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A review by woahshereads
The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston
3.0
I am a little confused as to why this book is so highly praised and rated… it was cute but is also your predictable romance novel & in my opinion, does not stand out to others in this genre. I listened to this book on audio and it was very easy for me to imagine this book play out as a movie BUT I felt the characters had NO personality whatsoever. It really made it hard to connect to them or even care about their story in general. Lemon’s entire “personality” is her career but they never dive into what exactly she does past her title so it’s hard for that passion to come through to the reader.
There were some really moving passages about grief and dealing with loss of loved ones that I felt also had undertones of regrets (such as not spending enough time with someone before they’re gone or not asking them how they are REALLY doing). But again, I felt the relationship between “lemon” and her aunt was even lacking anything unique to them? There are brief mentions of how they liked to travel together and take trips but beyond that nothing.. so again, really cute concept and great idea for the book which has such potential but the execution in writing just was not there for me.
I will say, I was surprised to se how people liked this over dead romantics because I remember loving that book! Maybe it’s time for a reread.
There were some really moving passages about grief and dealing with loss of loved ones that I felt also had undertones of regrets (such as not spending enough time with someone before they’re gone or not asking them how they are REALLY doing). But again, I felt the relationship between “lemon” and her aunt was even lacking anything unique to them? There are brief mentions of how they liked to travel together and take trips but beyond that nothing.. so again, really cute concept and great idea for the book which has such potential but the execution in writing just was not there for me.
I will say, I was surprised to se how people liked this over dead romantics because I remember loving that book! Maybe it’s time for a reread.