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A review by iread2dream
How to End a Love Story by Yulin Kuang
3.0
I liked the mental health rep at the very beginning but it just dropped off and was never brought up like two times in very minor ways. I was really, really disappointed in that, and it probably made me not like the book as much.
I also wasn't a fan of how the romance developed. I think I would've gotten more into the relationship if we'd gotten a lot more inner monologues bout the MCs developing feelings for each other and their struggle with that. We did get some of that, but it felt like it was missing emotion behind it. It felt more like facts, not feelings.
I thought the whole "toxic parents" situation came on too suddenly. Yes, there hints, but it felt like it was thrown in our faces at the end. More like a "by the way, this is also a thing" instead of that point being developed a little more.
And finally the excessive use of italicized text to convey emphasis on certain words was really distracting. At the beginning I felt like I was focusing more on making sure I read those words with the right inflection than on the actual content.
With all my complaints, I did enjoy the book somewhat. I appreciate the story of how these two people with this shared f-ed thing from their past are able to sort of help each other.
I also wasn't a fan of how the romance developed. I think I would've gotten more into the relationship if we'd gotten a lot more inner monologues bout the MCs developing feelings for each other and their struggle with that. We did get some of that, but it felt like it was missing emotion behind it. It felt more like facts, not feelings.
I thought the whole "toxic parents" situation came on too suddenly. Yes, there hints, but it felt like it was thrown in our faces at the end. More like a "by the way, this is also a thing" instead of that point being developed a little more.
And finally the excessive use of italicized text to convey emphasis on certain words was really distracting. At the beginning I felt like I was focusing more on making sure I read those words with the right inflection than on the actual content.
With all my complaints, I did enjoy the book somewhat. I appreciate the story of how these two people with this shared f-ed thing from their past are able to sort of help each other.