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A review by debz57a52
You Deserve Each Other by Sarah Hogle
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
** some spoilers below **
Hmmm.... mixed emotions about this book. At the beginning, it was kind of horrible. I didn't like Naomi or Nicholas at all. I really wanted them to break up. Naomi especially is terrible, but she's also the narrator and you get in her head and you don't want to be there because WTF is wrong with her? I am incredibly serious when I say she has Issues with a capital I. One good man is not going to heal here; she should really be in therapy. I say that, even after I have finished the book.
However. Naomi and Nicholas's relationship is kind of hysterical too. I laughed out loud more times reading this book than any in recent memory, and that's a good thing for this time of my life.
My frustration: It's clear Nicholas loves Naomi, but I feel like he puts all the pressure on Naomi for the bad times they're going through. However, once he starts doing the things he should have been doing all this time - talking to her about his feelings, standing up for her to his mom, spending more time letting her get to know him, following through on chores he said he'd do, being himself - the relationship gets exponentially better. So was it really her pulling away, as he says so many times, or was it equally their fault?
Hmmm.... mixed emotions about this book. At the beginning, it was kind of horrible. I didn't like Naomi or Nicholas at all. I really wanted them to break up. Naomi especially is terrible, but she's also the narrator and you get in her head and you don't want to be there because WTF is wrong with her? I am incredibly serious when I say she has Issues with a capital I. One good man is not going to heal here; she should really be in therapy. I say that, even after I have finished the book.
However. Naomi and Nicholas's relationship is kind of hysterical too. I laughed out loud more times reading this book than any in recent memory, and that's a good thing for this time of my life.
My frustration: It's clear Nicholas loves Naomi, but I feel like he puts all the pressure on Naomi for the bad times they're going through. However, once he starts doing the things he should have been doing all this time - talking to her about his feelings, standing up for her to his mom, spending more time letting her get to know him, following through on chores he said he'd do, being himself - the relationship gets exponentially better. So was it really her pulling away, as he says so many times, or was it equally their fault?
Content Warnings
Moderate: Cursing and Sexual content