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A review by carladelgado
F*ck Love by Tarryn Fisher
1.0
Oh, god. Where do I even begin? This is so difficult!
Okay, first off, I really love the cover. Really, really love it. I love it so much.
Now we continue.
*not a spoiler-less review, read at your own risk please*
I feel like I've just wasted my time on this book, which is something I really didn't expect. I don't know anything about the book aside from the author. I don't know what it's about, what the synopsis was, or whatever. I just read it because it's Tarryn Fisher. She said on her PLN group that her books aren't the same, and that we can love one but not love the other. So far, I have loved all of her books, but not this time. Not that I hated the book, it's just that I really didn't like it. Hate is such a negative word. I had such high expectations for the book seeing as it had such high reviews.
How do I even gather my thoughts?
I kept waiting for me to actually be interested in it, and not just interested in knowing when it will end. I was not so engrossed in this book, although yes, I was eager to know what happened next.
I don't know why but I was bothered with how social media was so into all of this. Constantly using her Instagram? Taking selfies to remember her moments? Stalking people on Facebook? Yes, I know there are all normal things that we do in perhaps in our daily lives but reading it on a book felt weird. Perhaps on this particular one. I really can't explain why. I know this certainly wasn't the first time that book characters used social media but in F*ck Love, it felt off. Really off. Along with mentioning Disney and Harry Potter. I know the main character's a Potterhead but everything just felt so off. So, so off. The chapter titles written in hashtags matched with the Harry Potter font was bothersome as well. It just wasn't that good for me.
Onto the plot. REALLY? She had a dream about their life together? After that, she's suddenly seeing Kit in a new light? This is probably the foundation of the whole book that I am questioning but this really doesn't sit well with me. SHE HAD A DREAM. ABOUT HER LIFE WITH A GUY. AND THEN SHE WOKE UP AND DEVELOPED FEELINGS FOR SAID GUY. After that she actually really do end up with the guy. All I'm thinking is that it was somehow a self-fulfilling prophecy. Because she dreamt it, she developed feelings for Kit. Because she developed feelings for Kit, the dream was more likely to come true. Of course we're not talking about every detail like Thomas or Brandy or whatever, just the fact that they ended up as a family or that Della didn't talk to them. I'm just really like ??????? with the fact that she had a dream about them. That's just messed up.
In her dream she was very talented in drawing, so after that she kind of started to make that dream come true. She wanted to be as talented as the person she was in that dream. Why did she have a sudden interest in drawing? BECAUSE OF THE DREAM. I'm just... I'm just really stressed about the foundation of this book. Yes, yes, if the dream hadn't happened they still could have found their way to each other and the end would be the same and only the journey there would be different, but still! THESE THINGS ARE HAPPENING BECAUSE OF HER DREAM. I'm just seriously stressed about this.
The only thing I knew about the book before reading it was that it was full of quotable quotes. True enough, I found myself highlighting a lot of paragraphs. Tarryn is a really great writer, it's just the plot that didn't work with me. There are so many points that I could still give but reading the book drained enough energy from me. Some things didn't make sense, some things were not plausible, and sometimes you have to suspend your disbelief in order to enjoy the book. To sum it all up, the book just didn't work with me, and that's okay. That doesn't mean I'm going to stop reading Tarryn's books, that just means I'm going to stay really far away from this one.
Okay, first off, I really love the cover. Really, really love it. I love it so much.
Now we continue.
*not a spoiler-less review, read at your own risk please*
"They don't do it on purpose, you know."
"Who?"
"The people who blind themselves to the truth. They're just trying to survive."
"Who wants to survive without truth?"
"Maybe people who have had too much of it. Or people who have had too little. Or people who are too shallow to appreciate its hard edges."
I feel like I've just wasted my time on this book, which is something I really didn't expect. I don't know anything about the book aside from the author. I don't know what it's about, what the synopsis was, or whatever. I just read it because it's Tarryn Fisher. She said on her PLN group that her books aren't the same, and that we can love one but not love the other. So far, I have loved all of her books, but not this time. Not that I hated the book, it's just that I really didn't like it. Hate is such a negative word. I had such high expectations for the book seeing as it had such high reviews.
How do I even gather my thoughts?
I kept waiting for me to actually be interested in it, and not just interested in knowing when it will end. I was not so engrossed in this book, although yes, I was eager to know what happened next.
I don't know why but I was bothered with how social media was so into all of this. Constantly using her Instagram? Taking selfies to remember her moments? Stalking people on Facebook? Yes, I know there are all normal things that we do in perhaps in our daily lives but reading it on a book felt weird. Perhaps on this particular one. I really can't explain why. I know this certainly wasn't the first time that book characters used social media but in F*ck Love, it felt off. Really off. Along with mentioning Disney and Harry Potter. I know the main character's a Potterhead but everything just felt so off. So, so off. The chapter titles written in hashtags matched with the Harry Potter font was bothersome as well. It just wasn't that good for me.
Onto the plot. REALLY? She had a dream about their life together? After that, she's suddenly seeing Kit in a new light? This is probably the foundation of the whole book that I am questioning but this really doesn't sit well with me. SHE HAD A DREAM. ABOUT HER LIFE WITH A GUY. AND THEN SHE WOKE UP AND DEVELOPED FEELINGS FOR SAID GUY. After that she actually really do end up with the guy. All I'm thinking is that it was somehow a self-fulfilling prophecy. Because she dreamt it, she developed feelings for Kit. Because she developed feelings for Kit, the dream was more likely to come true. Of course we're not talking about every detail like Thomas or Brandy or whatever, just the fact that they ended up as a family or that Della didn't talk to them. I'm just really like ??????? with the fact that she had a dream about them. That's just messed up.
In her dream she was very talented in drawing, so after that she kind of started to make that dream come true. She wanted to be as talented as the person she was in that dream. Why did she have a sudden interest in drawing? BECAUSE OF THE DREAM. I'm just... I'm just really stressed about the foundation of this book. Yes, yes, if the dream hadn't happened they still could have found their way to each other and the end would be the same and only the journey there would be different, but still! THESE THINGS ARE HAPPENING BECAUSE OF HER DREAM. I'm just seriously stressed about this.
The only thing I knew about the book before reading it was that it was full of quotable quotes. True enough, I found myself highlighting a lot of paragraphs. Tarryn is a really great writer, it's just the plot that didn't work with me. There are so many points that I could still give but reading the book drained enough energy from me. Some things didn't make sense, some things were not plausible, and sometimes you have to suspend your disbelief in order to enjoy the book. To sum it all up, the book just didn't work with me, and that's okay. That doesn't mean I'm going to stop reading Tarryn's books, that just means I'm going to stay really far away from this one.