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A review by m_kuryla
Something to Live For by Richard Roper
4.0
at first, i didn’t know how i was going to feel about it. it seemed somewhat boring at first and it just wasn’t picking up. then, as you learn more about andrew and his life, it’s more intriguing than anything. how someone can live like that. alone and pushing people away. although i understand why he has the tendency to do that considering the death that has followed him throughout his life. it was just be very hard and lonely.
peggy was an interesting aspect. she was definitely the one to push him along to move on with his life and to be able to be happy again. i’m glad they don’t necessarily end up together at the end because that’s not the point of why she was introduced. she’s supposed to help him with getting to the future and the possibilities that may unfold for him if he stops living in the past.
the lie that he told his coworkers and boss was about how he had a wife and two kids. we later find out that his supposed wife was a real person who he dated, but tragically died on the way to the store. the lie was just a fantasy of his. a story about what if. i believe it was apart of his grieving process that he got stuck in and never was able to get out. then he became too ashamed that he had been lying for so long that he couldn’t tell the people he worked with the truth until peggy came along.
the only part i wasn’t too fond of was the fact that it was set in London or somewhere in England or UK because they had phrases and words that Americans don’t use on a day to day basis so i did find myself looking words up to figure out what they mean. the slang and certain terms i could figure out just by using context clues but it was unnaturally as i read because i was reading with an american accent instead of a british one, which made the slang sound weird.
also the ending. i’m not sure why cameron had to report andrew. unless it was about the blackmailing? but the lie andrew told shouldn’t have been report in my opinion. it was a lie about his personal life that did not affect his work at all. he still came to work everyday and did his job. he could’ve been reporting the blackmail but even then, why did andrew lose his job over it?
overall, i enjoyed the storyline. it was a decent read besides the language used somewhat. would recommend.
peggy was an interesting aspect. she was definitely the one to push him along to move on with his life and to be able to be happy again. i’m glad they don’t necessarily end up together at the end because that’s not the point of why she was introduced. she’s supposed to help him with getting to the future and the possibilities that may unfold for him if he stops living in the past.
the lie that he told his coworkers and boss was about how he had a wife and two kids. we later find out that his supposed wife was a real person who he dated, but tragically died on the way to the store. the lie was just a fantasy of his. a story about what if. i believe it was apart of his grieving process that he got stuck in and never was able to get out. then he became too ashamed that he had been lying for so long that he couldn’t tell the people he worked with the truth until peggy came along.
the only part i wasn’t too fond of was the fact that it was set in London or somewhere in England or UK because they had phrases and words that Americans don’t use on a day to day basis so i did find myself looking words up to figure out what they mean. the slang and certain terms i could figure out just by using context clues but it was unnaturally as i read because i was reading with an american accent instead of a british one, which made the slang sound weird.
also the ending. i’m not sure why cameron had to report andrew. unless it was about the blackmailing? but the lie andrew told shouldn’t have been report in my opinion. it was a lie about his personal life that did not affect his work at all. he still came to work everyday and did his job. he could’ve been reporting the blackmail but even then, why did andrew lose his job over it?
overall, i enjoyed the storyline. it was a decent read besides the language used somewhat. would recommend.