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A review by lemiwa
Regretting You by Colleen Hoover
fast-paced
2.5
Things I resonated with:
- not a common trope, including teenage parents and mother daughter relations and grief
- hard to put down, like most Co-Ho books
- there was one incredibly good quote at the end:
"Think of it like this. Attraction isn't something that only happens once, with one person. It's part of what drives humans. Our attraction to each other, to art, to food, to entertainment. Attraction is fun. So when you decide to commit to someone, you aren't saying, 'I promise I'll never be attracted to anyone else.' You're saying, 'I promise to commit to you, despite my potential future attraction to other people.'"
Things I didn't resonate with:
- ending felt rushed, daughter accepted it way too easily
- relationship between Clara and Miller felt fake
- lacking depth
- touching on heavy topics like betrayal and grief, but doesn't carefully incorporate them, instead uses them as plot device in a really insensitive way
- don't like reading from teenagers perspectives if I know it's written by an adult
- don't like reading spice scenes involving minors (even though this one didn't mean to be very spicy, it still felt wrong to read)
- didn't build any kind of meaningful connection with the main characters while reading; it seemed like they don't have hobbies or any characteristics outside of their love interests (with the singular exception of acting)
Overall, I was disappointed. Reading the blurb, I expected it to be very emotional for me because I resonate with some dynamics, but it left me quite cold and unable to connect with characters. Bad for a character driven book. Not horrible though for a quick distraction or summer read.
- not a common trope, including teenage parents and mother daughter relations and grief
- hard to put down, like most Co-Ho books
- there was one incredibly good quote at the end:
Things I didn't resonate with:
- ending felt rushed, daughter accepted it way too easily
- relationship between Clara and Miller felt fake
- lacking depth
- touching on heavy topics like betrayal and grief, but doesn't carefully incorporate them, instead uses them as plot device in a really insensitive way
- don't like reading from teenagers perspectives if I know it's written by an adult
- don't like reading spice scenes involving minors (even though this one didn't mean to be very spicy, it still felt wrong to read)
- didn't build any kind of meaningful connection with the main characters while reading; it seemed like they don't have hobbies or any characteristics outside of their love interests (with the singular exception of acting)
Overall, I was disappointed. Reading the blurb, I expected it to be very emotional for me because I resonate with some dynamics, but it left me quite cold and unable to connect with characters. Bad for a character driven book. Not horrible though for a quick distraction or summer read.