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A review by dorch
Fake Dates and Mooncakes by Sher Lee
1.0
Halfway through I was deciding between 2 and 3 stars. By 80% I was deciding between 1 and 2 stars. I was going to rate it 2 stars because I learned something about Chinese culture and they talked about lots of delicious food, but by the end of it, I realized I can’t do more than 1. They spend 75% of the book “fake dating” which is an exaggeration and seems like it’s added simply because it’s a book cliche. Thoughout the first 75% of the book I grow increasingly unconvinced as to why they haven’t kissed for real yet. The only reason I can think of is because the author is trying to increase yearning but they don’t quite manage to succeed.
The book is unbelievably unrealistic and badly paced. I don’t like reading books about billionaire children and I’m very unconvinced that his dad is a CEO of a semiconductor company. He’s a cliched billionaire villain. Overall, the book does more telling (through the thoughts of the MC Dylan) than showing. Their relationship progresses so fast yet so slowly. Theo’s best friend is a huge red flag which is not addressed at all. The book is filled with so many things that don’t make sense which went put together add up to a lot of issues. The author clearly does not know anything about semiconductor companies. It would have been more believable if his dad was CEO of another industry. I’m also not convinced the author has ever met a dog. A dog wouldn’t return with a mooncake in their mouth. Furthermore, it’s unrealistic that Dylan would be able to drive growing up poor in NYC. Also, someone who has rented all their lives wouldn’t think their landlord would make them pay for flood damage repairs. That’s a perk of renting… By the end of the story, I was getting so mad, which was exasperated by everyone seemingly ending up together for no believable reason. Awful book.
The book is unbelievably unrealistic and badly paced. I don’t like reading books about billionaire children and I’m very unconvinced that his dad is a CEO of a semiconductor company. He’s a cliched billionaire villain. Overall, the book does more telling (through the thoughts of the MC Dylan) than showing. Their relationship progresses so fast yet so slowly. Theo’s best friend is a huge red flag which is not addressed at all. The book is filled with so many things that don’t make sense which went put together add up to a lot of issues. The author clearly does not know anything about semiconductor companies. It would have been more believable if his dad was CEO of another industry. I’m also not convinced the author has ever met a dog. A dog wouldn’t return with a mooncake in their mouth. Furthermore, it’s unrealistic that Dylan would be able to drive growing up poor in NYC. Also, someone who has rented all their lives wouldn’t think their landlord would make them pay for flood damage repairs. That’s a perk of renting… By the end of the story, I was getting so mad, which was exasperated by everyone seemingly ending up together for no believable reason. Awful book.