annilane 's review for:

Nothing Like the Movies by Lynn Painter

2.0

emotional funny medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I was really hoping for something différent out of this book … I loved the first one, and based on that and the description of this book I anticipated another book full of romcom worthy moments and charming Wesness. I felt the dual POVs was not the right choice, and I didn’t love Wes’ voice, it felt différent and harsher than thé first one. I guess you could blame it on his trauma, but I feel he lost à quintessential part of what made him so loveable. Maybe being in his head in this one humanize him too much for me. Also, I don’t think a great job was done of differentiating character’s dialogues from one another as they were in the first book. For example, Wes, Liz, and Helena all say “I swear to God” one or more times and it (and other phrases) felt not super generic and at times pretty cringe. I’ll definitely reread the first one, but probably not this one.