Member Reviews
I saw this book on Twitter and was excited by the book, however I found through most of it that the writing feel a bit flat and that character quirks appeared in multiple POVs. For me each character’s voice want distinct from the others.
I found the story a little unrealistic but I would love for authors to get the attention that Addie gets. Her rise to superstardom was meteoric and she lives in unimaginable luxury through the book launch and tour when all our dear Addie wants is to disappear back into oblivion. Her internal monologue was hilarious and provides a light into her thoughts and actions.
But despite its flaws it really was a lesson in true love and how to love unconditionally. Own is an inspiration to all, and especially to Jameson and Addie.
This book was not the high that I hope to end 2020 on but I enjoyed it all the same
a great and lighthearted read. The story plot line is pretty predictable the flow is ok. The only thing I find it unrealistic is how would a book get popular so quick or how could they be so sure before its even published. Tons of authors release their books every single day how rare could it for her to hit such popularity within a short time?
I really wish I had liked this one. I work with people with Down syndrome so I thought this book would speak to my heart. Sadly, I DNF. It may have been that this authors style of writing just wasn’t for me. Thank you for the opportunity to read this in advance.
ARC provided by Netgalley for an honest review.
This book had such potential but fell flat on it's face. The plot sounded intriguing enough yet had characters that weren't needed at all. I did not like the use of the word "retard" when describing someone with down syndrome. I don't care if the author has a family member with it, I couldn't believe she would write characters that would use the word multiple times. I loved the character of Owen. He was fun and hilarious. Addie was very naive and annoying at times, so no I didn't like her as a main character. This was just a no for me.
The story follows Addie who writes a book that is an instant hit. Of course there is love and family drama along the way, but this was a cute read. I really appreciated that the main character was “curvy” and that she had a brother with Downs Syndrome, to provide some diversity. Addie’s love for her brother is unlike any other. At times the writing was a bit repetitive, but I enjoyed the storyline and it kept me engaged. I was frequently entertained by the bluntness of the writing throughout the book. If you are looking for a cute easy read, I would suggest this book.
The premise really caught my eye, I like the struggle between jugging real life and unexpected success. I was so excited to see how the author developed this story, but it fell a bit short for me. Great characters, awesome premise, but was surface level. A quick read though.
This was a cute story, although the sexual tension was forced, I am not sure that women refer to their genitals as lady parts. This story is lacking in full character development. There is a plot as the main character, Addie, is a newly published author, with a lot of past baggage, but this story feels incomplete. Yes, when you find out why your father never loved you and your mother did not like you, there will be attachment and trust issues, but I do not think the story goes into this. It leaves off with an engagement and the possibility for another novel with a different set of minor characters.. This is just a weak, romantic, fluff piece.
Definitely recommend reading this book! It has some twists you don't see coming and I had to get to the end of Addie's story. I couldn't stop reading once I started!
DNF
I read about 30% before deciding to give up. I didn't care about the plot or the characters and the dialogue was immature and annoying.
This book was absolutely nothing that I was expecting. I loved so much about the concept, especially considering I thought it was just an easy read romantic comedy. The very really drama of how family secrets can take away so much from a person was really interesting and original. However, the writing was just terrible. It was repetitive in ways that make me wonder if somebody gave this book an edit before they decided to publish it. I’d definitely read something else from this author and applaud her story creation, but it was just cringy at times
After much consideration of what I should do, I DNF-ed this book at 24%.
Where the concept is great, the writing was not my style and I found myself cringing more often than enjoying the book.
The inner monologue is excessive. There is a lot of sharing done by characters that is irrelevant to the story and definitely could have done without.
I like the Downs Syndrome representation, and the fact that the Addie is portrayed as "Plus size" (But, I hate to break it to you, Size 12, is not plus size - I'd give my left arm to be a size 12). There is too much self hate because of her size, and I did not like that (and from reading other reviews, it also branches out to other people, like a guy who admits he's a "chubby chaser"? Again, size 12 is not chubby)
Anyways, I found the story lacking depth, and character. Unfortunately, I was not able to connect with any of the people in the book and the writing was a little juvenile for me.
