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A review by ifollowedthatrabbit
This Won't End Well by Camille Pagán
4.0
~This ARC has been gently provided in exchange for an honest review~
This book has touched me deeply. I’m not good at words, but I’ll try to give it the review it deserves.
Things aren’t going well for Annie, lately. She had been harassed for months by her boss. One day, he tried to go further, and started groping her, so she shoved him away and he fell onto a lab table, causing the destruction of several expensive material. She handed her resignation, because as she explained, she couldn’t stand it anymore.
No one at the company supported her, moreover, her boss claimed that she assaulted him.
Due to the agreement she signed when accepting the job, she couldn’t work as a chemist for, at lest, two years. So, she decided to start a cleaning business. Now, she has some neighbours as clients, although it doesn’t keep her as busy as she would like.
As if this wasn’t enough, her fiancé tells her that he is at the airport waiting for his plane to go to Paris. He explains her that he needs some time alone to get things clear, and he has always wanted to spend some time in Paris (he’s a French teacher). So, he asks her, as well as his family, to not contact him for a month.
Annie has come to the conclusion that people cause pain, and she can’t cope with that anymore, therefore, she decides to avoid people, especially new people. Although, this is not as simple as she thinks at first. A couple of “new people” appears in her life, and she can’t help making an exception. And here is when Annie starts to see the world in a different way.
I loved this book, because I liked Annie from the very beginning. She is quite unique. And when she opens up to people she learns to see things from a different perspective. On the one hand, she realises that people aren’t only the cause of pain, but they are also the cause of happiness. On the other hand, avoiding her emotions isn't the best option either. It's easier to deal with them when you are surrounded by the people who care for you. And as her mother says to her, “emotions can be messy, Annie, but that doesn’t mean you should run from them.”
Finally, I can only say that this book has touched me deeply, because I couldn’t help feeling related to Annie’s idea of avoiding people and trying to run away from her emotions. I’ve been there too, and it seems the perfect solution, but it turns out to be quite the contrary. People can hurt, yes, but some people can make you feel good, and make your life better. Moreover, running away from one’s emotions is tiring, and then you realise that some people can help you cope with them.
This book has touched me deeply. I’m not good at words, but I’ll try to give it the review it deserves.
Things aren’t going well for Annie, lately. She had been harassed for months by her boss. One day, he tried to go further, and started groping her, so she shoved him away and he fell onto a lab table, causing the destruction of several expensive material. She handed her resignation, because as she explained, she couldn’t stand it anymore.
No one at the company supported her, moreover, her boss claimed that she assaulted him.
Due to the agreement she signed when accepting the job, she couldn’t work as a chemist for, at lest, two years. So, she decided to start a cleaning business. Now, she has some neighbours as clients, although it doesn’t keep her as busy as she would like.
As if this wasn’t enough, her fiancé tells her that he is at the airport waiting for his plane to go to Paris. He explains her that he needs some time alone to get things clear, and he has always wanted to spend some time in Paris (he’s a French teacher). So, he asks her, as well as his family, to not contact him for a month.
Annie has come to the conclusion that people cause pain, and she can’t cope with that anymore, therefore, she decides to avoid people, especially new people. Although, this is not as simple as she thinks at first. A couple of “new people” appears in her life, and she can’t help making an exception. And here is when Annie starts to see the world in a different way.
I loved this book, because I liked Annie from the very beginning. She is quite unique. And when she opens up to people she learns to see things from a different perspective. On the one hand, she realises that people aren’t only the cause of pain, but they are also the cause of happiness. On the other hand, avoiding her emotions isn't the best option either. It's easier to deal with them when you are surrounded by the people who care for you. And as her mother says to her, “emotions can be messy, Annie, but that doesn’t mean you should run from them.”
Finally, I can only say that this book has touched me deeply, because I couldn’t help feeling related to Annie’s idea of avoiding people and trying to run away from her emotions. I’ve been there too, and it seems the perfect solution, but it turns out to be quite the contrary. People can hurt, yes, but some people can make you feel good, and make your life better. Moreover, running away from one’s emotions is tiring, and then you realise that some people can help you cope with them.