A review by queencariad
After I Do by Taylor Jenkins Reid

challenging emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

If you’ve been/are in a long relationship, with all its love and ups and downs, brace yourself because this book is violent in his relatability.
The good, the bad and the ugly, it’s all there. The passion, the routine, the questions.

I loved Lauren’s family so much. Her mom, her grandma, Rachel, Charlie… They were the best, their dynamic was so full of love and so heartwarming. 

I also enjoyed that it wasn’t actually that centered on Ryan, and more on Lauren. We get to understand every phase she goes through. Ryan’s emails drafts KILLED me. And Rachel was relatable as well— about relationships, about marriage and kids.

God I once again loved the writing style so much. It just flows perfectly, reads effortlessly. You blink and you’re halfway through it. TJR’s has a way of getting you invested in her characters’s journey in the span of a few pages.

I don’t know what else to tell you.
It wasn’t a mindblowing 5 stars read. For me, it’s a “holy shit, that’s so accurate, that’s so relatable, i see myself in this, it’s painful, it’s beautiful, it’s doable” 5 stars read. And I loved every single minute of it.
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