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A review by jmbibliolater
Twenty-one Truths About Love by Matthew Dicks
3.0
Special thanks to Netgalley and St Martin's Press for the advance copy.
I have to be honest. My hopes were high for this fictional story. 21 Truths About Love has the potential to be such a good story. Yet, it is written entirely in lists and I am not a fan.
As I read list after list, I really felt for Daniel at times....his anxieties, his failures, his worries and his fears. He follows his dream, quits his job and opens his own bookstore. However, the bookstore is not performing well. He feels as if he is living in the shadow of his wife's dead husband. His mom is not that supportive.
I enjoy Daniel's wife Jill. She loves him for him, no matter his failures. He loves her unconditionally but is also a bit insecure in his love for her. I also really enjoy Dan's friendship with Bill once Bill is finally introduce. Bill helps Daniel get out of his rut and is one of the highlights of this book.
BUT...truth be told, the lists become too much. It is too tedious. The story is told month by month and by the time I got to April, I wanted to put a pen in my eye. Although 21 Truths About Love is a super creative idea and it takes some talent to write a story in lists (thus 3 stars), it falls flat. It kills me that it has the potential to be so much more and isn't.
I have to be honest. My hopes were high for this fictional story. 21 Truths About Love has the potential to be such a good story. Yet, it is written entirely in lists and I am not a fan.
As I read list after list, I really felt for Daniel at times....his anxieties, his failures, his worries and his fears. He follows his dream, quits his job and opens his own bookstore. However, the bookstore is not performing well. He feels as if he is living in the shadow of his wife's dead husband. His mom is not that supportive.
I enjoy Daniel's wife Jill. She loves him for him, no matter his failures. He loves her unconditionally but is also a bit insecure in his love for her. I also really enjoy Dan's friendship with Bill once Bill is finally introduce. Bill helps Daniel get out of his rut and is one of the highlights of this book.
BUT...truth be told, the lists become too much. It is too tedious. The story is told month by month and by the time I got to April, I wanted to put a pen in my eye. Although 21 Truths About Love is a super creative idea and it takes some talent to write a story in lists (thus 3 stars), it falls flat. It kills me that it has the potential to be so much more and isn't.