A review by genny
The Hating Game by Sally Thorne

Did not finish book. Stopped at 52%.
I...I don't understand how this has so many rave reviews. I was so ready for a fun rom-com that I could shamelessly fawn over, but I couldn't root for the protagonists. Lucy is so freaking dense and does nothing but daydream about Josh's smell and his deep, deep blue eyes. Josh tries to act all aloof and mysterious, but comes off as a possessive weirdo. Is his aggression supposed to be hot? And I get it, Lucy, you're tiny! So petite and small and cute and short, such a big height difference between you and Joshua! I get it. I have this on audiobook so I tried to listen to it while writing a paper, but it was slowly killing off my brain cells so I had to DNF.

I swear I am capable of enjoying harmless, feel-good romance. If this was made into a movie I'd probably like it better, but on paper it just wasn't cutting it for me.
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