait for the big boom and the major plot twist. At least I was so sure I was headed toward one big “explosion” but the big boom never came and it left me disappointed.
With every chapter I finished, with ever page I turned, I got more and more frustrated. Not only with the story but the characters became more and more annoying too – especially Sadie and Finn. Their actions, their behavior, their choices, their thinking: everything was so wrong and not appealing to me in the slightest. They were bad people. Bad people who really deserved each other.
Nathan was frustrating as well. He should have opened his mouth and should have told Sadie what’s been going on. Everything that happened between Finn, Sadie, and Finn could have been avoided. Sadie’s not better. If she had opened her mouth all those years ago, the whole fiasco wouldn’t have happened. I guess then we also wouldn’t have gotten this book but I can definitely live with that.
With this story, Hawkins went into a direction, I wasn’t expecting. I honestly don’t want to read books that address this kind of topic. It’s wrong and inexcusable. I’m surprised I even finished this book.
Slip of the Tongue was not the book for me, sadly. Don’t let this rather negative review put you off reading, though. If you really want to read it, you should go ahead and give it a try. Maybe it’s just the book for you.
This was my fourth book I have read by Jessica and this one didnt disappoint either. I really enjoyed this story and it was just what I needed for a good romance emotional read. It had just enough steam to it and kept my attention throughout the whole book. I felt bad for Sadie and what she was going through with her relationship with Nathan. I really felt like he didnt care for her and just kept shutting her out. I could see why she turned to Finn to make her feel better and to feel wanted. They both needed it. The ending was okay. I was shocked to see what Sadie ended up choosing in the end and am curious to the man she didnt choose did with the rest of his life.. overall good read and I recommend reading her books! I definitely will be checking out the others in this series.
Quick review for a rather compelling read. I probably think of this book on the same level as Megan Hart's "Tear You Apart" - and considering how much I respect Megan Hart as a writer, that's high praise, even if that wasn't one of my favorite narratives in her bibliography. Jessica Hawkins's writing pulled me into the novel from point one all the way to the very ending. I'm surprised how invested I was in this novel despite how frustrated I was with the very flawed cast of characters and their respective situations. Granted, I didn't like the subject matter of this book (it deals with romantic relationships involving cheating), but I went into the book for the experience of the story. This narrative laid bare many of the complex emotions and flaws for each of the characters. I honestly understood and learned why each character acted and reacted the way they did. There are some clashes that feel formulaic for narratives of this genre, but I think Hawkins did a good job of adding layers of dimension, moral conflict and intimacy (physical, mental, emotional) throughout the narrative on more than one level.
This story centers on the experiences of Sadie, a woman disillusioned by the mounting distance between her and her husband Nathan. Granted, Nate is dealing with a number of different issues (i.e. his father dying, his and Sadie's inability to have children) but Sadie feels completely shut out by his unjust attitudes, anger, and lack of intimacy with her (not just sex, though sex is a part of that consideration). Enter Finn, the next door neighbor who seems familiar to Sadie, and she seems to have a connection that feels familiar (though it's later revealed in the narrative why it is familiar, so it isn't really a case of instalove). As the distance between her and Nathan grows (and she suspects him of cheating with another woman because of his distance), she finds Finn to be a shoulder to lean on as well as well as someone to be intimate with. What happens in the mix of this is a smorgasbord of haphazard communications, presumptions, insecurities and clashes that are difficult to watch but still feel real enough that the reader can believe they would actually happen (Heck, I honestly think this whole novel could be something that a real couple goes through, though I'm not sure still how I feel about how the book ended - those threads were a little too neatly tied).
