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A review by lynseyreads_
A Merry Little Meet Cute by Sierra Simone, Julie Murphy
2.0
Feeling like a stream of consciousness list for this one:
+ex-boy band member and porn star are the leading actors of a Hallmark-like holiday movie. <
+some funny details (like when Bee has to ride a horse named WhitNeigh Houston)
-too long (over 400 pp/11 hour audiobook!) for a holiday rom com-type romance.
-I don’t understand how the characters fall in love. Nolan spends most of the book objectifying bee, but somehow they get to the “in love” stage
-poor Bipolar disorder rep >> infantilized Nolan’s mother as a result
-boy band bad boy, Nolan, wasn’t likable at all for me. If he wasn’t a boy band star then no way Bee would have liked him.
-there’s a moment where Bee describes herself as fat and Nolan has this instant epitome about how “fat” is a neutral word—it was too quick and inauthentic. One of the moments where it feels like a man has written it tbh
-plus size rep is like HEY I’M A BOOK WITH A FAT MC?? And don’t you forget it!!!
-the ending of the movie they’re filming isn’t written until they’re almost done shooting, and it wasn’t worth the build up AT ALL
-there’s no “meet cute” WHERE is the meet cute!?!
+ex-boy band member and porn star are the leading actors of a Hallmark-like holiday movie. <
+some funny details (like when Bee has to ride a horse named WhitNeigh Houston)
-too long (over 400 pp/11 hour audiobook!) for a holiday rom com-type romance.
-I don’t understand how the characters fall in love. Nolan spends most of the book objectifying bee, but somehow they get to the “in love” stage
-poor Bipolar disorder rep >> infantilized Nolan’s mother as a result
-boy band bad boy, Nolan, wasn’t likable at all for me. If he wasn’t a boy band star then no way Bee would have liked him.
-there’s a moment where Bee describes herself as fat and Nolan has this instant epitome about how “fat” is a neutral word—it was too quick and inauthentic. One of the moments where it feels like a man has written it tbh
-plus size rep is like HEY I’M A BOOK WITH A FAT MC?? And don’t you forget it!!!
-the ending of the movie they’re filming isn’t written until they’re almost done shooting, and it wasn’t worth the build up AT ALL
-there’s no “meet cute” WHERE is the meet cute!?!