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juliagongaware's review against another edition
lighthearted
slow-paced
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual harassment and Xenophobia
merlesstorys's review against another edition
emotional
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
“Something to talk about” by Meryl Wilsner is a lovely book that is easy to read (which I read in one day because I just couldn’t stop).
Both Jo and Emma felt age appropriate and, even though I’m a tad younger than Emma, I could heavily emphasize with her. Their relationship with each other built up more or less nicely, even though the lack of communication really fucked me up sometimes (like I wanted to tell Jo that she should tell Emma things that the latter was related to) and with that also a lot of missed character understanding for each other.
Their relationships with other persons in the book were rather in the background/they kinda only ever talked about their love interest.
I do loved that their running gags were happing out of situations on and not off page (re: Asthma)
What I definitely didn’t like were the things teased but never or way less detailed - why I’ll briefly mention because I don’t want to spoiler anyone.
The leak and the persons behind. Emma’s personal thoughts on Avery/her feeling left behind. The pretty uncomfortable scene with Emma’s idol. Search for new assistants. Life on set. Writing a script. More Hollywood glamour.
And that’s probably not even all I kind of missed.
But, in general, I enjoyed Jo and Emma’s story very much.
Both Jo and Emma felt age appropriate and, even though I’m a tad younger than Emma, I could heavily emphasize with her. Their relationship with each other built up more or less nicely, even though the lack of communication really fucked me up sometimes (like I wanted to tell Jo that she should tell Emma things that the latter was related to) and with that also a lot of missed character understanding for each other.
Their relationships with other persons in the book were rather in the background/they kinda only ever talked about their love interest.
I do loved that their running gags were happing out of situations on and not off page (re: Asthma)
What I definitely didn’t like were the things teased but never or way less detailed - why I’ll briefly mention because I don’t want to spoiler anyone.
The leak and the persons behind. Emma’s personal thoughts on Avery/her feeling left behind. The pretty uncomfortable scene with Emma’s idol. Search for new assistants. Life on set. Writing a script. More Hollywood glamour.
And that’s probably not even all I kind of missed.
But, in general, I enjoyed Jo and Emma’s story very much.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Alcohol, Chronic illness, Xenophobia, Sexual harassment, Homophobia, Sexism, Outing, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, and Death of parent
jkeishia's review against another edition
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Content Warnings
Minor: Sexual assault and Xenophobia
stacy837's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Biphobia, Cursing, Homophobia, Racism, Xenophobia, Sexual harassment, Sexism, and Lesbophobia
Minor: Medical content
veskumelooni's review against another edition
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
The characters felt too much like characters in a book and not like real people. It felt like the author knew the book needed to follow specific beats to be classified as a romance book and did nothing outside of that with the characters. The scene where the main characters are finally together and have sex felt like it was from a different book. The vibe from the book was that it would be a fade-to-black scene, but it was not.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual harassment
Minor: Stalking and Xenophobia
taelights's review against another edition
lighthearted
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
This book had so much potential, I'm so disappointed that it turned out like this… Like usually I love workplace romances, boss/employee pairings, age gaps, and slow burn. It had so many things I love to read about but it fell so flat because the execution of it just wasn't good.
First of all the entire book is built on pointless conflicts and miscommunication. I'm not a fan of the miscommunication trope to begin with because I think it's a cheap annoying thing to rely on to create drama in your book but I'm more understanding if it's like one or maybe two scenes. But it was literally the whole book.
The characters didn't act their ages at all. Like supposedly Emma was in her 30s and Jo was in her 40s but they acted like teenagers most of the time. I'd give them early 20s at most. They were just both so immature for supposedly grown women. This felt like it should have been a YA book rather than an adult book.
I also felt both characters were one-dimensional and didn't have much in the way of character development. Their actions were dumb and if their ages weren't explicitly stated I would not read them as grown women. Also personally I think Emma calling Jo by "Boss" all the time was annoying.
Usually I love slow burns but this one got to the point that I was getting very frustrated in a bad way. Like nothing really happens between them until the last 10% or less.
Finally I know sexual harassment is unfortunately a prominent thing in Hollywood and an important topic to discuss but I felt it being included in this book was pointless and felt out of place. Also taking such an important topic and using it as a plot device to make two characters forgive each other after a fight felt a bit icky to me personally.
First of all the entire book is built on pointless conflicts and miscommunication. I'm not a fan of the miscommunication trope to begin with because I think it's a cheap annoying thing to rely on to create drama in your book but I'm more understanding if it's like one or maybe two scenes. But it was literally the whole book.
The characters didn't act their ages at all. Like supposedly Emma was in her 30s and Jo was in her 40s but they acted like teenagers most of the time. I'd give them early 20s at most. They were just both so immature for supposedly grown women. This felt like it should have been a YA book rather than an adult book.
I also felt both characters were one-dimensional and didn't have much in the way of character development. Their actions were dumb and if their ages weren't explicitly stated I would not read them as grown women. Also personally I think Emma calling Jo by "Boss" all the time was annoying.
Usually I love slow burns but this one got to the point that I was getting very frustrated in a bad way. Like nothing really happens between them until the last 10% or less.
Finally I know sexual harassment is unfortunately a prominent thing in Hollywood and an important topic to discuss but I felt it being included in this book was pointless and felt out of place. Also taking such an important topic and using it as a plot device to make two characters forgive each other after a fight felt a bit icky to me personally.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual harassment
Moderate: Lesbophobia, Sexism, Homophobia, Racism, and Xenophobia
kayladaila's review
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Stalking, Medical content, Biphobia, Cursing, Lesbophobia, and Xenophobia
cheesepuppy's review against another edition
emotional
4.5
Super cute slow burn
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual harassment
Minor: Biphobia, Racism, and Xenophobia
and_abelard_reads's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I need to know Wilsner's A03 handle *right now*
Points for:
- fanficcy fluffy goodness
- Hollywood creeps getting wrecked wish-fulfillment
- slowest of burns on the colleagues-to-friends-to-lovers
- Top tier Pining
- Actual Character Reasons for the miscommunication plot stuff
- Hot-Older-Millionaire determined to be the Anti-Mr.Rochester. Nice
Overall - Fluff with depth. Very domestic despite the glamorous setting. I might drag myself out of YA and this book slump yet.
Points for:
- fanficcy fluffy goodness
- Hollywood creeps getting wrecked wish-fulfillment
- slowest of burns on the colleagues-to-friends-to-lovers
- Top tier Pining
- Actual Character Reasons for the miscommunication plot stuff
- Hot-Older-Millionaire determined to be the Anti-Mr.Rochester. Nice
Overall - Fluff with depth. Very domestic despite the glamorous setting. I might drag myself out of YA and this book slump yet.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual harassment
Minor: Xenophobia, Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, Lesbophobia, Biphobia, and Alcohol
- Character experiences an asthma attack - Child characters are mentioned (briefly) as being injured in sports - Most warnings are for things characters experience or are concerned about and deliberately avoided.eamily's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, and Sexual content
Moderate: Alcohol, Sexism, Racism, and Xenophobia
Minor: Biphobia, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Outing, Cancer, Cursing, Death of parent, and Medical content
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