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A review by maises
The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren
1.0
Read for book club.
I feel like this might hit the boxes for some, but for me I didn’t feel truly invested in either Olive nor Ethan the entirety of the time, even in the two seconds they were actually on the same wavelength. I personally disliked the out-of-place two-dimensional and misogyny-based slights about her friend/cousin(?) Natalia and Ethan’s ex, which was I suppose was meant to be funny or quirky but came across a bit like reading one of my older sister’s problematic teen romances dated early 2000s. I mean to say that we should be over that by now…
I did like Olive most that chapter she and Ethan were in the outs and she was surrounded by family the entire time. It meant she wasn’t always thinking or talking to Ethan. And I did like her sister getting back at the husband by the end.
I feel like this might hit the boxes for some, but for me I didn’t feel truly invested in either Olive nor Ethan the entirety of the time, even in the two seconds they were actually on the same wavelength. I personally disliked the out-of-place two-dimensional and misogyny-based slights about her friend/cousin(?) Natalia and Ethan’s ex, which was I suppose was meant to be funny or quirky but came across a bit like reading one of my older sister’s problematic teen romances dated early 2000s. I mean to say that we should be over that by now…
I did like Olive most that chapter she and Ethan were in the outs and she was surrounded by family the entire time. It meant she wasn’t always thinking or talking to Ethan. And I did like her sister getting back at the husband by the end.