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A review by noranne
No Judgments by Meg Cabot
2.0
I was hoping for a fun light read, which is sort of what I got. This was a cute book in many ways, and I actually thought the romance (which is really the main point) was done well. It hit a lot of satisfying/fun tropes and didn't fall into some of the ones I find more irritating.
But the pacing was so weird, this big leadup to the hurricane and then the aftermath felt so wrong. And the big buildup to some aspects of Bri's personal life that were then handled so quickly and just way too pat.
Lastly, maybe some people will appreciate it, but there is a big scene near the end that is played as if it is supposed to be some big empowerment moment of Bri that I found genuinely appalling. I was also appalled at her callous disregard for emergency preparedness and her willingness to put her own life in danger and add unneeded load to an already-stressed system to ride out a Cat 5 hurricane out of sheer stubbornness, but at least this decision was portrayed in a bad light in the book. Not so with this other one. Left a very bad taste in my mouth.
But the pacing was so weird, this big leadup to the hurricane and then the aftermath felt so wrong. And the big buildup to some aspects of Bri's personal life that were then handled so quickly and just way too pat.
Lastly, maybe some people will appreciate it, but there is a big scene near the end that is played as if it is supposed to be some big empowerment moment of Bri that I found genuinely appalling. I was also appalled at her callous disregard for emergency preparedness and her willingness to put her own life in danger and add unneeded load to an already-stressed system to ride out a Cat 5 hurricane out of sheer stubbornness, but at least this decision was portrayed in a bad light in the book. Not so with this other one. Left a very bad taste in my mouth.