A review by elizabethdes
The Trouble With Love by Claire Contreras

1.0

I’m really disappointed by this book. I liked the concept but I could not get over the authors clear lack of research about Jamaican culture. It wasn’t a necessary piece to add to the book, but since it is there I really can’t ignore the main character saying “The son scoffs and says something I’m Jamaican that I know is a cure, but I don’t understand.” Jamaican isn’t a language. Jamaicans speak English, and what the other was referring to was Patios, which is a dialect often spoken in Jamaican (and it’s essentially broken down English). After this, the book just got more and more disappointing, dnf at 67%.