I really enjoyed this story but there were a few things that bugged me enough that I couldn’t give it 4 stars. We finally have a strong, single/never married female character over 40 and the author made her a drunk slob. I am sick to death of these tropes that women only wear slogan t-shirts and yoga pants because they can’t dress themselves and they get drunk on wine every night! Also, what is with every female character needing a gay fashion savior? Addie didn’t know George for two seconds before suddenly they are best friends?! The switching of POVs was more of a hindrance than a help. Also... why doesn’t the cover match the main characters description?!
I was provided with an ARC of this book by NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
Thank you to Netgalley and the publishing house for sharing this ARC with me.
I DNF this book because I just couldn't do it. The one star is generous.
There is so much telling and no showing that I felt like I was reading someone's diary entry. The author barely describes anything. She's just telling, telling, telling and it's too much. I'm not a fan of the author's writing style, I personally felt it was too juvenile. You're not sympathetic with any of the characters and the pacing was weird. The POV jumps felt all over the place and honestly, everyone sounded more or less like whiney kids; incredibly similar and all unlikeable.
The premise of the book had promise and there are a lot of good ideas but the delivery wasn't there. I appreciated the representation with her brother having Down Syndrome and the main character is curvy but there was nothing else going for the book.
I decided to DNF this book at 35% because it just isn't for me. I found the main character very annoying and I really didn't care about anything that was going on. The stream of consciousness writing just pulled me out of the story every time it went on a tangent. I'm rating it 2 stars because I don't think 1 star is far since I didn't read all of it.
I did like to see the representation of a curvy woman and the main character's little brother having Down Syndrome.
I received this book as an ARC in exchange for my honest opinion. Ok so i read the summary of the book and i fell in love because i have a sister who has Down syndrome and i was kinda in a situation with taking care of her when my parents weren’t. My mom was in the wind with her husband and my dad, well he just stayed away. So when going into this book i knew it wasn’t going to be the same exact story but i expected to connect with the characters on some level like i said had being in the situation very similar. I don’t feel Iike it pulled me in and made me want to read it. Looking and other people reviews, i don’t feel as bad not finishing it seeing as though I’m not the only one. But since i did get about 85 percent through I’m doing this review.
Addie is an admirable main character who loves and wants to take care of her brother Owen, who has Down's Syndrome. The book does a good job with their relationship. I really wanted to like this book, but it was hard to get through because it's supposed to be a romance, but it wasn't ever really romantic. The basic trope was there--Navy Seal, ornery male type. But the heart wasn't really there for me, and then the plot go out of control with her father. I think overall, the book tried to do too much, and it would have been better just concentrating on Addie being a good sister.
I was drawn in by the super cute cover and plot, but unfortunately the writing needs A LOT of work! This character is supposed to be 40, but the writing was so painfully juvenile that it was very distracting. I couldn't get into the storyline or care about the characters at all. The story could be a very good one, but as it is now, it's is unreadable.
Thank you NetGalley, BooksGoSocial and Allison Jones for gifting me an advance copy of this book in exchange for my honest review!
Hi Everyone
This was a good book although boring.
Addie the principal character make me laugh sometimes, and Jameson make me want someone like him exist but the storie get so boring sometimes and the conversation between the characters didn´t make click for me.
If you like pink stories with some laugh between this is the storie for you.
This was my first book from this author and I was very pleasantly surprised. I loved the idea behind the book so my attention was grabbed immediately. Job very well done by the author.
This was DNFed at about 15%.
I don't have much to say about this due to only reading up to 15% of the book. I have no interest in continuing or seeing where the story would go to the random comments/stream of consciousness of the characters, constant and rather large time jumps, annoying characters, the extra character POV chapters that felt unnecessary, and the writing itself. This could have been edited a few more times to really give this book more oomph. I think it needed to have more focus on what the author was going for. Maybe have a few parts of it fleshed out more while others were cut out. I couldn't connect with any of the characters or find a reason to really care. I was forced to jump between character perspectives and time that I felt I didn't have time to for anything to really sink or give me a reason to care.