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emcatherinex 's review for:
Under Rose-Tainted Skies
by Louise Gornall
1.5
I enjoyed the mother-daughter relationship and the mental illness representation, but not much else. Everything about this book was just so unrealistic.
First of all, Norah’s mother would never leave her severely mentally ill child home alone for days at a time. She would’ve sorted something out for Norah, knowing that being left alone could cause her to spiral and have severe panic attacks, and would just lie and say she was doing fine to her mum. The only reason this happened was to aid the plot and allow her to begin a friendship with the love interest without the mum getting in the way.
That brings me to my second point. No guy, and I mean not one single guy would see a girl continuously staring at him through a window in a dark and seemingly empty house and suddenly become intrigued. No, he should’ve been creeped out. But for some reason he’s interested and puts notes through the mail slot? When would that ever happen in real life ever? I don’t believe it for a second.
Third, I understand the love interest (can’t even remember his name cause he was so bland) being intrigued after getting to know her a little but they literally just met and he’s suddenly all interested in hanging out with this girl and providing emotional support for her when he himself is going through his own problems and Norah is unable to give him anything in return? Not just physically because she suffers from OCD but also emotionally she is completely unavailable to provide proper support to him. But love conquers any mental illness right? At least that’s what I’m getting from this book.
Lastly, that ending. What the heck was that ending? Again, something that is so damn unrealistic that would never happen suddenly occurring purely for the sake of the plot and curing Norah right? Ew.
I honestly think I wouldn’t have disliked this book so much if the two of them hadn’t ended up together in the end. I think it would’ve been much more satisfying if they had decided that it was for the best if they weren’t together while Norah was in recovery. But like, love, right?
I enjoyed the mother-daughter relationship and the mental illness representation, but not much else. Everything about this book was just so unrealistic.
First of all, Norah’s mother would never leave her severely mentally ill child home alone for days at a time. She would’ve sorted something out for Norah, knowing that being left alone could cause her to spiral and have severe panic attacks, and would just lie and say she was doing fine to her mum. The only reason this happened was to aid the plot and allow her to begin a friendship with the love interest without the mum getting in the way.
That brings me to my second point. No guy, and I mean not one single guy would see a girl continuously staring at him through a window in a dark and seemingly empty house and suddenly become intrigued. No, he should’ve been creeped out. But for some reason he’s interested and puts notes through the mail slot? When would that ever happen in real life ever? I don’t believe it for a second.
Third, I understand the love interest (can’t even remember his name cause he was so bland) being intrigued after getting to know her a little but they literally just met and he’s suddenly all interested in hanging out with this girl and providing emotional support for her when he himself is going through his own problems and Norah is unable to give him anything in return? Not just physically because she suffers from OCD but also emotionally she is completely unavailable to provide proper support to him. But love conquers any mental illness right? At least that’s what I’m getting from this book.
Lastly, that ending. What the heck was that ending? Again, something that is so damn unrealistic that would never happen suddenly occurring purely for the sake of the plot and curing Norah right? Ew.
I honestly think I wouldn’t have disliked this book so much if the two of them hadn’t ended up together in the end. I think it would’ve been much more satisfying if they had decided that it was for the best if they weren’t together while Norah was in recovery. But like, love, right?