Sadie herself is insecure and often selfish in the mix of these clashes, but I found it refreshing that the narrative has its fingers on the pulse of some of these conflicts and actually takes the time to explore them rather than exploit them for the sake of drama. This book does not glorify cheating, despite times where it explores the physical intimacies of the characters in detail. Rather, it gives a really messy lens to the matter from the perspective of a woman who is at times sympathetic for her longing to resolve things with her husband and find things to fill the emotional voids she's feeling, but at other times offputting for her lack of recognition for the needs and desires of the people around her. She's at least self-aware enough to realize "Oh crap, I screwed up" on several occasions (though there are many occasions where she doesn't go nearly far enough). I probably railed on each of the characters in this novel at least twice, so I can't say that there's any one character that I actually fully liked and stood behind through the narrative, but rather I saw certain situations and clashes where I was like "That's a good point" or "That's completely messed up" or "Dude/Woman bye" depending on the scene.
In other words, it definitely left me feeling a range of emotions through the work and I saw that to be a good thing despite moments where I sank down or squirmed in my seat. Maybe even watched/listened through my fingers.
In the end, I think "Slip of the Tongue" was worth the read and it definitely makes me curious to see what other work Jessica Hawkins has done. I went back and forth between what I wanted to rate this narrative given the portrayal of the subject matter. I'm settling at about 3 stars, because I'm on the fence about it even after I've turned the final page. Hawkins did well for the narrative pull of the story, keeping the reader on their toes for the root of the conflict and resolution while also being thorough, but certain elements still took away from the work to keep it from being a narrative I would want to re-read more than once or return to eagerly.
Overall score: 3/5 stars.
This story centers on the experiences of Sadie, a woman disillusioned by the mounting distance between her and her husband Nathan. Granted, Nate is dealing with a number of different issues (i.e. his father dying, his and Sadie's inability to have children) but Sadie feels completely shut out by his unjust attitudes, anger, and lack of intimacy with her (not just sex, though sex is a part of that consideration). Enter Finn, the next door neighbor who seems familiar to Sadie, and she seems to have a connection that feels familiar (though it's later revealed in the narrative why it is familiar, so it isn't really a case of instalove). As the distance between her and Nathan grows (and she suspects him of cheating with another woman because of his distance), she finds Finn to be a shoulder to lean on as well as well as someone to be intimate with. What happens in the mix of this is a smorgasbord of haphazard communications, presumptions, insecurities and clashes that are difficult to watch but still feel real enough that the reader can believe they would actually happen (Heck, I honestly think this whole novel could be something that a real couple goes through, though I'm not sure still how I feel about how the book ended - those threads were a little too neatly tied).
Sadie herself is insecure and often selfish in the mix of these clashes, but I found it refreshing that the narrative has its fingers on the pulse of some of these conflicts and actually takes the time to explore them rather than exploit them for the sake of drama. This book does not glorify cheating, despite times where it explores the physical intimacies of the characters in detail. Rather, it gives a really messy lens to the matter from the perspective of a woman who is at times sympathetic for her longing to resolve things with her husband and find things to fill the emotional voids she's feeling, but at other times offputting for her lack of recognition for the needs and desires of the people around her. She's at least self-aware enough to realize "Oh crap, I screwed up" on several occasions (though there are many occasions where she doesn't go nearly far enough). I probably railed on each of the characters in this novel at least twice, so I can't say that there's any one character that I actually fully liked and stood behind through the narrative, but rather I saw certain situations and clashes where I was like "That's a good point" or "That's completely messed up" or "Dude/Woman bye" depending on the scene.
In other words, it definitely left me feeling a range of emotions through the work and I saw that to be a good thing despite moments where I sank down or squirmed in my seat. Maybe even watched/listened through my fingers.
In the end, I think "Slip of the Tongue" was worth the read and it definitely makes me curious to see what other work Jessica Hawkins has done. I went back and forth between what I wanted to rate this narrative given the portrayal of the subject matter. I'm settling at about 3 stars, because I'm on the fence about it even after I've turned the final page. Hawkins did well for the narrative pull of the story, keeping the reader on their toes for the root of the conflict and resolution while also being thorough, but certain elements still took away from the work to keep it from being a narrative I would want to re-read more than once or return to eagerly.
