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You, with a View
by Jessica Joyce
Read Completed 7/30/23 | I was excited to read this with such a high rating (currently 4.41 stars on Goodreads) but hi, it's me, welcome to the minority again.
I didn't really love the writing here. Weirdly enough, I liked the physical chemistry of the two main characters more than I liked anything else, which almost never happens. I really didn't feel much of that emotional pull and I felt like some of their high school/younger life rivalry didn't really come through and I didn't feel enough banter. They kind of just hated each other and that was that. There was some history revealed but it just wasn't enough to pull me in.
I've read a few too many grandparent/great-aunt books lately and I didn't love this one. Noelle's grandmother had already passed and I didn't feel their connection. I liked Theo's grandfather but I didn't want him to go on the trip with them.
This took a while to get going, too. I was hoping to get into the trip a little bit faster and I think it took over 25% of the book to get there. I just didn't always enjoy the pacing or the writing so I just didn't connect with this like I had hoped. I also really didn't like the conflict.... they were the only ones standing in their way and it was so irritating. There was literally no reason for Noelle to not be with Theo, there was no reason for him not to be with her, there was no reason not to open up to each other, and the whole "secrets" part of the story was put there just so they could be closed off. I didn't like it at all.
I also just hated the constant mention of TikTok? I don't want to keep hearing about it... I kind of want to escape social media while I'm reading and it was kind of stupid.
I didn't really love the writing here. Weirdly enough, I liked the physical chemistry of the two main characters more than I liked anything else, which almost never happens. I really didn't feel much of that emotional pull and I felt like some of their high school/younger life rivalry didn't really come through and I didn't feel enough banter. They kind of just hated each other and that was that. There was some history revealed but it just wasn't enough to pull me in.
I've read a few too many grandparent/great-aunt books lately and I didn't love this one. Noelle's grandmother had already passed and I didn't feel their connection. I liked Theo's grandfather but I didn't want him to go on the trip with them.
This took a while to get going, too. I was hoping to get into the trip a little bit faster and I think it took over 25% of the book to get there. I just didn't always enjoy the pacing or the writing so I just didn't connect with this like I had hoped. I also really didn't like the conflict.... they were the only ones standing in their way and it was so irritating. There was literally no reason for Noelle to not be with Theo, there was no reason for him not to be with her, there was no reason not to open up to each other, and the whole "secrets" part of the story was put there just so they could be closed off. I didn't like it at all.
I also just hated the constant mention of TikTok? I don't want to keep hearing about it... I kind of want to escape social media while I'm reading and it was kind of stupid.