This book was just not for me! It was a really cool concept but just fell flat for me! I’m interested to see how this plays out on the big screen.

you know that tiktok trend where they ask people "what gives you the ick"
this.. this book gives me the ick.

the story almost has my attention in the begining where our two main characters fail to hookup in a coat closet at a wedding they dont want to be at. They decide that instead of hooking up they will send confessions about their sex lives to eachother so that they get to know each other more.

The narration is quite boring, you dont actually learn anything of substance about our MCs .. I learned one has an issue with PE (aka the too quickly issues), she really liked hooking up with a boy at school and any boy who would let her. and basically similiar confessions to this continue until they meet again to see if they are soul mates (why confessing these things would make you think you havea soul mate is odd to me)

(also they never actually repeated ttheir names Jane and John .. so i totally forgot until writing the review who they are )

I grew tired of the concept of the book which was sharing confessions so quickly in the book I only finished it so I could hope they ended up alone forever in their misery and boringness. How this became a movie is astounding.

The narration was very off for me and the characters from the beginning were so so odd and unlikeable.

I love quirky characters but this was too much. And I’m not sure whether it’s just the way the narration was done or the writing.

This book was just ok for me. It took a little bit to get used to the back and forth in letter form between the two main characters. And at times I thought I may have liked the book better if I hadn’t listened to the audio. The narrators just didn’t do it for me. I really didn’t feel like their voices were a good representation of the characters. Jane and John seem way more quirky, I just feel the narrators fell a little flat with this book unfortunately.

I am looking forward to the movie though, I will definitely be watching it!

***Thank you Netgalley and Blackstone Publishing for an ARC copy in return for an honest review***

At the 53% mark I decided to not finish the audiobook.
I really enjoyed the first 40% or so, the writing was great and it was really funny. The premise of the story is a great one, and I liked that the characters were both kind of messy and not the usual polished romance book characters.
But even then there were a few moments that bothered me: the male character making fatphobic comments about his first girlfriend, saying that he finds oral sex degrading for women, weird comments about classism, him cheating on her "with thinner girls" - all of that is being reflected upon by the character though, and he does see that his behaviour is shitty, so I was able to see past it.
But then there were several moments where offensive language was used for disabled and little people, and a deeply problematic story about his latina girlfriend. A fight turns violent, and later he writes that he "wanted to slap her so badly, I wanted to slap the pretty off her face". In her next letter the female main characters recounts an experience of violence by one of her exes, and doesn't challenge Johns behaviour at all.
I don't think this character will be able to redeem himself for me as a reader, and while this is not a review of a character, obviously, but about the story, the writing and the audio production - writing a character like this and clearly not challenging his beliefs and actions in this genre is simply outdated and offensive. This story should have been edited before rereleasing it in this day and age, or probably should not have been rereleased at all. I hope that the screenwriters didn't let any of this into the movie version. It's such a shame, because the premise was amazing and the humor initially funny - but all of that leaves a bitter taste later.

The narrators were really good, although the female narrator's voice, that sounded like a young Dolly Parton to me, took some getting used to.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an advanced copy of “Which Brings Me To You.” All opinions are my own.

This is a beautiful romance story that follows two people who share their past relationships and explore what they’ve been to to get to this moment.

This was a unique story which complex and real characters. I would definitely recommend!

Which Brings Me To You missed the mark for me. I liked the premise but the actual story did not click. You know how people say that the book was better than the movie? Not in case - my guess is that the movie is better. The narration was great,

This book has been out for almost 20 years but crazily, I had not heard of it until I heard about the movie. I was happy to see the audiobook was available to request on Netgalley and I'm thankful I was approved to give it a listen.

Two people meet at a wedding and hit it off, but after a failed hook up, they decide to keep in touch in a rather unconventional way. They decide to write letters to each other back and forth, and spill all of their secrets. From sordid details of past love affairs, to family drama, and intrusive thoughts.

I adored these characters. They were real, and flawed, but highly likable. This felt like I was hearing the latest tea from a friend or coworker and I was rooting for them both. I really enjoyed the book!

4 stars, I will be recommending this one!

I received a free ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Parts of this book were really funny and parts were overdone. I like that the book was told in confessions and also in letters. However, I can’t imagine getting such long detailed letters. I imagined the conversations would be more suited for telephone conversations. That being said, some of the confessions were relatable and some so outlandish. It was a quick read.

I wasn’t a fan of the male narrator, he sounded so robotic. Not that he was monotone or boring., he just literally sounded like a robot.

