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cloudface 's review for:
My Best Friend's Honeymoon
by Meryl Wilsner
emotional
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This was okay, but I didn’t really feel the emotional connection between the two lead characters. There was a lot of telling and not showing; lots of paragraphs of them gushing about how much they care about each other without a lot of examples provided. The lack of emotional connection made the sex scenes (which took up the whole middle of the book) feel boring and repetitive to me. I usually like how Wilsner writes physical intimacy, but it just felt a little forced in this one.
I also really struggled to root for Elsie. Despite her whole arc being “she needs to put herself first” it seems like that’s ALL she did. She struck me as the type of person that talks about how selfless they are when they’re actually extremely selfish. Ginny deserves better.
I also really struggled to root for Elsie. Despite her whole arc being “she needs to put herself first” it seems like that’s ALL she did. She struck me as the type of person that talks about how selfless they are when they’re actually extremely selfish. Ginny deserves better.