A review by samanthachen
The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad

3.25


I struggle with a few tropes. I don’t love miscommunication tropes, and I don’t love it when characters know they have a flaw but frequently fall on that flaw without change. I think this book is likely a 4+ star read for most people, but I struggled with a few aspects. 

It felt gross watching our main character be manipulated by another character. I also would have preferred spending more time with them on vacation. Less time in turmoil after. The book felt too stressful for me to fully enjoy. I enjoyed the conflict resolution, but even that felt off. ‘Everybody started clapping,’ is a meme at this point, and it is a device that takes me immediately out of the story. If everybody starts clapping, I immediately am reminded that this is a story.
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