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catsandmetaphors's review against another edition
DNF @ 25 %.
I might be in a reading slump, because this is the second book this month I just couldn't finish.
I started listening to the audiobook, and as other reviewers have mentioned as well, the narration is definitely not the most enjoyable. The accents of Emma's mother and Moses are downright offensive. The writing would probably be okay, but I found it jarring that Emma's parts were told in the first person, whereas Cooper's were told in the third person. I love a dual POV, but this didn't do it for me.
As I'm sure many do, I read to escape my own reality and to see characters get their happy-for-now. 25% in, everybody was just miserable for one reason or another. There are also way too many characters and everyone has something heavy and not easily solvable to deal with (infertility, unrequited love, possibly infidelity, loneliness, and so on).
I might be in a reading slump, because this is the second book this month I just couldn't finish.
I started listening to the audiobook, and as other reviewers have mentioned as well, the narration is definitely not the most enjoyable. The accents of Emma's mother and Moses are downright offensive. The writing would probably be okay, but I found it jarring that Emma's parts were told in the first person, whereas Cooper's were told in the third person. I love a dual POV, but this didn't do it for me.
As I'm sure many do, I read to escape my own reality and to see characters get their happy-for-now. 25% in, everybody was just miserable for one reason or another. There are also way too many characters and everyone has something heavy and not easily solvable to deal with (infertility, unrequited love, possibly infidelity, loneliness, and so on).
Content Warnings
Graphic: Infertility
Minor: Eating disorder
kmnewton89's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
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? It's complicated
4.5
annabelcaskey's review against another edition
emotional
funny
lighthearted
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
kimberleyh's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
shrenik_g's review against another edition
slow-paced
1.25
Too many characters introduced from the get go, couldn't relate whatsoever to the main characters and didn't bother reading past pg 94
gdigiacomo's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
lisaluvsliterature's review against another edition
3.0
This book started out in a way that totally had me reading as quickly as I could to find out what would happen. I really connected to the main character Emma, as I am also the oldest and two of my younger siblings are either married or engaged and here I am with no prospects in sight. I also kind of wish there was a real matching experiment like this that I could sign up for.
It took a bit longer than I would have liked for what I thought would be the meet-cute, even though we did have one that wasn’t it, since we know from the synopsis who Emma is going to be matched up with.
There was so much going on in this story. With all the other sisters, I wondered if there had been books for them in the past and I had missed those. But since all the couples had things going on, it seemed that I hadn’t. While I liked the story for the most part, I did have a few issues. First, when we got Cooper’s chapters, it was done in third person instead of first person like Emma’s chapters. I don’t know that I was a fan of that. Secondly, I kind of think there was a lot going on in the story, sometimes things I didn’t necessarily want to read as I was really invested in Emma’s story and how it would go. And finally, the ending. It wasn’t what I had really thought would happen after reading as far as I did, and from the synopsis. Now, I wondered at a few points toward the beginning if that could be an issue, but just figured it wouldn’t be.
A good story, but don’t go in expecting you’ll know what will happen. It’s not necessarily a sweet romance, but it’s also not really got any steamy bits either. In the end I do feel it was a little long as well.
Review first published on Lisa Loves Literature.
It took a bit longer than I would have liked for what I thought would be the meet-cute, even though we did have one that wasn’t it, since we know from the synopsis who Emma is going to be matched up with.
There was so much going on in this story. With all the other sisters, I wondered if there had been books for them in the past and I had missed those. But since all the couples had things going on, it seemed that I hadn’t. While I liked the story for the most part, I did have a few issues. First, when we got Cooper’s chapters, it was done in third person instead of first person like Emma’s chapters. I don’t know that I was a fan of that. Secondly, I kind of think there was a lot going on in the story, sometimes things I didn’t necessarily want to read as I was really invested in Emma’s story and how it would go. And finally, the ending. It wasn’t what I had really thought would happen after reading as far as I did, and from the synopsis. Now, I wondered at a few points toward the beginning if that could be an issue, but just figured it wouldn’t be.
A good story, but don’t go in expecting you’ll know what will happen. It’s not necessarily a sweet romance, but it’s also not really got any steamy bits either. In the end I do feel it was a little long as well.
Review first published on Lisa Loves Literature.
bluesbooksnbobbins's review against another edition
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
2.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Infertility
hannahkitto's review against another edition
emotional
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
slow-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
4.25