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Never Kiss Your Roommate
by Philline Harms
* e-ARC provided by NetGalley *
I really wanted to like this book. I really did. But unfortunately, this book was not for me.
I did not enjoy the writing style at all. I tend not to enjoy books written in the first person, but if its well done i can get past it. This wasn't the case. Not only that, but the writing in general felt off. It made it really difficult for me to enjoy some of the nicer parts of the book. I will say that I enjoyed most of the dialogue and that there were a couple lines that were actually quite funny.
As a french speaker, the use of french in this book was just so wrong. The name Jasper? Not at all french. And the way he uses the word mignon bothered me so much. It made no sense. I tend to have this issue with a lot of books so I've gotten used to just ignoring it, but it was used so much throughout the book.
Another issue I had with the book was the pacing. At times it felt like the book was going very quickly and other times very slowly. It felt as though the book should've been set during a longer period of time, not just a few months. On top of that, most of the action takes place in the last 25% of the book and didn't make much sense. It lacked in development and should've been spread out more throughout the book. The mystery was very predictable and yet it only really became relevant to the plot about half way through.
The characters were my favourite part of the book, which isn't saying a lot. I'm a big fan of character driven stories, so I enjoyed that, but I felt like the characters were lacking. They felt very 2-D and underdeveloped. I feel as though there was so much background information missing about these characters. We got to know a bit about the characters, but for a character driven book, I feel as though there should've been so much more to these characters, and I think that these characters needed more time to be properly fleshed out throughout the story.
Overall, not the book for me but I think that some people may enjoy it.
I really wanted to like this book. I really did. But unfortunately, this book was not for me.
I did not enjoy the writing style at all. I tend not to enjoy books written in the first person, but if its well done i can get past it. This wasn't the case. Not only that, but the writing in general felt off. It made it really difficult for me to enjoy some of the nicer parts of the book. I will say that I enjoyed most of the dialogue and that there were a couple lines that were actually quite funny.
As a french speaker, the use of french in this book was just so wrong. The name Jasper? Not at all french. And the way he uses the word mignon bothered me so much. It made no sense. I tend to have this issue with a lot of books so I've gotten used to just ignoring it, but it was used so much throughout the book.
Another issue I had with the book was the pacing. At times it felt like the book was going very quickly and other times very slowly. It felt as though the book should've been set during a longer period of time, not just a few months. On top of that, most of the action takes place in the last 25% of the book and didn't make much sense. It lacked in development and should've been spread out more throughout the book. The mystery was very predictable and yet it only really became relevant to the plot about half way through.
The characters were my favourite part of the book, which isn't saying a lot. I'm a big fan of character driven stories, so I enjoyed that, but I felt like the characters were lacking. They felt very 2-D and underdeveloped. I feel as though there was so much background information missing about these characters. We got to know a bit about the characters, but for a character driven book, I feel as though there should've been so much more to these characters, and I think that these characters needed more time to be properly fleshed out throughout the story.
Overall, not the book for me but I think that some people may enjoy it.