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A review by heatheray
The Christine + Jake Affair by Morgan Parker
4.0
I loved this book and am going to try to keep 1 and 2 straight in my head as I write up my review because there is a huge difference in how I feel about the characters in each book.
In Textual Encounters we have Katie – who to me seems a tad self-entitled – finds a iPhone in the back of a cab. Instead of doing the right thing, trying to find the owner, she takes it as a sign from the universe that she is supposed to have an iPhone instead of her old phone. At her age and in med school she should probably stop worrying about what her mommy and daddy buy her and concentrate on her studies, maybe providing things for herself, etc. That right there gives us a preview of Katie’s moral compass, which will see more of throughout both books.
Christine and Jake “meet” by an accidental wrong text sent by Jake to Christine. I liked both of these characters to begin with, but after a few incidents, I started to wish that Christine’s story would just come out already because something was a bit off about her.
I really liked Jake and was rooting for his happiness. It felt like he was all in with with Christine and I just wanted something to finally work for him.
One might ask how I might love this book when I didn’t like 2 out of 3 characters. I didn’t need to like them in this one. I was completely absorbed in the texts and wanting things to be good for Jake.
Definitely a different style book and an excellent read.
In Textual Encounters we have Katie – who to me seems a tad self-entitled – finds a iPhone in the back of a cab. Instead of doing the right thing, trying to find the owner, she takes it as a sign from the universe that she is supposed to have an iPhone instead of her old phone. At her age and in med school she should probably stop worrying about what her mommy and daddy buy her and concentrate on her studies, maybe providing things for herself, etc. That right there gives us a preview of Katie’s moral compass, which will see more of throughout both books.
Christine and Jake “meet” by an accidental wrong text sent by Jake to Christine. I liked both of these characters to begin with, but after a few incidents, I started to wish that Christine’s story would just come out already because something was a bit off about her.
I really liked Jake and was rooting for his happiness. It felt like he was all in with with Christine and I just wanted something to finally work for him.
One might ask how I might love this book when I didn’t like 2 out of 3 characters. I didn’t need to like them in this one. I was completely absorbed in the texts and wanting things to be good for Jake.
Definitely a different style book and an excellent read.