A review by mermaid_the_bookworm
The Art of Catching Feelings by Alicia Thompson

challenging emotional funny slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0


The book starts out well with Daphne making it apparent she is coming off a very recent divorce and then the heckling happens and you as a reader are aware of how awful she feels. The author even does a great job at pointing out how many times “celebrities” aren’t seen as real people. Then everything goes downhill. From the moment she realized she had never identified herself as The Heckler she could have come clean.. The Female Main Character gives the worst possible vibes. She continuously makes excuses as to why she can’t tell him who she is and none of them are even that strong. I am aware it would have taken away from the story, but maybe that would have been a better way for this story to go. Chris is continuously vulnerable with her, sharing things he doesn't share with his closest friends and she still doesn’t tell him who she really is. 

Chris is truly the perfect *book boyfriend* and constantly proves his amazingness, but at the end of the day I’m not sure Daphne deserves him.
Yes she does the required groveling, but I’m just not sure she really was sorry or that she ever would have told him. I get the feeling he would have either had to figure it out himself, or the accidental slip which happened would have been it.

 I enjoy the conversations they had and the authors willingness to tackle the subject of suicide from those left behind was handled really well. I have enjoyed other books by this author, but I have to say I struggled to finish this one. 

 
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