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A review by bluecaty
Regretting You by Colleen Hoover
2.0
This review contains spoilers.
Having heard so many good things about Colleen Hoover's books, I regret I started with this one. The plot was predictable, (seriously, I knew from the first chapter that Morgan isn't in love with Chris but with Jonah and I expected them to end up together somehow just as I knew that Jenny and Chris might have a thing for each other, it was too damn obvious) but, more than that, I read the book in a continuous frustration on the way the characters behaved and talked.
The miscommunication trope is stretched to no end.
The betrayal and accident - again no surprises here, a cliche used as a plot device, yet the way the characters deal with the family drama felt superficial, frustrating, and forced.
The daughter character was just a bratty teen and I failed to see the "epicness" Miller was talking about. I get that she was angry with her mom, her father, and her favorite aunt's death, but even though I find some excuses for her behavior, she seemed like a bad friend to Lexie as well, always forgetting about her and only calling her in times of need.
The mom character is somewhat more appealing, but the love between her and her daughter as well as the attraction between her and Jonas for the most part of the book wasn't compelling at all (except the first chapter and the 3-4 chapters before the end).
I like a good drama story, and I like reading dark themes, but I felt that, with this book, the drama and the tragic events were just thrown in there to produce tears, sympathy, and gratuitous grief, since the evolution and depth of the characters, their development failed to counterbalance the dark beginning. The only part that I enjoyed reading was the last 20% of it, where it seems that the characters magically get their act together and start being honest with each other.
I will give other books by Colleen Hoover a chance, maybe I just read the least favorite of the lot.
Having heard so many good things about Colleen Hoover's books, I regret I started with this one. The plot was predictable, (seriously, I knew from the first chapter that Morgan isn't in love with Chris but with Jonah and I expected them to end up together somehow just as I knew that Jenny and Chris might have a thing for each other, it was too damn obvious) but, more than that, I read the book in a continuous frustration on the way the characters behaved and talked.
The miscommunication trope is stretched to no end.
The betrayal and accident - again no surprises here, a cliche used as a plot device, yet the way the characters deal with the family drama felt superficial, frustrating, and forced.
The daughter character was just a bratty teen and I failed to see the "epicness" Miller was talking about. I get that she was angry with her mom, her father, and her favorite aunt's death, but even though I find some excuses for her behavior, she seemed like a bad friend to Lexie as well, always forgetting about her and only calling her in times of need.
The mom character is somewhat more appealing, but the love between her and her daughter as well as the attraction between her and Jonas for the most part of the book wasn't compelling at all (except the first chapter and the 3-4 chapters before the end).
I like a good drama story, and I like reading dark themes, but I felt that, with this book, the drama and the tragic events were just thrown in there to produce tears, sympathy, and gratuitous grief, since the evolution and depth of the characters, their development failed to counterbalance the dark beginning. The only part that I enjoyed reading was the last 20% of it, where it seems that the characters magically get their act together and start being honest with each other.
I will give other books by Colleen Hoover a chance, maybe I just read the least favorite of the lot.