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A review by sammishgirl
My One and Only by Kristan Higgins
Did not finish book.
Over the past two months I've read quite a few Kristan Higgans novels. And while I've had my quibbles with some of them, and the whole I've really enjoyed them (hence why I keep reading them). But this one...
I was doing okay until about halfway through the book, when we finally learn why Harper and Nick got divorced in the first place. And after reading about it, I kind of thought, "Maybe these two really shouldn't be together?" That feeling just got stronger as the book went on. Their communication sucked, and Nick over and over seemed to feel that it was either his way or proof that she didn't love him enough. Plus, I kind of hated them both. The whole "we talk through movies in movie theaters, even after other patrons ask us to be quiet and have to move far away because we're disruptive" thing? Not cute, just hella obnoxious, and made me hate them both a little more.
By the 3/4 mark, I was actively rooting for them to not end up together. "You know what? We have great chemistry, but we actually suck as a couple. Let's cut our losses and move on." But I was still powering through, trying to finish the book because I was already so close, and I kept hoping that maybe they'd redeem themselves in some way. Hoping that Nick would stop being such an ass and expecting Harper to rearrange her entire life and change everything, just because he wanted her to.
And then, 40 pages from the end, And then I just couldn't take it anymore. And so I gave up on them. And Nick looked at me with his sad, tortured, gypsy eyes, and was disappointed in me, and I did not care.
I was doing okay until about halfway through the book, when we finally learn why Harper and Nick got divorced in the first place. And after reading about it, I kind of thought, "Maybe these two really shouldn't be together?" That feeling just got stronger as the book went on. Their communication sucked, and Nick over and over seemed to feel that it was either his way or proof that she didn't love him enough. Plus, I kind of hated them both. The whole "we talk through movies in movie theaters, even after other patrons ask us to be quiet and have to move far away because we're disruptive" thing? Not cute, just hella obnoxious, and made me hate them both a little more.
By the 3/4 mark, I was actively rooting for them to not end up together. "You know what? We have great chemistry, but we actually suck as a couple. Let's cut our losses and move on." But I was still powering through, trying to finish the book because I was already so close, and I kept hoping that maybe they'd redeem themselves in some way. Hoping that Nick would stop being such an ass and expecting Harper to rearrange her entire life and change everything, just because he wanted her to.
And then, 40 pages from the end,