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A review by britthebookguru
Brief Chronicle of Another Stupid Heartbreak by Adi Alsaid
3.0
Note: Thank you to the publisher and to NetGalley for sending me a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
I... have really weird feelings about this book. I never hated or disliked it. It's just that I never loved it either. It felt like every YA contemporary trope wrapped up into one book with some unique twists here and there to throw you off the scent.
I hated Lu. She was annoying, irresponsible, and kind of... obsessive? I really don't know how I would explain her, but I think that this book could've easily taken a different route and been a thriller with the way that Lu obsessed over Cal and Iris. I'm getting total Lifetime Movie vibes just thinking of the screenplay this could be turned into.
The other characters were fine. I liked Iris and I love Pete. He was the only one that seemed to have any common damn sense in the entire book. He didn't hold back and gave Lu tough love, though she ignored it while simultaneously living inside her own pity and selfishness that caused her to disregard anything going on around her if it did not involve Iris, Cal, or Leo. Can you tell that I hate her?
Anyways.. the story was fine. I don't know how else to describe it. It's probably the kind of fluffiness you want to read on vacation or when you're newly in love or something. I will say that it builds pretty slow, but it's not boring. If you're into teenage fluffy love stories, I'd say read it.
I... have really weird feelings about this book. I never hated or disliked it. It's just that I never loved it either. It felt like every YA contemporary trope wrapped up into one book with some unique twists here and there to throw you off the scent.
I hated Lu. She was annoying, irresponsible, and kind of... obsessive? I really don't know how I would explain her, but I think that this book could've easily taken a different route and been a thriller with the way that Lu obsessed over Cal and Iris. I'm getting total Lifetime Movie vibes just thinking of the screenplay this could be turned into.
The other characters were fine. I liked Iris and I love Pete. He was the only one that seemed to have any common damn sense in the entire book. He didn't hold back and gave Lu tough love, though she ignored it while simultaneously living inside her own pity and selfishness that caused her to disregard anything going on around her if it did not involve Iris, Cal, or Leo. Can you tell that I hate her?
Anyways.. the story was fine. I don't know how else to describe it. It's probably the kind of fluffiness you want to read on vacation or when you're newly in love or something. I will say that it builds pretty slow, but it's not boring. If you're into teenage fluffy love stories, I'd say read it.