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lorieam's review
1.0
What a waste of my time! Blurb was totally misleading. Just a couple of adults who dislike each other very much, trying to figure out if they're married or not--one is concussed, the other is drunk! Decided they want to be together in the last several pages in the most unromantic way.
melfierro's review
4.0
It took me a long long time to get into this book. Part of it has to do with the fact that since I carry around a library in the form of ebooks on my phone the books I have on paper languish. I must have read the first 30 pages three times. But once I invested, I found a lovely nostalgic story of two college sweethearts who ended on bad terms and were thrust together ten years later at the wedding of college friends. Add in late 1990s fashion and technology as well as a mysterious temporary memory loss, and you have the makings of a unique love story.
janie's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
caseyjwied's review
3.0
3/5 stars!
This was honestly a really confusing read. The book is titled “the rewind” but it doesn’t need to be told that way. It sounds like it was told in mostly flashbacks AND switches between two perspectives. I didn’t enjoy that at all about the story, I felt like it was moving too slow because of it.
It was a falling for each other all over again. Which was cute but I don’t like the way it was written.
Unfortunately I wouldn’t recommend this.
This was honestly a really confusing read. The book is titled “the rewind” but it doesn’t need to be told that way. It sounds like it was told in mostly flashbacks AND switches between two perspectives. I didn’t enjoy that at all about the story, I felt like it was moving too slow because of it.
It was a falling for each other all over again. Which was cute but I don’t like the way it was written.
Unfortunately I wouldn’t recommend this.
alainaj's review
3.0
I don’t know about this book. I think everyone in this book could benefit from therapy.
Ezra is clearly trying to fill some emptiness, and seems to be the type of person who can’t be single. Also, he is a goody-goody but gets blackout drunk and he’s scared of risks but gambles?
There’s no way in my mind for it to be acceptable for 30 year old to not be able to control themselves better.
Ezra is clearly trying to fill some emptiness, and seems to be the type of person who can’t be single. Also, he is a goody-goody but gets blackout drunk and he’s scared of risks but gambles?
There’s no way in my mind for it to be acceptable for 30 year old to not be able to control themselves better.
bubbaandlew's review against another edition
2.0
Bummer to start off my year of reading with such a lane book. The premise was great, but the execution was awful. So much happened, and yet none of it actually happened in the book. So weird.
Also, 1) I remember 1999, and I remember being one of very few people with a cell phone. I also definitely had a pager because long distance calls weren’t a thing yet. I went to school in a different area code from my phone number, and no one could call my cell without making a long distance call…the way cell phones were discussed in the story was totally wrong and it drove me crazy.
And 2) I get that this was set in 1999, but I don’t need to be reminded every other page that she was wearing Doc Martins and he was wearing Sambas. It was so weird. I’ve never heard a shoe brand mentioned so many times in one book.
Also, 1) I remember 1999, and I remember being one of very few people with a cell phone. I also definitely had a pager because long distance calls weren’t a thing yet. I went to school in a different area code from my phone number, and no one could call my cell without making a long distance call…the way cell phones were discussed in the story was totally wrong and it drove me crazy.
And 2) I get that this was set in 1999, but I don’t need to be reminded every other page that she was wearing Doc Martins and he was wearing Sambas. It was so weird. I’ve never heard a shoe brand mentioned so many times in one book.
scosey's review
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
thebookishnic's review
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-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
3.75
itskaitlinreyna's review
1.0
My first book of 2023 was such a disappointment. The characters lacked development and were just boring. This is marked as a romance but I honestly don’t know if that fits. I didn’t feel the attraction to the main two people that were exes reunited. The banter was there, but even that was lacking. I finished it, but I felt like it was such a waste.