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eesh25's review against another edition
3.0
3.25 Stars
This was a good book. But... I'm still kinda disappointed.
The book was about Mallory, a teenage girl who had a very abusive childhood. Now, after four years after getting away from the household, much needed therapy, and living with her supportive adoptive parents, she's finally ready to face highschool.
In school, she meets Rider, the one person who was there for her during her childhood and who saved her multiple times. They realize that despite four years apart, they still have a connection.
The book has a very interesting premise in my opinion. It's well written and has a protagonist that you root for.
The romantic aspect of the book is good and I also really liked Rider. The book addresses a very important issue. It also shows us that change and improvement doesn't happen in a day. It takes time and it's takes effort. It gives a great message.
The characters development seen with Mallory was very impressive. But... it wasn't enough.
In the synopsis, it was said that Mallory would grow from the scared, quite person she is and finally speak up to help Rider. She does grow. But she doesn't help Rider much at all. In fact, when it came to that point she basically told him to talk to her when he was all better. It took her four years of living with a great, wealthy family and three years of therapy to be able to say three works to a girl in her class. And she just expects him to get over it in a day?!
Rider was always nothing but supportive and she doesn't do jackshit to help him. And I;m sitting there thinking Dude, what the fuck?!
Which, funnily enough, brings me to my favourite character. Paige. Yeah, she was a major bitch half the time and for the other half, she was... still pretty much a bitch. But she was the only one who wasn't constantly worried about Mallory's pretty little feelings. She was strong and the only one to call Mallory up on her bullshit. I liked that.
Finally, my other few problems with the book:
1. Rider's overdramatic introduction.
2. Mallory's monologues, which got a bit boring.
3. There was this one plot point that was so aggravating and yet made me roll my eyes because I wasn't even surprised. I can't tell you what it was but it was at the end of chapter 31. Misunderstanding crap.
Overall, the book had an interesting plot and if the execution had been a little better (and faster) it would have been a lot better. I do recommend checking it out if emtional stuff is your think and if you don't mind a slow pace.
elaineb457's review against another edition
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
sad
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? Yes
4.0
yodamom's review against another edition
4.0
Audiobook- Wonderful narration
Emotional, heartbreaking abuse and teenage angst. This is not a pretty little love story. It's so fragile, so absolute I had no doubts about them for the first paragraph. It was the rest of the cast that had me guessing. They had power over these two and I didn't really know how it would go till the end.
Teenagers suffering from abandonment, abuse, fear and low self esteem meet up after being separated after a horrific night 4 years earlier. One suffers very visible scars, she doesn't talk, fears everything, except him. The other is a tough, no worries mate kind of guy who still hasn't found his way. Their reunion breaks many memories back to the surface, nightmares and some realities must be dealt with. This is a solid love story.
Trigger warning: Drugs, murder, and child abuse
Emotional, heartbreaking abuse and teenage angst. This is not a pretty little love story. It's so fragile, so absolute I had no doubts about them for the first paragraph. It was the rest of the cast that had me guessing. They had power over these two and I didn't really know how it would go till the end.
Teenagers suffering from abandonment, abuse, fear and low self esteem meet up after being separated after a horrific night 4 years earlier. One suffers very visible scars, she doesn't talk, fears everything, except him. The other is a tough, no worries mate kind of guy who still hasn't found his way. Their reunion breaks many memories back to the surface, nightmares and some realities must be dealt with. This is a solid love story.
Trigger warning: Drugs, murder, and child abuse
shes_book_obsessed's review against another edition
4.0
The Problem with Forever
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Trigger warnings:
Child abuse
Main character suffers from PTSD
Review:
JLA's writing always gets me right into the story, but this one kind of dragged on at the end. I really enjoyed the book as a whole, but was somewhat bored the last 100 pages or so.
And, we get it, he has dimples. Word count for dimple/s: 29...29!!!
Anyways, go read this book if you're in the mood for childhood friends to lovers, fluff, and growth<3
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Trigger warnings:
Child abuse
Main character suffers from PTSD
Review:
JLA's writing always gets me right into the story, but this one kind of dragged on at the end. I really enjoyed the book as a whole, but was somewhat bored the last 100 pages or so.
And, we get it, he has dimples. Word count for dimple/s: 29...29!!!
Anyways, go read this book if you're in the mood for childhood friends to lovers, fluff, and growth<3
cait_readsxox's review against another edition
5.0
Re read of a hard hitting contemporary romance! Highly recommend
nikolinaza's review against another edition
1.0
OH. MY. GOD. Words could never describe how I LOATHE this book. It should've titled "The Problem With You Two" because I can't even stand the hero and the heroine
magencorrie's review against another edition
5.0
5 stars
My Review
This book was absolutely beautiful. Actually, it was beyond beautiful because within its pages echoed a story that broke my heart, mended my heart, left me breathless, and left me peacefully happy.
