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A review by miyaosamu
Mad About You by Mhairi McFarlane
emotional
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Thank you to Avon and Harper Voyager for providing an e-arc via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
first off, this rating is definitely personal reading experience biased, my fault for not knowing mcfarlane's books aren't romance focused. that being said, this book did have a lot of strengths nevertheless that did keep me turning the page with it's bigger focus on harriet as a character with her reasons for her recent breakup along with aversion to romance start to unravel through the story and make sense. it was really well done in this book's conversations on toxic relationships, emotional abuse, and how it affects your future relationships. but overall i was frankly bored even if wanting to find out about harriet's past and what she would do, still kept going until the end. though this book would definitely work for other audiences, me being a mood reader, just nothing really left an impression on me at the moment with this one other than one particular girl power moment that had me internally cheering.
first off, this rating is definitely personal reading experience biased, my fault for not knowing mcfarlane's books aren't romance focused. that being said, this book did have a lot of strengths nevertheless that did keep me turning the page with it's bigger focus on harriet as a character with her reasons for her recent breakup along with aversion to romance start to unravel through the story and make sense. it was really well done in this book's conversations on toxic relationships, emotional abuse, and how it affects your future relationships. but overall i was frankly bored even if wanting to find out about harriet's past and what she would do, still kept going until the end. though this book would definitely work for other audiences, me being a mood reader, just nothing really left an impression on me at the moment with this one other than one particular girl power moment that had me internally cheering.