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A review by bookishlychar
Someone Just Like You by Meredith Schorr
4.0
Someone Just Like You is a childhood enemies to lovers novel about Molly and Jude. Molly and Jude grew up across the street from each other, their families were best friends. As they spent more time together as kids, they started doing pranks and jokes to each other. They are reunited to plan a co-anniversary party for both sets of parents. What happens next is a series of pranks, and some realizations about the people they have been dating over the years. A reluctant friendship develops, that leads to more and suddenly both are wondering if the other is as horrible as they originally thought.
These two really hated each other. Some of their "pranks" were downright mean. I thought that in their late 20s they would have matured a bit and found them repetitive at times. Once they stopped pranking though I really enjoyed the story. I liked the exploration of Molly's desire to plan and make everything perfect and what that stems from, as well as how two people like Molly and Jude, so much opposites, could possibly work together.
I did appreciate the Jewish representation, as this is not something that is often shown in books. I also liked the two sibling sets and how they related to each other. I also liked both Molly and Jude (aside form the pranking). They are both struggling with wanting more with their lives, but also being weary of what that more is. It was interesting to see where Molly's need to compulsively plan came from and I thought it was a great way to explain it.
Overall, this was a fantastic archenemies to lovers story with great family dynamics and self discovery. Thank you to NetGalley and Forever publishing for a copy of this book. All opinions are 100% mine.
These two really hated each other. Some of their "pranks" were downright mean. I thought that in their late 20s they would have matured a bit and found them repetitive at times. Once they stopped pranking though I really enjoyed the story. I liked the exploration of Molly's desire to plan and make everything perfect and what that stems from, as well as how two people like Molly and Jude, so much opposites, could possibly work together.
I did appreciate the Jewish representation, as this is not something that is often shown in books. I also liked the two sibling sets and how they related to each other. I also liked both Molly and Jude (aside form the pranking). They are both struggling with wanting more with their lives, but also being weary of what that more is. It was interesting to see where Molly's need to compulsively plan came from and I thought it was a great way to explain it.
Overall, this was a fantastic archenemies to lovers story with great family dynamics and self discovery. Thank you to NetGalley and Forever publishing for a copy of this book. All opinions are 100% mine.