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A review by thelilbookwitch
Recipe for Persuasion by Sonali Dev
2.0
TW: suicide mention (which is more than the book did!!)
Recipe for Persuasion was another hopeful pick for me for January, meant to be a spin on Austen's Persuasion... I didn't make it very far since it didn't pass my lunch hour rule. However, it wasn't poorly written like this month's other DNF's... it just didn't hold my attention.
The blurb had me sold (as they often do!) and I think if Dev hadn't spent so long trying to develop Ashna's anxiety and desperation, I might have continued to read this book. Instead she opted to go the route of including a rather painful and out of nowhere reference to a parental suicide used as a means of establishing trauma and backstory.
Rico is... okay? I didn't get a lot of time getting to know him, or his personality or problems. The blurb promised some kind of rekindled romance, and I wish I had seen a bit more humor in the beginning, otherwise I might have continued into the murky waters of whatever emotional nonsense was sure to happen when the two former lovers reconnected.
This book failed for me with a poor beginning, but it's not entirely terrible, and I might consider trying to read a little further if I'm really stuck trying to find something to read this year...
You can check out [my blog] for more reviews!
Recipe for Persuasion was another hopeful pick for me for January, meant to be a spin on Austen's Persuasion... I didn't make it very far since it didn't pass my lunch hour rule. However, it wasn't poorly written like this month's other DNF's... it just didn't hold my attention.
The blurb had me sold (as they often do!) and I think if Dev hadn't spent so long trying to develop Ashna's anxiety and desperation, I might have continued to read this book. Instead she opted to go the route of including a rather painful and out of nowhere reference to a parental suicide used as a means of establishing trauma and backstory.
Rico is... okay? I didn't get a lot of time getting to know him, or his personality or problems. The blurb promised some kind of rekindled romance, and I wish I had seen a bit more humor in the beginning, otherwise I might have continued into the murky waters of whatever emotional nonsense was sure to happen when the two former lovers reconnected.
This book failed for me with a poor beginning, but it's not entirely terrible, and I might consider trying to read a little further if I'm really stuck trying to find something to read this year...
You can check out [my blog] for more reviews!