Reviews - Problematic Summer Romance

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Problematic Summer Romance

Ali Hazelwood

4.01 AVERAGE

slmoore2013's review against another edition

4.0

funny medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

chi__'s review against another edition

4.25

lighthearted 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

Content Warnings

cayleyreads's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny 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

bookish_platypus's review against another edition

3.5

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

I feel like I shouldn't have had to read 50% of this book to finally get to some emotional connections between the characters...

I thought I was really going to like this one but it was just okay. I also thought Not In Love was only OK so I guess this tracks but I was expecting something with a lot more emotions and drama but it was pretty boring to be completely honest.

I'd say about half of the book doesn't even happen in the present and there's a lot of telling rather than showing. I was also expecting something different from the age-gap aspect. I felt like it was going to be fun and sexy but instead it was things like Conor calling Maya "childish", assuming she was still 13 when she was 20, and just a lot of infantilism. It was honestly so awkward at some moments that I was visibly cringing.

I also didn't care for any of the side characters. Most of them were from Not In Love and I didn't care for them there either so that's not totally surprising, but I do think there could've been more emotional and impactful moments between the main characters and side characters during this story to make the reader care about those characters and relationships. I think the godmother part was the only part that added any more of an emotional connection and it was kind of the bare minimum at that point.

Overall, it was fine but underwhelming.

stephandless's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

rakermb's review against another edition

3.5

medium-paced

Fun audio book but actually never got the love tension I think it's mostly because they both were already in love without saying it at the beginning rather starting with their meeting.

hate the whole i need to bot pursue her for her best interest but still lurk and the background and be obsessed. Also