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A review by pastelwriter
I'm So (Not) Over You by Kosoko Jackson
Did not finish book. Stopped at 50%.
I simply could not continue reading this, and there were multiple reasons why.
1. I did not find Hudson charming. Like, at all. Not even a little. All I could see was a rich man who had emotional walls up. I literally couldn’t understand why Kian was so madly in love with him.
2. It was exhausting to be in Kian’s mind. He felt immature. All he had to offer was humor and cutting words. In many ways, I found him all the more irritating because he reminded me of my teenage self…and I’ve definitely grown from that time in my life. Anyway. I just wish this had been dual POV, so we could get a break from Kian’s inner monologue.
3. I don’t understand why the author didn’t make a more concentrated effort to at least show us some of Hudson’s redeeming qualities via memories. All we got was Kian thinking that what he and Hudson had was so great, but we didn’t get examples. This was important because our characters start this novel being broken up…and there’s a lot of animosity between them…and I just couldn’t see why one would like the other.
4. I felt no chemistry between the two main characters. I did’t think they were cute together. I did not think the “banter” between them made them charming. I just saw two people repeatedly hurting each other with their words. How was I supposed to find that charming?
5. Literally, the only compelling characters were the side characters. I did not know why we were following Kian and Hudson, when there were so many other characters that seemed to have compelling lives outside of the obtuseness of our two male leads.
6. A genuine critique could have been made of billionaires…and yet we have an MC that pays lip service to that…but is still down bad for a man with access to billions 🙃 Make it make sense. As Kian said, there’s no moral way to have that much money.
1. I did not find Hudson charming. Like, at all. Not even a little. All I could see was a rich man who had emotional walls up. I literally couldn’t understand why Kian was so madly in love with him.
2. It was exhausting to be in Kian’s mind. He felt immature. All he had to offer was humor and cutting words. In many ways, I found him all the more irritating because he reminded me of my teenage self…and I’ve definitely grown from that time in my life. Anyway. I just wish this had been dual POV, so we could get a break from Kian’s inner monologue.
3. I don’t understand why the author didn’t make a more concentrated effort to at least show us some of Hudson’s redeeming qualities via memories. All we got was Kian thinking that what he and Hudson had was so great, but we didn’t get examples. This was important because our characters start this novel being broken up…and there’s a lot of animosity between them…and I just couldn’t see why one would like the other.
4. I felt no chemistry between the two main characters. I did’t think they were cute together. I did not think the “banter” between them made them charming. I just saw two people repeatedly hurting each other with their words. How was I supposed to find that charming?
5. Literally, the only compelling characters were the side characters. I did not know why we were following Kian and Hudson, when there were so many other characters that seemed to have compelling lives outside of the obtuseness of our two male leads.
6. A genuine critique could have been made of billionaires…and yet we have an MC that pays lip service to that…but is still down bad for a man with access to billions 🙃 Make it make sense. As Kian said, there’s no moral way to have that much money.