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A review by fiwwa
You Deserve Each Other by Sarah Hogle
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
! Most of the part contains spoiler !
The fact that this book is considered short but I finish it in more than a day explains that this book is not enjoyable to read for me. No, no, not because it's not spicy that makes it boring, but the plot. I was expecting a fun second chance lovers-enemies-lovers but what I get is lovers-enemies-forced to be lovers and get married.
I see the way Nicholas tried for Naomi to love him again but it's the type of "that's what you call effort?" effort. Yeah, I KNOW he bought her a house but then what, does she even like the house at first? Doesn't he supposed to know what she likes by ASKING AND COMMUNICATE? And even after all those things that Nicholas did to her, I still don't see the sparks of love in Naomi. She is happy most of the times and tried to think that Nicholas does that because he loves her. I repeat, she tried to think about his gesture. If he actually shows his love in the right one, the one that he knows Naomi likes, she won't even have to try to see that. Even in the end, I still think that they get married by the thought of "Yeah, maybe she/he does love me."
I was expecting a heated enemies trying to find the love between them but what I found is just a childish hate with revenge and sabotage. I get that this book is about communication and honesty in a relationship but I swear the miscommunication between Naomi and Nicholas on the half of the book pissed me off sooo much it makes me almost add this book to DNF. Let's be real, sometimes we intentionally look for a toxic relationship trope in a romance but not this one. Naomi is so... self-centered, not as awful as Deborah but she is still awful. She only wants Nicholas to do all the love-finding without even doing anything. Kinda hoping there's a Nicholas's POV to see how he actually feels.
HOWEVER, what makes me happy is when the author mentioned the title in the book. Nice one. The perfect title choice for the story though I personally don't really like the story itself.
The fact that this book is considered short but I finish it in more than a day explains that this book is not enjoyable to read for me. No, no, not because it's not spicy that makes it boring, but the plot. I was expecting a fun second chance lovers-enemies-lovers but what I get is lovers-enemies-forced to be lovers and get married.
I see the way Nicholas tried for Naomi to love him again but it's the type of "that's what you call effort?" effort. Yeah, I KNOW he bought her a house but then what, does she even like the house at first? Doesn't he supposed to know what she likes by ASKING AND COMMUNICATE? And even after all those things that Nicholas did to her, I still don't see the sparks of love in Naomi. She is happy most of the times and tried to think that Nicholas does that because he loves her. I repeat, she tried to think about his gesture. If he actually shows his love in the right one, the one that he knows Naomi likes, she won't even have to try to see that. Even in the end, I still think that they get married by the thought of "Yeah, maybe she/he does love me."
I was expecting a heated enemies trying to find the love between them but what I found is just a childish hate with revenge and sabotage. I get that this book is about communication and honesty in a relationship but I swear the miscommunication between Naomi and Nicholas on the half of the book pissed me off sooo much it makes me almost add this book to DNF. Let's be real, sometimes we intentionally look for a toxic relationship trope in a romance but not this one. Naomi is so... self-centered, not as awful as Deborah but she is still awful. She only wants Nicholas to do all the love-finding without even doing anything. Kinda hoping there's a Nicholas's POV to see how he actually feels.
HOWEVER, what makes me happy is when the author mentioned the title in the book. Nice one. The perfect title choice for the story though I personally don't really like the story itself.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Sexual content