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A review by ratnix
Let's Talk About Love by Claire Kann
lighthearted
relaxing
2.0
I will start by saying that I disagree with most of the below 3 stars reviews and the reasons they didn't enjoy this book.
• I did not find Alice a childish or immature MC: If I remember correctly she's around 20ish? Her frontal lobe is still developing let her be and let her have cute meters to describe how cute someone is💀 I think Alice was a great ace rep
• I did not think the book villainized Margot. I think Alice's reaction to being broken up because she didn't want to have sex makes sense. Totally fair if sex is a very important part of your relationship but in this case we see Alice's perspective and Alice is someone who doesn't care about sex so it only makes sense that she'd have this reaction. There are many ace people out there whose partners broke up with them because they had different needs so it makes sense that she'd feel resentful and bitter
Some things that I do agree with:
• While a love interest and either mentioned or appearing in every single chapter, Takumi was just there 😭 I guess he was a cute LI but that's just it
• The exaggerated use of parentheses made me want to bawl my eyes out. 9 times out of 10, the things said could have been written without the use of the parenthesis
Now, my biggest problem with this book is how Alice and Feenie's friendship was handled and Feenie's character in general
From the very beginning we get the image that miss Feenie needs to see a therapist for her anger issues. She's been in fights for Alice's sake (and generally) and it would have been a great way to explore Feenie's interest in professional fighting but no, it's just a way to show Feenie as the "angry" best friend who gets into fights all the time. Mind you, they have been best friends since they were kids
Her whole character is her wanting to get married and have kids with her boyfriend (who's also one of Alice's best friends) to give her kids the "childhood she didn't have", which, fine, I disagree with the entire reasoning behind her motives but whatever I won't promote my anti natalism beliefs here. But, miss, if you want to have kids and become a better mother to them than your mother was to you then maybe you should start by visiting a therapist?? Communicating and controlling your emotions??
That aside, Feenie is the worst possible friend to have.She ditches Alice in a party to go make out with her boyfriend, Alice is assaulted and is rightfully angry and stressed and leaves the party, Feenie proceeds to get mad and blames Alice AND THEN manages to convince Alice that it was both hers and Alice's fault that they fell apart. Not to mention she tries to live through Alice, tries to convince her to have sex with Takumi because "you never know"
I was expecting to use Feenie as a way for Alice to stand up for herself, making her realize what a terrible friend she is but no - all's well at the end!
And we never hear about it again.
So, yes, everytime Feenie was on the page, my mouth foamed. It was such a missed opportunity
• I did not find Alice a childish or immature MC: If I remember correctly she's around 20ish? Her frontal lobe is still developing let her be and let her have cute meters to describe how cute someone is💀 I think Alice was a great ace rep
• I did not think the book villainized Margot. I think Alice's reaction to being broken up because she didn't want to have sex makes sense. Totally fair if sex is a very important part of your relationship but in this case we see Alice's perspective and Alice is someone who doesn't care about sex so it only makes sense that she'd have this reaction. There are many ace people out there whose partners broke up with them because they had different needs so it makes sense that she'd feel resentful and bitter
Some things that I do agree with:
• While a love interest and either mentioned or appearing in every single chapter, Takumi was just there 😭 I guess he was a cute LI but that's just it
• The exaggerated use of parentheses made me want to bawl my eyes out. 9 times out of 10, the things said could have been written without the use of the parenthesis
Now, my biggest problem with this book is how Alice and Feenie's friendship was handled and Feenie's character in general
From the very beginning we get the image that miss Feenie needs to see a therapist for her anger issues. She's been in fights for Alice's sake (and generally) and it would have been a great way to explore Feenie's interest in professional fighting but no, it's just a way to show Feenie as the "angry" best friend who gets into fights all the time. Mind you, they have been best friends since they were kids
Her whole character is her wanting to get married and have kids with her boyfriend (who's also one of Alice's best friends) to give her kids the "childhood she didn't have", which, fine, I disagree with the entire reasoning behind her motives but whatever I won't promote my anti natalism beliefs here. But, miss, if you want to have kids and become a better mother to them than your mother was to you then maybe you should start by visiting a therapist?? Communicating and controlling your emotions??
That aside, Feenie is the worst possible friend to have.
I was expecting to use Feenie as a way for Alice to stand up for herself, making her realize what a terrible friend she is but no - all's well at the end!
And we never hear about it again.
So, yes, everytime Feenie was on the page, my mouth foamed. It was such a missed opportunity
Content Warnings
Graphic: Acephobia/Arophobia