A review by wwuvfkuefweuwuff
The Hating Game by Sally Thorne

medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

For an enemies to lovers book they didnt really hate each other at any point. It just felt like Lucy had this unjustifiable irritation towards Josh.
Which was kind of made obvious when she said at the end of Chapter 1 she wishes they could be friends
The beginning was probably the best part as the dynamics felt somewhat interesting but the second half had too much repetition of words/statements/kind of scenes to be engaging. There wasnt a definitive end of the 2nd  act. There were so many loose ends; the ex best friend, what happened with the job (the thing they had this rivalry fueled by).
they do say josh resigned and took himself out of the running but because the job was a big plot device it wasnt finished properly
The sex scenes were ok nothing to write home about. The whole book just felt lackluster

character-wise: Lucy felt like one of those women who infantilise themselves for men. whenever she would be self-deprecating by saying she was pathetic i couldnt help but agree. Josh was bordering on being a dickhead/hot angst but the way he was described by the author as almost murderous beyond the serial killer eyes thing disturbed me. They  both kept too many tabs on each other when they hated each other that it was freaky/ bordering on stalkery. 

Last thing; stop using the r slur.
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