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The Melody of You and Me
by M. Hollis
2.5 stars.
This is a pretty adorable new adult book. Chris is in her early 20s and has dropped out of college because half way through, she realised that she didn't know if she wanted to spend the rest of her life doing what she was studying. But she has no idea what she DOES want to do. So she's working in a bookstore until she works it out. She's also pansexual and her girlfriend broke up with her because of the whole I-dunno-what-I-want-to-do-with-my-life thing.
Then a girl named Josie starts working at the bookstore. She's Filipino and a lesbian and a ballet dancer. Sparks fly, and the relationship that develops is generally adorable.
So if I was basing this on the story alone, it would be a solid 4 star book.
However. The writing was so awful. Like, really really clunky. The dialogue was stilted and robotic. There are almost no contractions. Most of the sentences are a similar length. Do you see how this is starting to get bland? Now repeat that for one hundred pages.
So yeah. The plot was pretty great, and I would have liked to see it play out over the course of a full length novel. But the writing was terrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrible.
This is a pretty adorable new adult book. Chris is in her early 20s and has dropped out of college because half way through, she realised that she didn't know if she wanted to spend the rest of her life doing what she was studying. But she has no idea what she DOES want to do. So she's working in a bookstore until she works it out. She's also pansexual and her girlfriend broke up with her because of the whole I-dunno-what-I-want-to-do-with-my-life thing.
Then a girl named Josie starts working at the bookstore. She's Filipino and a lesbian and a ballet dancer. Sparks fly, and the relationship that develops is generally adorable.
So if I was basing this on the story alone, it would be a solid 4 star book.
However. The writing was so awful. Like, really really clunky. The dialogue was stilted and robotic. There are almost no contractions. Most of the sentences are a similar length. Do you see how this is starting to get bland? Now repeat that for one hundred pages.
So yeah. The plot was pretty great, and I would have liked to see it play out over the course of a full length novel. But the writing was terrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrible.