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A review by racham1123
Heart of the Matter by Emily Giffin
2.0
I started this as an audiobook, but found it less painful as a tangible book. I had mixed feelings going in. Borrowers remorse. (I had just borrowed it on Libby the day before)
Here's the thing, though the book itself was much easier to read than listen to (I just found it much more lackluster on audiobook) I still don't think I really liked the book. It didn't feel as fluffy as other books by Giffin but she does still write in a narrative that is easy to read. I didn't really believe the attraction between Nick and Valerie at first (during the audiobook portion); it didn't feel like much of a connection to me. There was definitely very little swoon factor, though I don't think that's this authors style so much. Then, when the characters did get together, I was like "ok, we're doing this" but then the book was just so...flat? I honestly feel like there was no point, not really.
Also, once again I didn't really love our characters. None of the adults, really. Charlie, Valerie's son is the single best thing about this book and he falls into a fire right out of the gates (which is both heartbreaking and also speaks volumes about the other characters).
The book would have done much better with an epilogue, I think.
Here's the thing, though the book itself was much easier to read than listen to (I just found it much more lackluster on audiobook) I still don't think I really liked the book. It didn't feel as fluffy as other books by Giffin but she does still write in a narrative that is easy to read. I didn't really believe the attraction between Nick and Valerie at first (during the audiobook portion); it didn't feel like much of a connection to me. There was definitely very little swoon factor, though I don't think that's this authors style so much. Then, when the characters did get together, I was like "ok, we're doing this" but then the book was just so...flat? I honestly feel like there was no point, not really.
Also, once again I didn't really love our characters. None of the adults, really. Charlie, Valerie's son is the single best thing about this book and he falls into a fire right out of the gates (which is both heartbreaking and also speaks volumes about the other characters).
The book would have done much better with an epilogue, I think.