lakeness's review
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
NOT a Romance.
It's a maudlin ableist homage to A Walk to Remember - the tragic character with terminal cancer is even named Jamie! Other than being furious that an audiobook narrator, who's done dozens of romances and knows the genre criteria well, marketed this tragic mess as a romance, it's also just awful. I found Ella and Jamie insufferable. The whole second half is cloying and has so much contempt for disabled people, it's amazing they're still publishing these.
Also the voice she used for Jamie made him sound like aging Michael Caine tsking over young Master Bruce.
It's a maudlin ableist homage to A Walk to Remember - the tragic character with terminal cancer is even named Jamie! Other than being furious that an audiobook narrator, who's done dozens of romances and knows the genre criteria well, marketed this tragic mess as a romance, it's also just awful. I found Ella and Jamie insufferable. The whole second half is cloying and has so much contempt for disabled people, it's amazing they're still publishing these.
Also the voice she used for Jamie made him sound like aging Michael Caine tsking over young Master Bruce.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer, Ableism, and Misogyny
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