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3.91 AVERAGE
3.91 AVERAGE
What a pleasant read!! It’s funny and kept me engaged.
emotional
funny
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
3.5 Stars
The ending of this book was sweet as sugar and made me miss winter and Christmastime like nothing else, but I do feel like there were some aspects of the beginning the book just kinda...forgot about? (Spoilers? Below)
First and foremost, the premise that whoever breaks off the engagement has to foot the bill is never...true? Like Naomi imagines it (and yes, I understand that Naomi is unreliable narrator) and then it is accepted as rock solid fact in the book. But since the stakes aren't an actuality, it made the whole book feel sillier and removed some of the sincerity.
There are also a whole lot of asshole-y things Nick does that are kind of glossed over at the end that he never apologizes for. Making her hang out with his friends on her birthday? Not doing /anything/ for their anniversary? And all the other little microaggressions at the beginning that I don't feel were explained away by him thinking Naomi was "absent" mentally.
Lastly, Justin the tree did not get the moment he deserved. Naomi clearly had a connection with this tree and that moment is really built up only for...nothing? To happen after Nick kills it. I feel like that should have been a turning point for all the buildup that Charlie Brown tree got, but instead it was a blip, just like every other "prank"
The ending of this book was sweet as sugar and made me miss winter and Christmastime like nothing else, but I do feel like there were some aspects of the beginning the book just kinda...forgot about? (Spoilers? Below)
First and foremost, the premise that whoever breaks off the engagement has to foot the bill is never...true? Like Naomi imagines it (and yes, I understand that Naomi is unreliable narrator) and then it is accepted as rock solid fact in the book. But since the stakes aren't an actuality, it made the whole book feel sillier and removed some of the sincerity.
There are also a whole lot of asshole-y things Nick does that are kind of glossed over at the end that he never apologizes for. Making her hang out with his friends on her birthday? Not doing /anything/ for their anniversary? And all the other little microaggressions at the beginning that I don't feel were explained away by him thinking Naomi was "absent" mentally.
Lastly, Justin the tree did not get the moment he deserved. Naomi clearly had a connection with this tree and that moment is really built up only for...nothing? To happen after Nick kills it. I feel like that should have been a turning point for all the buildup that Charlie Brown tree got, but instead it was a blip, just like every other "prank"
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
They hate each other and understandably cos they’re both really annoying. She reads riverdale fanfiction on tumblr and he plays dnd but they realise they’re both nerds and fall back in love which is ok.
funny
fast-paced
Well written but they are too mean to each other
1.5 stars
This was so awful I am at a loss for words.
+0.5 stars for some cute moments at the end but other than that this was so aggravating and such a slog. The characters were both so SO STUPID and childish and just plain terrible people and somehow they both do a 180 and it's completely unbelievable. The resolutions were all so shallow, like for one that mother-in-law is coming back, and she's coming back with a VENGEANCE cuz ya'll have still not resolved anything.
Everyone involved in this book needs therapy - or straight up psychiatry - and not marriage of all things.
Also the book is from Naomi's perspective so it comes off even worse for her because this girl does not have a single brain cell in her head. Her thoughts make zero sense. She thinks she's in some kind of Hunger Games but it's literally just real life and she's a useless child.
Naomi and Nick might deserve each other but I did not deserve this book. I am still seething.
This was so awful I am at a loss for words.
+0.5 stars for some cute moments at the end but other than that this was so aggravating and such a slog. The characters were both so SO STUPID and childish and just plain terrible people and somehow they both do a 180 and it's completely unbelievable. The resolutions were all so shallow, like for one that mother-in-law is coming back, and she's coming back with a VENGEANCE cuz ya'll have still not resolved anything.
Everyone involved in this book needs therapy - or straight up psychiatry - and not marriage of all things.
Also the book is from Naomi's perspective so it comes off even worse for her because this girl does not have a single brain cell in her head. Her thoughts make zero sense. She thinks she's in some kind of Hunger Games but it's literally just real life and she's a useless child.
Naomi and Nick might deserve each other but I did not deserve this book. I am still seething.
funny
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
funny
lighthearted
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:
Yes