Overall score: 3/5 stars.
That was kind of lame. I just didn’t buy it.
It’s a well-written story (though too long overall, with a rushed ending) that I had a hard time connecting with emotionally. Though it was hot and forbidden, I didn’t experience nearly the level of angst that I thought I would, and that’s mainly because the protagonist just wasn’t that anxious or conflicted about her actions. I could appreciate her selfishness and realism, but her lack of empathy for the two men she juggled made this a shallow read. I didn’t have an issue with the fact that she strayed from her marriage, I had an issue with the fact that she didn’t care that she strayed. She really only cared about herself, and I perceived any kind of self-reflection that she attempted as fake. Although I can toast a drink to that level of narcissism, you aren’t going to tug at my heartstrings for a character that’s that cold, even though there’s some redemption in the end. I honestly don’t know what either of these men saw in her, so this book has the honor of being the first love triangle that didn’t elicit any emotions from me. I don’t recommend, and I probably won’t read this author’s work again.
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Ok so I liked this book but I hated Sadie. She was so freaking selfish. I felt bad for both Finn and especially her Husband Nathan. Yeah he shut her out but that doesn’t give you the right to cheat. They both lacked proper communication skills. All of their problems could have been easily resolved with them talking. I don’t know how he was even able to forgive her after that kind of betrayal. This wasn’t just a fling with Finn. She cared for him and at one point was going to choose him. Sadie played the victim in my opinion. Poor me poor me. Ugh she deserves to be alone. Poor Nathan is settling with her.
ARC was kindly provided by the author and Book Enthusiast Promotions via Netgalley, in exchange for an honest review.
4 stars!
Oh this book! I requested it yesterday on Netgalley and got approved immediately so I said the classic I'll read a chapter before bed just to see if it's any good. Yeah... 4 hours later and I was in shock! I literally could not have read this any faster, so amazing!
Sadie's marriage is falling apart, her husband Nathan is suddenly very distant and she doesn't know why but she's keeping it together for now, waiting to see how things are going to progress. That is until a new neighbor moves across from her and yeah, you get where this is going right? Finn and Sadie immediately become sort of friends. Nathan is gone most of the time, due to his work, and volunteering work, his sick father and his free time spent with friends; no, he's actually not a bad guy, I'll get to that later.
Finn and Sadie have this very easy friendship that starts kind of reluctant. She's alone most of the time, he's moving and things have a natural progress, nothing about this felt forced, or too much. Sadie had a very believable chemistry with both her husband, of course, and Finn. Up to a point, I was rooting for both of them to be honest, and I didn't know who I wanted her to end up with.
Nathan, he is such a great guy. I loved this about the story, that the author didn't try to make the husband a monster just to justify the wife, although the story is told from her POV and she sees things from a certain angle, in the middle of all that's been happening between the three of them, things aren't always as they seem. Nathan was an absolute delight, I loved his character, he literally worshiped his wife but even that is kind of too much at times, he spoiled her and with time and it got to a point where Sadie became selfish in the relationship, always taking but not always giving back to him.
Sadie was great, she was herself throughout the book, yes she was selfish and spoiled, always used to Nathan putting her first and satisfying her needs before she even registered them so when he stopped she immediately had to re-evaluate the whole thing. As a couple they went through a lot of stages and you could feel the love despite everything and in spite of everything, they truly loved each other.
Finn on the other hand, he was fresh and ballsy, he was straight forward about wanting her but he too had a lot of pre-Sadie stuff to handle. I didn't like that the Sadie/Finn storyline at one point got too lovely-dovey and too cute for them, like the story was trying way too hard to prove they had something real.
I loved the writing and I loved the amount of dog scenes, not a lot of books have pets in them but this one had a decent amount and OMG the cuteness. It was angsty and shocking when you least expect it to be, it was good reading an NA book after so many Fantasy books, I really stayed up all night to finish because I had to know what was going to happen and the ending, it was sweet and I loved the conclusion ♥
4 stars!