I had to DNF this audiobook at 47%. The premise was really intriguing but I just felt like the execution came nowhere close to living up. Both characters were so convinced of their own cleverness and completely lacked charm. I also could not get past the narrators - neither sounded like what I would have imagined they would have sounded like and the female voice also seemed older than I thought made sense.

I wasn't sure about this book from the get go. The idea of the brief meeting between John and Jane turning into a series of letters and not just an awkward goodbye felt like a bit of a stretch. Within each of the letters, the sub stories were interesting, but there were too many and none of them really stuck. I found myself having to try to remember who certain characters were, but I listed to this on audio book, and perhaps a physical copy could have helped with that. It was an interesting idea for a book, but it felt a bit unbelievable, and I don't think it will be memorable. I appreciated that there was a clear and distinct voice for Jane and John in the narration. Both narrators were enjoyable to listen too and had good inflection in their readings.

I found this book to drag. It started out cute and I thought it would be interesting but as it went on I just lost interest and didn’t really connect with the characters

This book totally peaked my interest. Then the letters sent between them made me like the characters less and less. Ted has violent anger issues. Jane craves love. These two are a ticking time bomb that apparently Jack eachother off on the side of a road.

Which Brings Me to You is an unusual collaborative tale penned by Steve Almond and Juliana Baggott. John and Jane meet at a friend’s wedding they each attend solo. While attracted to each other, their fumbled coat room groping results in John making a curious proposal to quit what they are doing and get to know one another first through the archaic art of letter writing. They exchange names and addresses, each promising to write with the agreed upon topic of the relationships they have had along the way.

Their stories begin with their teen years and progress until recent past. It would make the reader wonder at the truthfulness of the tales, some so outlandish that they would seem more fiction than fact. When they finally run out of stories they agree to meet midway between his New York City home and hers in Philadelphia, leading to an offbeat afternoon and evening.

This was a very different story. The narrators did a fine job of bringing the letters to life, however, I had trouble accepting that the characters were playing a game of honesty rather than oneupmanship. That said, the book was well done and worth a listen

I enjoyed Which Brings Me To You , but it wasn't a book that I loved. I really wanted to love it, but felt it was just okay.

Took me some time to get used to the timing etc but I really really enjoyed getting to know the characters through their past stories. It was such a great audios, loved the narrators as well. And the ending- fabulous! Highly recommend!

I received an early copy of this book from Netgalley in exchange for my honesty review.

This book centers around John and Jane who meet at a wedding. They almost hookup in the coat closet but instead decide to go their separate ways and become pen pals.

They spend a year writing to each other to confess all their dark secrets to one another. Then after a year they decide to meet to see if they are still interested in being together. When they finally meet it is awkward and weird. The authors tried to force the chemistry between them but it fell flat. Jane was utterly obnoxious. John was annoyingly submissive and forgiving of Jane’s gross behavior.

It seemed that the authors were trying to create this generations You’ve Got Mail which of course is my generations The Shop Around the Corner.
For me it failed miserably.

The characters weren’t likable. As we were told everything they had ever done wrong. With seems counterproductive if we are supposed to be rooting for them to end up together. This book lacked depth and there wasn’t any real support development.

I’m hoping that this is one of the very very rare cases that the movie is better than the book.

⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

Thank you, NetGalley and Blackstone Publishing for allowing me to listen to this funny audiobook.

Well, what can I say? I loved the voice actors, they gave a very nice emphasis to the crazy stories John and Jane were writing each other.

The story itself for a little too long for me. The continuous back and forth of email was funny but after 40% of the book went by it became also boring.

I liked a lot the humor of this book, I found many things super relatable, but I didn´t connect to the characters at all and that is a problem because I struggled to finish it.
Anyway by the end was 3 solid stars.

I requested this book because I saw the movie was coming out and I hate to watch the movie before reading the book.
Well, the movie looks nothing like the book, they also changed Johns's name to Will…. If John and Jane were boring, Will and Jane it´s so obvious it´s laughable… but I´m here for the book, not the movie so…

If you like a rom-com with some crazy stories about life, ex-partners, and general unluckiness before finding love, well this is definitely for you.

Which Brings Me To You by Steve Almond and Julianna Baggott was a good read.
The narrators Kerby Heyborne and Renee Raudman did a good job telling this story.
I thought this book was cute and I was kept entertained throughout.
I am most definitely going to be checking out the book and movie because I love watching Hale on the screen.

Thank You NetGalley and Blackstone Publishing for your generosity and gifting me a copy of this amazing eARC!

I DNF’d this…. and I am not someone who DNFs books.— something about both narrators voices just graded on me, and they seemed ill fitted for the roles they were reading.. I will try this as a e-book, but I really did not enjoy the audiobook.. I love the premise of the story, and the characters are interesting.