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A review by mrsbooknerd
His 'N' Hers by Mike Gayle
3.0
I have been slowly but surely working my way through Mike Gayle's early novels in the last few months with mixed results. In general I've found them hard to engage with, especially when compared to his more recent novels. More specifically I haven't liked the lead characters or been able to connect to their story. For example, with Mr Comittment.
However, I enjoyed His 'N' Hers. The key for me was liking both Jim and Alison despite their flaws, even more I loved them together. I thought that their relationship was well captured and developed and I loved the slow layering of events and emotions which bought them together and made up their story.
The element that I didn't enjoy was their break-up. Not because it was an anti-HEA but because it came so left of field, even though we knew from the off to expect a break up at some point. It didn't stem from an event or even a series of tiny events that suddenly ignited. Literally one page they were Jim and Alison and then the next they hated each other and were splitting upand sorting their possessions into boxes. I kept re-reading the pages around this event thibking that I had missed some vital clue, but it was genuinely just so sudden and it was never properly explained, it felt like it undermined their relationship and by the end I wasn't fully in support of them anymore because I didn't trust them not to break MY heart again with their snap decisions.and sudden out of love falling.
However, I enjoyed His 'N' Hers. The key for me was liking both Jim and Alison despite their flaws, even more I loved them together. I thought that their relationship was well captured and developed and I loved the slow layering of events and emotions which bought them together and made up their story.
The element that I didn't enjoy was their break-up. Not because it was an anti-HEA but because it came so left of field, even though we knew from the off to expect a break up at some point. It didn't stem from an event or even a series of tiny events that suddenly ignited. Literally one page they were Jim and Alison and then the next they hated each other and were splitting upand sorting their possessions into boxes. I kept re-reading the pages around this event thibking that I had missed some vital clue, but it was genuinely just so sudden and it was never properly explained, it felt like it undermined their relationship and by the end I wasn't fully in support of them anymore because I didn't trust them not to break MY heart again with their snap decisions.and sudden out of love falling.