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A review by okiecozyreader
PS: I Hate You by Lauren Connolly
emotional
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
3.5
If you don’t know the plot of this story - Maddie’s brother Josh dies from cancer, leaving his best friend (Dominic) and his sister (who has spent years hating and loving Dom) to visit a few places Josh wanted to go to spread his ashes.
Influenced by Instagram 💌
It seemed like so many of my bookstagram friends listed this as their favorite book last month. I struggled with this one, but don’t worry, I loved the last 50 pages and it made me cry.
But this was a book that I struggled with for 270 something pages. I can sometimes find lack of communication so frustrating and I felt like until page 270 something, communication was not happening. Poor Maddie was such a hot mess - cold then hot, love / hate, and she was so mean. Wouldn’t you ask BEFORE you start traveling with someone, what happened????
Ok, well, here is what I loved:
Travel - I have been to most of the places in this book - or close to the places where moments happen. I.e. Mount Rushmore but not the Badlands (even though I really wanted to)… things like that. Loved Denali. It’s always so fun to go back to places in books
Friendship - Maddie has the two best friends
Family - Dom’s brothers were so fun and also the best
Towards the end - I liked conversations about work life balance and therapy.
Long- term relationship - I loved how this book took place during different seasons over a couple of years. Such an easy and clever way to show people changing.
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Spicy - 🌶️ 🌶️🌶️🌶️ (a few super descriptive scenes)
Language - quite a few f 💣 and gd
You can get a bonus chapter from Dom’s pov by subscribing to her newsletter: https://www.laurenconnollyromance.com
“And I wonder if letting him into my heart again would be the itimate act of bravery, or a desperate woman repeating the same mistakes of the past.” P279
Influenced by Instagram 💌
It seemed like so many of my bookstagram friends listed this as their favorite book last month. I struggled with this one, but don’t worry, I loved the last 50 pages and it made me cry.
But this was a book that I struggled with for 270 something pages. I can sometimes find lack of communication so frustrating and I felt like until page 270 something, communication was not happening. Poor Maddie was such a hot mess - cold then hot, love / hate, and she was so mean. Wouldn’t you ask BEFORE you start traveling with someone, what happened????
Ok, well, here is what I loved:
Travel - I have been to most of the places in this book - or close to the places where moments happen. I.e. Mount Rushmore but not the Badlands (even though I really wanted to)… things like that. Loved Denali. It’s always so fun to go back to places in books
Friendship - Maddie has the two best friends
Family - Dom’s brothers were so fun and also the best
Towards the end - I liked conversations about work life balance and therapy.
Long- term relationship - I loved how this book took place during different seasons over a couple of years. Such an easy and clever way to show people changing.
——
Spicy - 🌶️ 🌶️🌶️🌶️ (a few super descriptive scenes)
Language - quite a few f 💣 and gd
You can get a bonus chapter from Dom’s pov by subscribing to her newsletter: https://www.laurenconnollyromance.com
“And I wonder if letting him into my heart again would be the itimate act of bravery, or a desperate woman repeating the same mistakes of the past.” P279
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and Grief
Moderate: Cancer