The Little Library

The first half of the book seemed like this was going to be a fun, quick romantic read, even if a bit on the sappy side, but it just went on for far too long. About 100 pages or so could be cut from this book and you'd get a better, more satisfying romance. There was just a lot of filler like pages-long descriptions of them going about their normal day to day activities or little explainers that were unnecessary for anyone alive today. The dog thing was a red flag for me and also didn't add anything to the story in the long run (I mean, they'd been on maybe 3 dates at this point? and Simon pushes a dog on him? No, sir).
I had to really push myself to finish this at about 75% done and it became a burden. I didn't want my first book of the year to be a DNF.