“I will love you the same in the dark as I do in the light.”
Oh this book! I requested it yesterday on Netgalley and got approved immediately so I said the classic I'll read a chapter before bed just to see if it's any good. Yeah... 4 hours later and I was in shock! I literally could not have read this any faster, so amazing!
Sadie's marriage is falling apart, her husband Nathan is suddenly very distant and she doesn't know why but she's keeping it together for now, waiting to see how things are going to progress. That is until a new neighbor moves across from her and yeah, you get where this is going right? Finn and Sadie immediately become sort of friends. Nathan is gone most of the time, due to his work, and volunteering work, his sick father and his free time spent with friends; no, he's actually not a bad guy, I'll get to that later.
Finn and Sadie have this very easy friendship that starts kind of reluctant. She's alone most of the time, he's moving and things have a natural progress, nothing about this felt forced, or too much. Sadie had a very believable chemistry with both her husband, of course, and Finn. Up to a point, I was rooting for both of them to be honest, and I didn't know who I wanted her to end up with.
Nathan, he is such a great guy. I loved this about the story, that the author didn't try to make the husband a monster just to justify the wife, although the story is told from her POV and she sees things from a certain angle, in the middle of all that's been happening between the three of them, things aren't always as they seem. Nathan was an absolute delight, I loved his character, he literally worshiped his wife but even that is kind of too much at times, he spoiled her and with time and it got to a point where Sadie became selfish in the relationship, always taking but not always giving back to him.
Sadie was great, she was herself throughout the book, yes she was selfish and spoiled, always used to Nathan putting her first and satisfying her needs before she even registered them so when he stopped she immediately had to re-evaluate the whole thing. As a couple they went through a lot of stages and you could feel the love despite everything and in spite of everything, they truly loved each other.
Finn on the other hand, he was fresh and ballsy, he was straight forward about wanting her but he too had a lot of pre-Sadie stuff to handle. I didn't like that the Sadie/Finn storyline at one point got too lovely-dovey and too cute for them, like the story was trying way too hard to prove they had something real.
“I'm waiting, Sadie. Ten years I've been hoping to turn a corner and run into you.”
I loved the writing and I loved the amount of dog scenes, not a lot of books have pets in them but this one had a decent amount and OMG the cuteness. It was angsty and shocking when you least expect it to be, it was good reading an NA book after so many Fantasy books, I really stayed up all night to finish because I had to know what was going to happen and the ending, it was sweet and I loved the conclusion ♥
lighthearted
fast-paced
Easy and fast read. Even though it was a romance, I didn't love all the spicy scenes. Main character was pretty whiny, but I was happy with the ending. Read to get something out of my system.
3.5 stars.
When I first started this, I loved it but the main female character started to drive me absolutely nuts. If you can get past that, it's a good book but she personally just drove me insane.
When I first started this, I loved it but the main female character started to drive me absolutely nuts. If you can get past that, it's a good book but she personally just drove me insane.
That was kind of lame. I just didn’t buy it.
It’s a well-written story (though too long overall, with a rushed ending) that I had a hard time connecting with emotionally. Though it was hot and forbidden, I didn’t experience nearly the level of angst that I thought I would, and that’s mainly because the protagonist just wasn’t that anxious or conflicted about her actions. I could appreciate her selfishness and realism, but her lack of empathy for the two men she juggled made this a shallow read. I didn’t have an issue with the fact that she strayed from her marriage, I had an issue with the fact that she didn’t care that she strayed. She really only cared about herself, and I perceived any kind of self-reflection that she attempted as fake. Although I can toast a drink to that level of narcissism, you aren’t going to tug at my heartstrings for a character that’s that cold, even though there’s some redemption in the end. I honestly don’t know what either of these men saw in her, so this book has the honor of being the first love triangle that didn’t elicit any emotions from me. I don’t recommend, and I probably won’t read this author’s work again.
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