In the last few months, yes months, I have been in a horrible and never-ending book rut. Nothing I pick up lately has held my attention, nothing at all. And I have tried, oh I have tried. Then, then I finally decided I NEEDED to pick up The Problem with Forever. I needed to see if I could get more than a few chapters into a book. I'm so thoroughly happy that I did because when it comes to JLA, suddenly I'm once again lost in a story. Flying through the pages, consuming the words, devouring the sentences and lost, thoroughly, irrevocably lost. Happily. Blissfully.
The Problem with Forever was a book that touched on such personal notes, personal elements I know that had to be hard on the author herself, and I cannot thank her enough for delivering it in such a beautifully, raw, and real way. I felt the characters, I felt their stories, and I knew their stories because parts of it also echoed within me. My chest pinged, my heart stuttered, tears flowed. But I smiled; my chest warmed, and when I closed the book I was so, so blissfully and peacefully happy.
Jennifer captured the realness of the characters. Every facet, every fraction, every little piece. Mallory, through her thoughts alone, became a character I loved and a character I wanted to see overcome every obstacle. I saw myself in her. Washed through her emotions, the way she overthought every little detail. But I admired her determination to push forward and past the demons that haunted her. Rider, who swept into my heart with a brilliant hue, captured my heart (and of course) my love. I also saw pieces of myself in him as well. The fear to step from the confines of safety to be truly seen, to truly feel, to put yourself in the hands of others. But he, too, like Mallory pushed forward (though it took a bit more for him to take that step), but nonetheless he did. And I couldn't be prouder than I am for these two wonderfully crafted characters.
Jennifer filled her world with real characters, with real brutal reality. The light and the dark. Sown together with threads of detailed words that leaped off the pages and filled my vision until I didn't want to escape. I adored that Jennifer put such a harsh realness and I appalled her for giving that realness to her readers. Though the story is sweet and lovely, there is that underlining brutality of the dark side of life. She let the book flow at a pace that kept me wanting more, she built the story up till I felt my heart would trip out of my chest, and she created and developed characters that wiggled so deeply into my heart.
The Problem with Forever isn't a pretty book. No, it's a beautiful story. Wrapped in bows of brutal realness, but held together with tape of patience, of love, of the underlining strength of having a second chance. To say I loved this book is clearly an understatement.
My Review
This book was absolutely beautiful. Actually, it was beyond beautiful because within its pages echoed a story that broke my heart, mended my heart, left me breathless, and left me peacefully happy.
In the last few months, yes months, I have been in a horrible and never-ending book rut. Nothing I pick up lately has held my attention, nothing at all. And I have tried, oh I have tried. Then, then I finally decided I NEEDED to pick up The Problem with Forever. I needed to see if I could get more than a few chapters into a book. I'm so thoroughly happy that I did because when it comes to JLA, suddenly I'm once again lost in a story. Flying through the pages, consuming the words, devouring the sentences and lost, thoroughly, irrevocably lost. Happily. Blissfully.
The Problem with Forever was a book that touched on such personal notes, personal elements I know that had to be hard on the author herself, and I cannot thank her enough for delivering it in such a beautifully, raw, and real way. I felt the characters, I felt their stories, and I knew their stories because parts of it also echoed within me. My chest pinged, my heart stuttered, tears flowed. But I smiled; my chest warmed, and when I closed the book I was so, so blissfully and peacefully happy.
Jennifer captured the realness of the characters. Every facet, every fraction, every little piece. Mallory, through her thoughts alone, became a character I loved and a character I wanted to see overcome every obstacle. I saw myself in her. Washed through her emotions, the way she overthought every little detail. But I admired her determination to push forward and past the demons that haunted her. Rider, who swept into my heart with a brilliant hue, captured my heart (and of course) my love. I also saw pieces of myself in him as well. The fear to step from the confines of safety to be truly seen, to truly feel, to put yourself in the hands of others. But he, too, like Mallory pushed forward (though it took a bit more for him to take that step), but nonetheless he did. And I couldn't be prouder than I am for these two wonderfully crafted characters.
Jennifer filled her world with real characters, with real brutal reality. The light and the dark. Sown together with threads of detailed words that leaped off the pages and filled my vision until I didn't want to escape. I adored that Jennifer put such a harsh realness and I appalled her for giving that realness to her readers. Though the story is sweet and lovely, there is that underlining brutality of the dark side of life. She let the book flow at a pace that kept me wanting more, she built the story up till I felt my heart would trip out of my chest, and she created and developed characters that wiggled so deeply into my heart.
The Problem with Forever isn't a pretty book. No, it's a beautiful story. Wrapped in bows of brutal realness, but held together with tape of patience, of love, of the underlining strength of having a second chance. To say I loved this book is clearly an understatement.
kittywb987's review against another edition
Nothing to do with the book which I was greatly enjoying instead an issue with the provider