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fromthehollylibrary 's review for:
Book Boyfriend
by Lucy Vine
I was sent an arc of this book by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
The premise of this book - sending letters to a stranger in the pages of a library book captured my attention, and the idea of the story following two very different twin sisters and their romantic entanglements sounded great.
Unfortunately however, I really did not gel with this book.
The book begins with an omniscient narrator of who we are not given the identity of until the very end of the book. It then follows the POV of each of the twin sisters. One sister, Jemma is a bookish, reserved character and the other, Carla is an eccentric, over-the-top loud character. Perfect opposites. I absolutely could not stand the chapters in Carla’s POV. They were too immature and the comedic moments which should have been lighthearted and fluffy were just so over the top that I got completely turned off, her character was just so unlikeable.
The focus of this story is on the relationship between the twin sisters rather than the romantic relationships of each twin, which would have been fine, I’m not mad that the focus wasn’t solely on the romantic relationships because this usually adds extra depth to the characters and introduces discussion and thought about familial relationships, and how we can perceive ourselves to be the inferior person in a situation when in reality everyone feels at least a little bit like that.
The premise of the book about the letters sent through the library book was completely overshadowed by the drama and outlandish behaviour of not only Carla but sometimes the other characters too, and whilst I’ve seen others say they laughed out loud, I just found this to be cringy.
I won’t continue to say what didn’t work for me as I don’t believe in completely bashing a book when its probably a case of it just not being the book for me. This was my first book by Lucy Vine and perhaps will be my last.
If you want a lighthearted, almost slapstick comedy with an abundance of modern references to celebrities and current social media trends then I am sure you will have a more pleasurable time with this book and rate it much higher than I have.
The premise of this book - sending letters to a stranger in the pages of a library book captured my attention, and the idea of the story following two very different twin sisters and their romantic entanglements sounded great.
Unfortunately however, I really did not gel with this book.
The book begins with an omniscient narrator of who we are not given the identity of until the very end of the book. It then follows the POV of each of the twin sisters. One sister, Jemma is a bookish, reserved character and the other, Carla is an eccentric, over-the-top loud character. Perfect opposites. I absolutely could not stand the chapters in Carla’s POV. They were too immature and the comedic moments which should have been lighthearted and fluffy were just so over the top that I got completely turned off, her character was just so unlikeable.
The focus of this story is on the relationship between the twin sisters rather than the romantic relationships of each twin, which would have been fine, I’m not mad that the focus wasn’t solely on the romantic relationships because this usually adds extra depth to the characters and introduces discussion and thought about familial relationships, and how we can perceive ourselves to be the inferior person in a situation when in reality everyone feels at least a little bit like that.
The premise of the book about the letters sent through the library book was completely overshadowed by the drama and outlandish behaviour of not only Carla but sometimes the other characters too, and whilst I’ve seen others say they laughed out loud, I just found this to be cringy.
I won’t continue to say what didn’t work for me as I don’t believe in completely bashing a book when its probably a case of it just not being the book for me. This was my first book by Lucy Vine and perhaps will be my last.
If you want a lighthearted, almost slapstick comedy with an abundance of modern references to celebrities and current social media trends then I am sure you will have a more pleasurable time with this book and rate it much higher than I have.