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A review by antisocial_possum
How to Survive a Modern-Day Fairy Tale by Elle Cruz
2.0
So I’ll start by saying this book (or what I read of it) has potential. It had its moments where I was drawn in. However, there are so many red flags between the main character and love interest. Not to mention that I absolutely hate the main characters family. They’re selfish and just rude, or they ignore the selfish and rude ones. The red flags are my main issue though.
My first instance of feeling odd about a situation is very early in the story. There was a moment when Nate (love interest) doesn’t show for their 1st date, and Claire (MC) goes home. He proceeds to text her multiple times, and when she doesn’t answer he shows up at her apartment…. That he had never been to before. The address he got off a blank check she gave him (idiot!), that he gave back like 30 mins later. So he memorized her address, and showed up at her house uninvited, and this is like the day after they met! Can you say stalker?
Then, after knowing him for all of 4 days, she goes to Paris with him????? She travels from California to another country with someone she has known for 4 days. And she never really had confirmation until they got there that Paris was where they were going, because it was a “surprise”.
I actually feel like this might be better as a murder, thriller, crime novel. Claire has made all of the mistakes that people make right before they get murdered.
In addition to all of that, she is talking about “falling in love” like 4 days after meeting him….. I was already aware Claire needs therapy. She has middle child syndrome, big time. But, this relationship feels like the same level of development that my high school relationships had, and I’m about the same age as Claire is in the book (early 30s).
Ultimately, I couldn’t get past these issues, and will not be finishing the book.
(Unless, it is a crime thriller and I just haven’t got to the murder yet?? Someone let me know)
Received ARC via publisher on NetGalley
My first instance of feeling odd about a situation is very early in the story. There was a moment when Nate (love interest) doesn’t show for their 1st date, and Claire (MC) goes home. He proceeds to text her multiple times, and when she doesn’t answer he shows up at her apartment…. That he had never been to before. The address he got off a blank check she gave him (idiot!), that he gave back like 30 mins later. So he memorized her address, and showed up at her house uninvited, and this is like the day after they met! Can you say stalker?
Then, after knowing him for all of 4 days, she goes to Paris with him????? She travels from California to another country with someone she has known for 4 days. And she never really had confirmation until they got there that Paris was where they were going, because it was a “surprise”.
I actually feel like this might be better as a murder, thriller, crime novel. Claire has made all of the mistakes that people make right before they get murdered.
In addition to all of that, she is talking about “falling in love” like 4 days after meeting him….. I was already aware Claire needs therapy. She has middle child syndrome, big time. But, this relationship feels like the same level of development that my high school relationships had, and I’m about the same age as Claire is in the book (early 30s).
Ultimately, I couldn’t get past these issues, and will not be finishing the book.
(Unless, it is a crime thriller and I just haven’t got to the murder yet?? Someone let me know)
Received ARC via publisher on NetGalley