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One True Loves
by Taylor Jenkins Reid
"Maybe, if you're the kind of person who's willing to give all of yourself, the kind of person who is willing to love with all of your heart even though you've experienced just how much it can hurt... maybe you get lots of true loves, then. Maybe that's the gift you get for being brave."
I was underwhelmed by this, to be honest. It's occasionally charming, often enjoyable, but to me never felt entirely sincere. I don't know. I never felt very close to the characters or truly immersed in their stories. There was something separating them from me, which I haven't experienced in any other of TJR's books and, honestly, caught me a little bit by surprise.
I was also surprised by how much this doesn't feel like a TJR book. True, all of the other books of hers I've read have been the newer celebrity-culture ones, but this feels very supermarket-romance-book-ish to me. I suppose I feel as though it lacked TJR's usual depth. I've grown so accustomed to her stunningly realistic characters - and spoiled by them, I suppose - that I was caught off guard when I just didn't really believe any of this.
It's difficult not to compare this to TJR's other books, but for my final paragraph I'll try to judge it on its own. This book has its shining moments - it can be touching and charming and endearing. I wouldn't say it's ever boring. But it's nothing special, to me. And it's not very compelling. But the ending went the way I wanted it to, so it gets redemption points for that.
I was underwhelmed by this, to be honest. It's occasionally charming, often enjoyable, but to me never felt entirely sincere. I don't know. I never felt very close to the characters or truly immersed in their stories. There was something separating them from me, which I haven't experienced in any other of TJR's books and, honestly, caught me a little bit by surprise.
I was also surprised by how much this doesn't feel like a TJR book. True, all of the other books of hers I've read have been the newer celebrity-culture ones, but this feels very supermarket-romance-book-ish to me. I suppose I feel as though it lacked TJR's usual depth. I've grown so accustomed to her stunningly realistic characters - and spoiled by them, I suppose - that I was caught off guard when I just didn't really believe any of this.
It's difficult not to compare this to TJR's other books, but for my final paragraph I'll try to judge it on its own. This book has its shining moments - it can be touching and charming and endearing. I wouldn't say it's ever boring. But it's nothing special, to me. And it's not very compelling. But the ending went the way I wanted it to, so it gets redemption points for that.