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carmackin 's review for:
The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight
by Jennifer E. Smith
I really wanted to like this book. I’ve been meaning to read it for over a year but I just never picked it up. I loved the cover, the premise sounded cute, and I really enjoyed Jennifer’s This is What Happy Looks Like but this book ended up being a giant negative to me. I was so disappointed that I didn’t like the book that I was starting to talk myself into liking. But no, the truth is, it really made me mad.
First, I didn’t realize that it covered only a 24 hour period. Maybe that’s my fault, and I missed that somewhere, but because of the short time frame I found the book very unbelieveable. Sure people can meet at an airport and have instant chemistry, but I felt like all the other heavy hitting emotions just couldn’t unfold and development in such a short amount of time.
The romance in this book is fine, whatever. I’m not sold on either character but their relationship wasn’t my issue. My issue was the fact that Hadley’s father abandoned her and she gets over that within a snap of your fingers. What? How is that even possible? I was just waiting for Hadley to go off on her Dad, to express all the hurt she was holding inside. Does that ever happen? Noooooo. She’s more like “Oh, you really love your new wife so I everything is fine and I totally understand why you left me and my mother and moved to a different country where I never see you.” UGH. That’s the biggest load of BS ever. Also the fact that the her father cheats on her mother because he “fell in love” with another woman doesn’t make it ok. Marriage is a commitment, and a promise. Sure people leave each other all the time but it doesn’t make it right, especially when it involves you LEAVING YOUR DAUGHTER TO START ANOTHER FAMILY.
Ok sorry, as you can tell this book made me mad. I’m glad I read a different Jennifer E. Smith book before this one or I probably wouldn’t ever pick one up again. If you are looking for a book that you will want to throw across the room and burn then The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight is the one for you.
First, I didn’t realize that it covered only a 24 hour period. Maybe that’s my fault, and I missed that somewhere, but because of the short time frame I found the book very unbelieveable. Sure people can meet at an airport and have instant chemistry, but I felt like all the other heavy hitting emotions just couldn’t unfold and development in such a short amount of time.
The romance in this book is fine, whatever. I’m not sold on either character but their relationship wasn’t my issue. My issue was the fact that Hadley’s father abandoned her and she gets over that within a snap of your fingers. What? How is that even possible? I was just waiting for Hadley to go off on her Dad, to express all the hurt she was holding inside. Does that ever happen? Noooooo. She’s more like “Oh, you really love your new wife so I everything is fine and I totally understand why you left me and my mother and moved to a different country where I never see you.” UGH. That’s the biggest load of BS ever. Also the fact that the her father cheats on her mother because he “fell in love” with another woman doesn’t make it ok. Marriage is a commitment, and a promise. Sure people leave each other all the time but it doesn’t make it right, especially when it involves you LEAVING YOUR DAUGHTER TO START ANOTHER FAMILY.
Ok sorry, as you can tell this book made me mad. I’m glad I read a different Jennifer E. Smith book before this one or I probably wouldn’t ever pick one up again. If you are looking for a book that you will want to throw across the room and burn then The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight is the one for you.