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Nothing Like the Movies
by Lynn Painter
Honestly, I don’t think this book should have ever existed. It’s not so much that this book on its own was terrible, but more so that it ruins the magic of the first book.
Not only did I feel like I was reading about two completely different people than the Wes and Liz I had gotten to know and love, but their connection and dynamic was also entirely dissimilar.
I just struggled to reconcile my previous idea of this couple with what I was reading here, and I never really got a satisfying conclusion out of that. They weren’t the same, and that just feels like a major disservice to the original book in which people fell in love with these two.
Moreover, it just feels a little depressing to know that a couple we were all rooting for fell apart so easily and painfully. I never would have thought Wes would be able to hurt Liz so thoroughly, yet it turns out he could, and he did. And for two whole years?? He didn’t miss her enough to get her back during all thay time, but now I’m supposed to believe he is suddenly desperate to be with her again? If his love was truly that insurmountable, he wouldn’t have been able to stay away for so long.
Simply put, these actions seriously made me rethink and question how good of a couple they really were, since they broke up way too soon and with far too much ease.
Lastly, I just kind of hate how much Liz changed because of what happened. She was such a uniquely authentic person, and it just feels wrong for her to become someone entirely new due to a broken heart, no matter how big the hurt must have been. I guess I just expected Liz to have a stronger and more cemented personality than that, so that’s disappointing.
Not only did I feel like I was reading about two completely different people than the Wes and Liz I had gotten to know and love, but their connection and dynamic was also entirely dissimilar.
I just struggled to reconcile my previous idea of this couple with what I was reading here, and I never really got a satisfying conclusion out of that. They weren’t the same, and that just feels like a major disservice to the original book in which people fell in love with these two.
Moreover, it just feels a little depressing to know that a couple we were all rooting for fell apart so easily and painfully. I never would have thought Wes would be able to hurt Liz so thoroughly, yet it turns out he could, and he did. And for two whole years?? He didn’t miss her enough to get her back during all thay time, but now I’m supposed to believe he is suddenly desperate to be with her again? If his love was truly that insurmountable, he wouldn’t have been able to stay away for so long.
Simply put, these actions seriously made me rethink and question how good of a couple they really were, since they broke up way too soon and with far too much ease.
Lastly, I just kind of hate how much Liz changed because of what happened. She was such a uniquely authentic person, and it just feels wrong for her to become someone entirely new due to a broken heart, no matter how big the hurt must have been. I guess I just expected Liz to have a stronger and more cemented personality than that, so that’s disappointing.