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A review by ayah_reads
Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert
2.75
Gahhhh I feel bummed that I didn't enjoy this book that much in general and definitely nowhere near as much as I did with Get A Life, Chole Brown.
This also might potentially be 3 stars, I'm just torn cos it wasn't bad bad, but as I didn't really enjoy it that much idk if it should get 3 stars.
I think some of this is a "its not you, it's me" problem. I first this picked up after reading Austen for a semester and wanted a fun read for finals period, but coming from the subtlety of the Regency era and how Austen writes romantic relationship to this was just wayyyyy to much, like my eyes BURNED 🤣 Even just how the characters described each other had me dying a little ðŸ˜
However it was also more than that. I'd read Chole's book a year ago, but pretty much as soon as I started this one, the similarities jumped OUT. A similar relationship dynamic, similar emotional/internal blockages to actually being together, similar themes, yes there are differences but it honestly didn't feel THAT different.
So I put the book down and came back to it over a month later to audiobook the rest, and I guess I just wasn't at all invested in them. It was fun and cute to an extent, but I really just felt like I didn't care??? Especially about Dani's inner turmoil, like I get it but also I was just so eh ?? about it ?? Idk if it was the way it was written, that it was kinda repetitive, that it was obvious where it stemmed from yet she was so shook when her realisation hit ??? And then the final conflict was literally resolved into 2 chapters, like ??? Idk if this is a me thing and what I want from a romcom, but at the very least the conflict + resolution should have had a proper arc and been better written.
Overall, I love seeing BIPOC people in love and living their lives, so will always give so much kudos to Hibbert for centring that (especially seeing an interracial relationship where both are BIPOC!!), and I do love once again seeing how important mental health is in this book and for people (with an emphasis on men) to seek therapy. But I think I'll wait several years before I pick up Act Your Age, Eve Brown, orrrr might not read it at all, and maybe only read more of this author's work if the blurb really jumps out to me 😔
This also might potentially be 3 stars, I'm just torn cos it wasn't bad bad, but as I didn't really enjoy it that much idk if it should get 3 stars.
I think some of this is a "its not you, it's me" problem. I first this picked up after reading Austen for a semester and wanted a fun read for finals period, but coming from the subtlety of the Regency era and how Austen writes romantic relationship to this was just wayyyyy to much, like my eyes BURNED 🤣 Even just how the characters described each other had me dying a little ðŸ˜
However it was also more than that. I'd read Chole's book a year ago, but pretty much as soon as I started this one, the similarities jumped OUT. A similar relationship dynamic, similar emotional/internal blockages to actually being together, similar themes, yes there are differences but it honestly didn't feel THAT different.
So I put the book down and came back to it over a month later to audiobook the rest, and I guess I just wasn't at all invested in them. It was fun and cute to an extent, but I really just felt like I didn't care??? Especially about Dani's inner turmoil, like I get it but also I was just so eh ?? about it ?? Idk if it was the way it was written, that it was kinda repetitive, that it was obvious where it stemmed from yet she was so shook when her realisation hit ??? And then the final conflict was literally resolved into 2 chapters, like ??? Idk if this is a me thing and what I want from a romcom, but at the very least the conflict + resolution should have had a proper arc and been better written.
Overall, I love seeing BIPOC people in love and living their lives, so will always give so much kudos to Hibbert for centring that (especially seeing an interracial relationship where both are BIPOC!!), and I do love once again seeing how important mental health is in this book and for people (with an emphasis on men) to seek therapy. But I think I'll wait several years before I pick up Act Your Age, Eve Brown, orrrr might not read it at all, and maybe only read more of this author's work if the blurb really jumps out to me 😔
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Mental illness, and Death of parent