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November 9
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Huge disappointment :(. I love everything CoHo writes, but this one didn't work for me.
Let me start from the beginning: I really liked the premise of this book and it was one of my most anticipated reads of the year, I was really excited when it came out and wanted to love it! I've read some really great reviews and my hopes were high! But oh, it didn't meet my expectations.
To explain myself, let me give you an actual quote from the book.
"Why would a girl care to find herself when she'll never be able to make herself feel as good as a guy can?"
Just... what even...????
And also... THE LIST OF QUOTES I HATED FROM THIS BOOK:
"Her boobs. Both of them. I know. I'm pathetic. But if we're just going to sit here and stare to each other, it'd be nice if she were showing a little cleavage..."
I shove the dress back at him. "I don't want to wear that, I want to wear this."
"No," he says. "I'm paying for dinner, so I get to choose what to stare at while we eat."
NOPE. SHE WILL WEAR WHAT SHE WANTS.
"Baby, you already made this the best sex I've had, and I'm not even inside you yet."
*cringes*
And when she was about to lose her virginity to him...
"Fallon... Thank you for this beautiful gift."
OHGODWHY.
And those are not all of them, just the ones I remember. And those are said by Ben, the male protagonist, the one that's supposed to make us fall in love with him. I don't really understand Fallon, there's a scene that really disturbed me the first day they met, he undresses her "not in a perverted way, it was just curiosity". RIIIIGHT.
The thing is... I don't really like Ben. He has some other great quotes and he's a funny guy sometimes, but he's by far the worst fictional boyfriend Colleen ever created (in my opinion). And Fallon... I kind of like her sometimes, but she's too melodramatic.
There are also good things in this book, as I said, there are some funny quotes that really made me laugh and there are also some really nice quotes that I loved... Examples:
"It doesn't take a paycheck to validify that you're a writer."
"Please don't tell me you're one of those pretentious readers who judge people by the books they like."
After their first kiss...
He pulls back in shock, ."Seriously? That's all I get? A seven?"
I shrug. "I've read some great first kisses."
"Confort can sometimes be a crutch when it comes to figuring out your life."
"I'm never going to meet anyone who makes me feel the way he does. People don't get this lucky more than once in the same lifetime."
Another thing that I really liked is that Miles and Tate from Ugly Love made an appearance and it was SO CUTE!!! I'll not spoil you, but their relationship is going really well :'). Miles deserves it.
The truth is I love Colleen Hoover and even if this book disappointed me, I'll still read everything she writes. She's still one of my auto-buy authors. I don't know what happened with this one... I think I'm just tired of the same formula she always uses: A guy with a tragic past and drama and angst and more angst. Or maybe I'm just not into NA anymore. All the "hot scenes" made me roll my eyes.
All in all, I didn't despise the book, I'm just not amused by it.
Let me start from the beginning: I really liked the premise of this book and it was one of my most anticipated reads of the year, I was really excited when it came out and wanted to love it! I've read some really great reviews and my hopes were high! But oh, it didn't meet my expectations.
To explain myself, let me give you an actual quote from the book.
"Why would a girl care to find herself when she'll never be able to make herself feel as good as a guy can?"
Just... what even...????
And also... THE LIST OF QUOTES I HATED FROM THIS BOOK:
"Her boobs. Both of them. I know. I'm pathetic. But if we're just going to sit here and stare to each other, it'd be nice if she were showing a little cleavage..."
I shove the dress back at him. "I don't want to wear that, I want to wear this."
"No," he says. "I'm paying for dinner, so I get to choose what to stare at while we eat."
NOPE. SHE WILL WEAR WHAT SHE WANTS.
"Baby, you already made this the best sex I've had, and I'm not even inside you yet."
*cringes*
And when she was about to lose her virginity to him...
"Fallon... Thank you for this beautiful gift."
OHGODWHY.
And those are not all of them, just the ones I remember. And those are said by Ben, the male protagonist, the one that's supposed to make us fall in love with him. I don't really understand Fallon, there's a scene that really disturbed me the first day they met, he undresses her "not in a perverted way, it was just curiosity". RIIIIGHT.
The thing is... I don't really like Ben. He has some other great quotes and he's a funny guy sometimes, but he's by far the worst fictional boyfriend Colleen ever created (in my opinion). And Fallon... I kind of like her sometimes, but she's too melodramatic.
There are also good things in this book, as I said, there are some funny quotes that really made me laugh and there are also some really nice quotes that I loved... Examples:
"It doesn't take a paycheck to validify that you're a writer."
"Please don't tell me you're one of those pretentious readers who judge people by the books they like."
After their first kiss...
He pulls back in shock, ."Seriously? That's all I get? A seven?"
I shrug. "I've read some great first kisses."
"Confort can sometimes be a crutch when it comes to figuring out your life."
"I'm never going to meet anyone who makes me feel the way he does. People don't get this lucky more than once in the same lifetime."
Another thing that I really liked is that Miles and Tate from Ugly Love made an appearance and it was SO CUTE!!! I'll not spoil you, but their relationship is going really well :'). Miles deserves it.
The truth is I love Colleen Hoover and even if this book disappointed me, I'll still read everything she writes. She's still one of my auto-buy authors. I don't know what happened with this one... I think I'm just tired of the same formula she always uses: A guy with a tragic past and drama and angst and more angst. Or maybe I'm just not into NA anymore. All the "hot scenes" made me roll my eyes.
All in all, I didn't despise the book, I'm just not amused by it.
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Reading Progress
March 23, 2014
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March 23, 2014
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November 17, 2015
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November 18, 2015
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"This is my face with the first 100 pages. Ben is just so... I can't even... (not in a good way).
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November 19, 2015
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56.45%
"“Why would a girl care to find herself when she’ll never be able to make herself feel as good as a guy can?” ...WAIT WHAT?!"
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November 24, 2015
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November 24, 2015
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expected-more
November 24, 2015
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Pero gustos son gustos
Es una pena que ni te haya gustado.
Besos y amo todos tus videos!
I kind of get why you liked it, too :)!
I didn't find the story unbelievable, I just didn't like the characters, hahaha.
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Ya puse mi review arriba. Igual en mi canal hablaré de él en el Wrap up de Noviembre :).
Yo igual :(.
Justo publiqué la reseña aquí :D. En el wrap up de Noviembre hablaré al respecto también.
Me gustó tu opinión though (:
and yeah, I can see why you thought the characters wore
that way and also, he is like such a secret keeper, I mean, when I got to the last part I was like ¨OMG!!! HE WAS THE ONE WHO ....THE....¨ and then everything made sense, but their whole relationships is like once a year and ,even though I enjoyed the book, it was not my favorite either
I did like the way she and him talk about books, and how she start to have more inner strenght, after all she went trough.
thanks again for your review , :D
Ay pero a mí Megan Maxwell me da mucha risa, hahahaha.
YES, I think maybe I'm just tired of this genre :(. I feel you, my friend.
xo <3