Reviews

Was It Good For You? by Kathryn Freeman

sarahs_bookish_life's review

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

 

I absolutely loved Sophie and Michael. Even though their first date was a bit of a disaster, due to an error on Sophie’s side, they end up agreeing to ten dates to see how good Sophie’s idea of scoring her dates on a spreadsheet actually is. They are total opposites and on paper, they definitely wouldn’t work, yet the more dates they have and the more they get to know each other, they do.

Michael is an absolute sweetheart and probably one of my favourite ever love interests. I wanted to both mother him as well as wishing I was single as he gives not only Sophie butterflies, but the reader as well. For as outgoing and full of life that Sophie is, there is another side to her that will tug on the readers emotions and yet again Michael just shot up even further in my estimations.

There is a fabulous cast of characters in both human and animal form. I loved Fudge and Princess, Michael’s and his grandmother’s dogs and they both have huge personalities. Betty is yet another wonderful character who steals a bit of your heart and they all felt like good family and friends by the end of the book.

Was It Good For You? was so much fun to read as well as lots of tender and heartwarming moments. I loved the contrast of the busy city as well as the idyllic village as you get to see the best of both settings. Friendship and family is a strong theme throughout as well as a blossoming romance with tons of chemistry. A story where you will fall in love with the characters and be left with the most wonderful and warm feelings. Adored it!

 

dazidoo's review against another edition

funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

2.0

hutcho's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

bioda's review

funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

fi293's review

emotional lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

suzyq436's review

5.0

I love every book from this author and this one is no different! The way she manages to create such intense feelings is a talent. This story tugs at your heartstrings and is so beautiful to witness these two characters falling in love. The pining, the push and pull, the cinnamon roll hero, the small town - it's all heartfelt and so many awwww moments!

victoriarose9083's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

antonella_her's review

4.0

silly fun

larissareadsalot's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

♥️ Sophie controls every aspect of her life in spreadsheets; food, to dos, life plans and dating. She accidentally sends this spreadsheet to “all” contacts rather than just her friend Ava. In the mess of this it gets sent to the guy she last went out with, Michael, who isn’t all that impressed with his 2.5 score. He makes a deal with her that after ten dates his score would go up and that her spreadsheet isn’t a good judge of character. 

I loved this book. It felt very real and like something that could happen in real life. I loved seeing the characters develop learning more about why they were the way that they were as the book went on. I also loved that Jade (Michael’s cousin who originally set them up) kept popping up throughout the book and ended up becoming one of the main characters as well. 

This book made me laugh out loud, cry, get butterflies and all the feelings in between. 

Best scene in the book was Michael standing up to Sophie’s parents on her birthday. Also, I 100% assumed the spreadsheet was just a control thing so seeing how that all played out and that she was trying to control everyhting in her life because she lost her twin sister to cancer was such a unique story line but felt so believable. To anyone who has lost someone sometimes what people do to cope is anything they can to have some control back. And lastly, although I normally hate the last thirst of the book break up thing this one made sense. Michael got so in his head about everything with the spreadsheet so it made sense that he would be thinking about his sex score after they had sex the first time.

vidsie's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted

5.0