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A review by emileereadsbooks
Mistakes We Never Made by Hannah Brown
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
Emma and Finn were debate partners in high school and won state together their junior year. They made a good team. But when something drives a wedge between them, their friendship fractures, and over the next 10 years they have a push and pull of friendship and hate as they keep almost making mistakes together.
Well, now their high school friend Sybil is tying the knot, or is she? Sybil is in the wind and Emma and Finn set off on a road trip to get her back. But this is more than just a trip to get Sybil back, it's also a trip down memory lane, and the memories may have some ripple effects in here and now.
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Um. What? That ending. The stupid unnecessary cliffhanger of a side characters' story (actually two cliff hangers). Why? No. Do not like. Do not pass go. Do not collect $200.
Also, Finn and Emma are not lasting as a couple. They are not meant for each other. This is not a love story, but a lust story. And I'm not just saying that because I prefer overall to read closed door kisses only rom coms. Their only connection is based on their physical chemistry with a dash of their shared history. If they met as strangers at their current age they would hook up and be done.
This couple has been bickering since high school and resolves their fighting long enough to finally 10 years later get together, but as much as they try and change, the hurts they caused each other prior to getting together are going to worm their way to the surface and choke out their relationship. You can't take back hurtful things you say and they intentionally lobbed grenades at each other in the past... There is no coming back from that.
Plus they are not likeable. The intense bickering made me want to crawl in a hole and hide while reading. It was not enjoyable. And Finn seems manipulative and secretive and just very slimy.
Reading this was somehow entertaining though despite me disliking it, and I chalk that up to buddy reading it with a great group of ladies. It also wasn't horribly written as far as plot structure and such. And it had funny and charming moments. It was slow to start, and dragged in places which made it hard to want to pick up. And of course as outlined above, the content just was not at all to my liking.
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This is a open door rom com.
Well, now their high school friend Sybil is tying the knot, or is she? Sybil is in the wind and Emma and Finn set off on a road trip to get her back. But this is more than just a trip to get Sybil back, it's also a trip down memory lane, and the memories may have some ripple effects in here and now.
_____
Um. What? That ending. The stupid unnecessary cliffhanger of a side characters' story (actually two cliff hangers). Why? No. Do not like. Do not pass go. Do not collect $200.
Also, Finn and Emma are not lasting as a couple. They are not meant for each other. This is not a love story, but a lust story. And I'm not just saying that because I prefer overall to read closed door kisses only rom coms. Their only connection is based on their physical chemistry with a dash of their shared history. If they met as strangers at their current age they would hook up and be done.
This couple has been bickering since high school and resolves their fighting long enough to finally 10 years later get together, but as much as they try and change, the hurts they caused each other prior to getting together are going to worm their way to the surface and choke out their relationship. You can't take back hurtful things you say and they intentionally lobbed grenades at each other in the past... There is no coming back from that.
Plus they are not likeable. The intense bickering made me want to crawl in a hole and hide while reading. It was not enjoyable. And Finn seems manipulative and secretive and just very slimy.
Reading this was somehow entertaining though despite me disliking it, and I chalk that up to buddy reading it with a great group of ladies. It also wasn't horribly written as far as plot structure and such. And it had funny and charming moments. It was slow to start, and dragged in places which made it hard to want to pick up. And of course as outlined above, the content just was not at all to my liking.
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This is a open door rom com.
Content warnings for language, parental abandonment, parental death
Thanks to Netgalley and Forever for the eARC. All opinions are my own.