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barbarzynka's review
5.0
5⭐Reread po kilku latach. W wersji oryginalnej duuużo lepsza, ale... to i tak jedna z moich najukochańszych książek, najlepszych historii miłosnych❤️
marci_travels's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
3.0
The marketing for this book should read: Two dysfunctional characters who can’t love themselves try to pull it together to love each other.
Honestly, this was a FOMO book for me. I had heard of the new genre of sports romance and thought I would check it out. This is what I learned:
1. No dates in two years because you are exhausted from working seven days a week as a personal assistant? Hey, just quit your job, drop 15 pounds, and start training for a marathon.
2. Guy needs something illegal and you are $150k down in student loans? Poor people don’t have the luxury of morals.
3. A man threatening to beat someone up is considered sexy. Are you kidding me?
4. A woman internally dialogues for 20,000 words how excessively well built her ex-boss is. How is this anything but a lust-filled rant? If this was gender reversed, women would be throwing the book across the room.
This is not grumpy and sunshine. This is “I am too focused on myself and my goals to recognize anyone else” and “l am so pathetic based on my upbringing that I will put up with any behavior.”
So I gave this three stars because the author kept me reading till the very last page. I still don’t know how that happened. I do know I have finished my first and last sports romance.
Honestly, this was a FOMO book for me. I had heard of the new genre of sports romance and thought I would check it out. This is what I learned:
1. No dates in two years because you are exhausted from working seven days a week as a personal assistant? Hey, just quit your job, drop 15 pounds, and start training for a marathon.
2. Guy needs something illegal and you are $150k down in student loans? Poor people don’t have the luxury of morals.
3. A man threatening to beat someone up is considered sexy. Are you kidding me?
4. A woman internally dialogues for 20,000 words how excessively well built her ex-boss is. How is this anything but a lust-filled rant? If this was gender reversed, women would be throwing the book across the room.
This is not grumpy and sunshine. This is “I am too focused on myself and my goals to recognize anyone else” and “l am so pathetic based on my upbringing that I will put up with any behavior.”
So I gave this three stars because the author kept me reading till the very last page. I still don’t know how that happened. I do know I have finished my first and last sports romance.
zoerobber's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
hannahnana73's review against another edition
4.0
So, i'm not a fan of sex scenes so I loved how slow burn this was
Also Aiden is a slightly reddish green flag (i only say coz of the punching and breaking of bones threats to whoever threatens his darling wife) but other than that greeny green
He also absolutely infuriated me for the first quarter of this very long book
and then I kinda loved him after that - you understand him and he clearly loves her
dsfdsfsdfdsfdf
awwww Leo
and also I loved Zac
and gosh Susie woah I really felt for both of their childhood stories
Van I also loved and related to
yeah I loved them
Also Aiden is a slightly reddish green flag (i only say coz of the punching and breaking of bones threats to whoever threatens his darling wife) but other than that greeny green
He also absolutely infuriated me for the first quarter of this very long book
and then I kinda loved him after that - you understand him and he clearly loves her
dsfdsfsdfdsfdf
awwww Leo
and also I loved Zac
and gosh Susie woah I really felt for both of their childhood stories
Van I also loved and related to
yeah I loved them
talesreads's review against another edition
4.0
So cute! Love the slow burn and tension building up. Also love that she is so ‘doesn’t take his crap’
“I’m starting to understand that you can always make time for the things that matter.”
“I’m starting to understand that you can always make time for the things that matter.”
chae_yang'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? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
micasbookshelves's review against another edition
2.0
İ know I'm a minority here. I'm so sad I didn't love it. I was super excited about reading this book because every book instagramer i knew was head over heels for this one. But it's just...badly written. The inner dialogue is a dangerous resource when overused, and Zapata overuses it a lot (and she does this giving us just *one* POV) and this is probably what makes the book so slow. I get the idea of a "slow romance" but this was not that, this was a slow book. A slow book with absolutely no conflict. There's no conflict (?!). It's just a sequence of events, if you're reading digitally and you don't look at the page count you'd probably not notice when the ending is coming. In addition to this, there are loose plots everywhere. It's like Mariana forgot she was supposed to continue those stories and left them quickly resolved or UNresolved. I was genuinely surprised. About the love story, I'll say that's the reason I'm giving this two stars. The idea of Them™ is good. I would've love to see more of it and have more information but I guess I'll have to stick to my imagination. I'm seriously bumped
haleymfischer's review against another edition
3.0
My From Lukov with Love review and Kulti reviews mashed together = my thoughts on The Wall of Winnipeg. In short, MZ audiobooks are superior to her written ones and, despite the torture they sometimes put me through, there's some special sauce that makes me keep coming back.
But if I have to listen to Vanessa describe how large Aiden is one more time...
But if I have to listen to Vanessa describe how large Aiden is one more time...
jessiepostshere's review against another edition
2.0
This one isn’t for me. I forced myself to finished it because everyone said it was an extremely slow burn, but this is a generous 2 stars for me.
The characters felt flat and I didn’t connect with them. I’m all for a slow burn, but this book didn’t have any tension. When we finally did see the characters interact some, I found that I wasn’t super interested.
The characters felt flat and I didn’t connect with them. I’m all for a slow burn, but this book didn’t have any tension. When we finally did see the characters interact some, I found that I wasn’t super interested.