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ashurq 's review for:
You Had Me At Hello
by Mhairi McFarlane
I’ve finally completed Mhairi McFarlane’s backlog (aside from the follow-up short story to this book)! I don’t know why it took me so long to read this one when I’ve loved all of her other books.
I honestly can’t believe this is her debut. The characters all feel so real. One thing I love about McFarlane’s writing is the way she does dialogue. It all feels so snappy, but also incredibly realistic. I love the way the characters interact and that secondary characters aren’t just there to support and advise our main characters, but that the opposite is true too—our main character is given the chance to reciprocate on the page. I liked Rachel as a main character and really wanted to see her succeed. I liked that sometimes previous events were told in flashbacks, but were sometimes given their own chapters. When it came down to it, I didn’t REALLY see what she saw in Rhys—it’s not clear why she stuck with him for so long.
Rachel’s relationship with Ben felt really tricky and in the end, I’m not totally sure how I feel about the resolution. Perhaps the follow up short story will help with that. I do feel like this book was probably longer than it needed to be, but I think that also made it so we could really see how developed these characters and relationships were.
Overall, I liked it a lot and will continue to read every single thing that McFarlane writes.
I honestly can’t believe this is her debut. The characters all feel so real. One thing I love about McFarlane’s writing is the way she does dialogue. It all feels so snappy, but also incredibly realistic. I love the way the characters interact and that secondary characters aren’t just there to support and advise our main characters, but that the opposite is true too—our main character is given the chance to reciprocate on the page. I liked Rachel as a main character and really wanted to see her succeed. I liked that sometimes previous events were told in flashbacks, but were sometimes given their own chapters. When it came down to it, I didn’t REALLY see what she saw in Rhys—it’s not clear why she stuck with him for so long.
Rachel’s relationship with Ben felt really tricky and in the end, I’m not totally sure how I feel about the resolution. Perhaps the follow up short story will help with that. I do feel like this book was probably longer than it needed to be, but I think that also made it so we could really see how developed these characters and relationships were.
Overall, I liked it a lot and will continue to read every single thing that McFarlane writes.