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A review by justinlife
In Five Years by Rebecca Serle
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
Sigh.
This book was ok. It wasn’t great, I didn’t like it that much, but it’s fine. It’s an easy, quick read where Serle tries to get her audience to care about a corporate lawyer with control issues. The book is basically Beaches but with a corporate lawyer instead of a singer.
The premise was a solid one but she didn’t do much with it. There are many directions this book could’ve gone and things that could’ve happened to the character that felt earned but alas, it didn’t.
Told in first person narrative from the POV of the lawyer, I would’ve thought that she would have made that character more likable or interesting. Unfortunately she didn’t.
The book didn’t work for me but it wasn’t painful, just unfortunate. When the book takes a sharp left in the middle, it felt exhausting. Luckily her writing style was easy/breezy.
This book was ok. It wasn’t great, I didn’t like it that much, but it’s fine. It’s an easy, quick read where Serle tries to get her audience to care about a corporate lawyer with control issues. The book is basically Beaches but with a corporate lawyer instead of a singer.
The premise was a solid one but she didn’t do much with it. There are many directions this book could’ve gone and things that could’ve happened to the character that felt earned but alas, it didn’t.
Told in first person narrative from the POV of the lawyer, I would’ve thought that she would have made that character more likable or interesting. Unfortunately she didn’t.
The book didn’t work for me but it wasn’t painful, just unfortunate. When the book takes a sharp left in the middle, it felt exhausting. Luckily her writing style was easy/breezy.