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A review by jotsbyjasmine
Book Lovers by Emily Henry
4.0
4.25 Stars
This started as a slow read for me. Kept checking my phone in between chapters (more of an an indication that a book ain’t holding my attention rather than a comment on my attention span), and I didn’t start getting in the plot until ~100 pages in. Nora is fine as a person but wasn’t a likable main character for me. I was constantly confused why these sisters on a sister trip are spending so much time apart. Sure, Nora has to work and Libby has her own shit she’s going through, but why take a trip together then? And Nora’s saying how the summer time is when the publishing industry slows down, so why does her work seem to suddenly pick up? It felt a little dramatic for Charlie to be her nemesis when all their history seemed to be was one bad first impression on both their accounts.
I loved some of the twists that I didn’t see coming (Charlie being from Sunshine Falls, Shepard being his cousin, Charlie not being Cliff’s biological son), but some of them felt far fetched (Libby and Brendan moving to Sunshine Falls before even visiting?).
I’ve read two Emily Henry books so far and both have had some in-discrepancies, like that Nora gets up every morning before Libby wakes up and goes on a run… and then suddenly towards the end of the books she’s saying she’s up before Libby “for once.” And Libby is sitting with two steaming cups of coffee on a summer morning and hands it to Nora and says “it’s probably cold right now.” (If it’s still steaming on a summer morning, it is most certainly not cold by now.)
I didn’t mind the Lifetime movie predictable happy ending with every subplot neatly tied up and the girl getting it everything she wanted after all. That’s what I enjoyed the most, and kept me turning the pages at the end.
This started as a slow read for me. Kept checking my phone in between chapters (more of an an indication that a book ain’t holding my attention rather than a comment on my attention span), and I didn’t start getting in the plot until ~100 pages in. Nora is fine as a person but wasn’t a likable main character for me. I was constantly confused why these sisters on a sister trip are spending so much time apart. Sure, Nora has to work and Libby has her own shit she’s going through, but why take a trip together then? And Nora’s saying how the summer time is when the publishing industry slows down, so why does her work seem to suddenly pick up? It felt a little dramatic for Charlie to be her nemesis when all their history seemed to be was one bad first impression on both their accounts.
I loved some of the twists that I didn’t see coming (Charlie being from Sunshine Falls, Shepard being his cousin, Charlie not being Cliff’s biological son), but some of them felt far fetched (Libby and Brendan moving to Sunshine Falls before even visiting?).
I’ve read two Emily Henry books so far and both have had some in-discrepancies, like that Nora gets up every morning before Libby wakes up and goes on a run… and then suddenly towards the end of the books she’s saying she’s up before Libby “for once.” And Libby is sitting with two steaming cups of coffee on a summer morning and hands it to Nora and says “it’s probably cold right now.” (If it’s still steaming on a summer morning, it is most certainly not cold by now.)
I didn’t mind the Lifetime movie predictable happy ending with every subplot neatly tied up and the girl getting it everything she wanted after all. That’s what I enjoyed the most, and kept me turning the pages at the end.