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A review by shelfishchar
Some Kind of Blunderful by Livy Hart
4.0
rating: 4.5/5
i reallllly loved the dynamic between the two characters because it was so parallel to nick and jess from new girl (my all time favorite couple ever). they're total opposites who attract and benefit each other in different ways. i also appreciated how realistic and sort of normal these two characters were.
mia is a pre-school teacher who loves her job but can admit it's sort of, a little bit soul crushing (lol), she's close with her family to the point where it may come off a little co-dependent but it's just a base she's always known and doesn't know anything else and while simultaneously kind of being co-dependent on her family she's desperate for freedom (mostly from her own mind like girl you're so real you're so me when i look at you it's like i'm looking at me actually).
on the other side, alex is so far removed (or so he thinks) from valuing other people's opinions, especially when it comes to opinions about him, that he's too dependent on himself. when he meets mia it's like he's (literally) opening up, and for lack of better terms (and to talk about one of my favorite cliche's) like these walls he's built down are slowly being dismantled by this colorful, chaotic teacher who is nothing like what he's used to.
loner boy x sociable girl is actually one of my fav microtropes fr idk i just love a (fictional) man who's kind of a loser (socially) you know what i mean? also they perfectly fit into the this is me trying bf x mirrorball gf which is very personal to me xo
the reason i didn't give it a full 5 stars is because i feel like the ending might've been a little too rushed and i felt like i was still missing so much. i would've liked to see an additional conversation between alex and richard, mia's dad, where they actually listen to each other. i would've liked to see what came of alex standing up to his cousin and maybe even a scene of him interacting with his aunt/uncle or just him coming to terms that he doesn't need to be grateful for them just doing the bare minimum (which we saw a little of, but i'm greedy).
other than those points, i loved loved this book!
thank you netgalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review :')
i reallllly loved the dynamic between the two characters because it was so parallel to nick and jess from new girl (my all time favorite couple ever). they're total opposites who attract and benefit each other in different ways. i also appreciated how realistic and sort of normal these two characters were.
mia is a pre-school teacher who loves her job but can admit it's sort of, a little bit soul crushing (lol), she's close with her family to the point where it may come off a little co-dependent but it's just a base she's always known and doesn't know anything else and while simultaneously kind of being co-dependent on her family she's desperate for freedom (mostly from her own mind like girl you're so real you're so me when i look at you it's like i'm looking at me actually).
on the other side, alex is so far removed (or so he thinks) from valuing other people's opinions, especially when it comes to opinions about him, that he's too dependent on himself. when he meets mia it's like he's (literally) opening up, and for lack of better terms (and to talk about one of my favorite cliche's) like these walls he's built down are slowly being dismantled by this colorful, chaotic teacher who is nothing like what he's used to.
loner boy x sociable girl is actually one of my fav microtropes fr idk i just love a (fictional) man who's kind of a loser (socially) you know what i mean? also they perfectly fit into the this is me trying bf x mirrorball gf which is very personal to me xo
the reason i didn't give it a full 5 stars is because i feel like the ending might've been a little too rushed and i felt like i was still missing so much. i would've liked to see an additional conversation between alex and richard, mia's dad, where they actually listen to each other. i would've liked to see what came of alex standing up to his cousin and maybe even a scene of him interacting with his aunt/uncle or just him coming to terms that he doesn't need to be grateful for them just doing the bare minimum (which we saw a little of, but i'm greedy).
other than those points, i loved loved this book!
thank you netgalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review :')