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The Déjà Glitch
by Holly James
Thank you NetGalley and Penguin for this ARC!
This book was alright. I had some fun times reading it. There were some great scenes and great moments with the characters. It didn't rock my world, I don't know if I'd revisit it, and it definitely had some things I'd change. But yeah - it was fun.
I was hesitant on a time loop trope. My experience with the trope is bad, one of my least favorite books I've read, so I didn't know what to expect. But I did enjoy this one! Jack coming to Gemma already understanding the loop and trying to get her on the same page made a big difference for me and made it a lot more enjoyable. I was rooting for him to get through to her because WOW Gemma did not want to listen to him.
Speaking of Jack and Gemma - Jack? Loved him. Loved him immediately. He was so fun and ya girl loves a simp. Gemma took awhile to grow on me, however. I do think this book could've benefited from her getting on board a bit sooner. I get it's a weird thing and I don't know how quickly I'd believe I was in a time loop, but for the sake of the plot I wish we didn't have to spend so much time trying to convince her of the plot of the book.
In general, and I do hate to say this, I do think this book could've benefited from being a bit shorter. I feel if it was edited down to be maybe 2o-30 pages shorter it would've felt a lot smoother and I wouldn't have gotten to the ending feeling like, "alright ok I'm ready for this to be over now."
All in all, it was a fun RomCom. I had a good time. I hope others will enjoy it as well.
This book was alright. I had some fun times reading it. There were some great scenes and great moments with the characters. It didn't rock my world, I don't know if I'd revisit it, and it definitely had some things I'd change. But yeah - it was fun.
I was hesitant on a time loop trope. My experience with the trope is bad, one of my least favorite books I've read, so I didn't know what to expect. But I did enjoy this one! Jack coming to Gemma already understanding the loop and trying to get her on the same page made a big difference for me and made it a lot more enjoyable. I was rooting for him to get through to her because WOW Gemma did not want to listen to him.
Speaking of Jack and Gemma - Jack? Loved him. Loved him immediately. He was so fun and ya girl loves a simp. Gemma took awhile to grow on me, however. I do think this book could've benefited from her getting on board a bit sooner. I get it's a weird thing and I don't know how quickly I'd believe I was in a time loop, but for the sake of the plot I wish we didn't have to spend so much time trying to convince her of the plot of the book.
In general, and I do hate to say this, I do think this book could've benefited from being a bit shorter. I feel if it was edited down to be maybe 2o-30 pages shorter it would've felt a lot smoother and I wouldn't have gotten to the ending feeling like, "alright ok I'm ready for this to be over now."
All in all, it was a fun RomCom. I had a good time. I hope others will enjoy it as well.