Reviews - Four Weekends and a Funeral

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Four Weekends and a Funeral

Ellie Palmer

3.83 AVERAGE

annamwallace66's review against another edition

4.25

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Content Warnings

bees_please_reads's review against another edition

3.0

I'd give this book a 3/5 stars. Original but boring.

The concept is very interesting at the beginning. The story follows the ex-girlfriend to the recently deceased and she is invited to his funeral by his family. The family, not knowing that their son and the main character recently broke up, share how much they loved her and were happy to know she was there for him until the end. Sam, the ex, has a protective sister who asks Ali, the main character, to continue to pretend they were still together for the sake of Sam's parents mental health. Knowing he was with a good girlfriend puts them at ease. Ali goes with this to make them feel better, yet feels guilty about lying. At the funeral Ali meets Adam, Sam's best friend and the story main love interest. This spirals into the two of them agreeing to Sam's parents to clear out Sam's condo and prepare to sell. Over those four weekends, Adam and Ali get to know each other and form a sort of trauma bond/relationship.

I think this story had a strong beginning, funny characters, and an interesting plot I never would have thought of as well as a MFC who is an almost cancer survivor dealing with her own guilt. About half way through though, once the main characters formed their relationship, I began to lose interest. At times the plot was hard to follow, their relationship moved really fast to the point where it was almost unbelievable, and then shattered just as fast. Also, with modern romances being so steamy, I was surprised that there was so much build up surrounding their physical romance for it to just fade to black- I felt like the story lead me on only to edge me with no relief.

At the end, the miscommunication between characters was what took away the most from this story and leads me to give it 3/5 stars. It fell into the pattern a lot of miscommunication based romances do and became predictable.

Thank you NetGalley for allowing me to read this book and review it before the release date.