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tobyyy 's review for:
What She Really Wants: A Story
by Barbara Delinsky
Unread shelf project 2020: book 48.
Mixed feelings about this story.
Positive feelings:
* I totally understand the desire to have your husband know you well enough to surprise you with a gift you really wanted. This is a struggle I go through with my husband — we’ve been married 12 years and in the past 4-5 years I’ve just started to give him a wishlist for Christmas/birthday/anniversary and then he chooses things from the wishlist, so that way what he picks is still a surprise but he also doesn’t have to stress about gift giving without any guidance. But would I love it if he could pick something out for me that I’d love, the way I can pick things out for him that he loves? Yes, I would. It’s just not realistic for us, though. Experience has taught me that.
Negative feelings:
* Sarah came across as kind of an entitled brat. And I mean, I’m sure I’ve come across like that too when I’ve just wanted my husband to KNOW what I wanted for gifts. Like I said, I can see both sides... but seeing it fully removed from me was kind of an eye-opener.
The characters were not very fleshed out and most of them felt one-dimensional, including Sarah and Tom (the MCs).
But the ending was sweet.
Mixed feelings about this story.
Positive feelings:
* I totally understand the desire to have your husband know you well enough to surprise you with a gift you really wanted. This is a struggle I go through with my husband — we’ve been married 12 years and in the past 4-5 years I’ve just started to give him a wishlist for Christmas/birthday/anniversary and then he chooses things from the wishlist, so that way what he picks is still a surprise but he also doesn’t have to stress about gift giving without any guidance. But would I love it if he could pick something out for me that I’d love, the way I can pick things out for him that he loves? Yes, I would. It’s just not realistic for us, though. Experience has taught me that.
Negative feelings:
* Sarah came across as kind of an entitled brat. And I mean, I’m sure I’ve come across like that too when I’ve just wanted my husband to KNOW what I wanted for gifts. Like I said, I can see both sides... but seeing it fully removed from me was kind of an eye-opener.
The characters were not very fleshed out and most of them felt one-dimensional, including Sarah and Tom (the MCs).
But the ending was sweet.