Beach Read

Beach Read

2020 • 401 pages

Ratings607

Average rating3.9

15

If you need a definition of wasted time, this book is just its definition. Most of the time it felt as the book was ashamed of itself. The promise of the book is two author - one of them writes serious manly fiction and the other - romance novels. But what we get is the main character so ashamed of what she writes, that she tries not to mention it at all or justify it at any cost. I don't even know what is more cringey.

Of course, it was only one of many problems in the book. It was overwhelmingly long. boring and bland. My only emotion was annoyance at the main chacter, January, from whose POV we read this story. She's so eager to determine and tell the reader what each character feels that she doesn't even have to ask them. Or anyone at all. She just assigns them feelings and motivations for actions as she sees fit.

You know what? This doesn't even deserve a review, so to hell with this book. Read and forgotten already.

May 21, 2022