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A review by roann_gutierrez
The Situationship by Taylor-Dior Rumble
3.0
A fab, funny and slightly triggering debut from Taylor-Dior Rumble! I enjoyed the way Tia’s “situationships” were explored and I really felt connected to her from both a personal and general reader pov.
I do wish we got more Aaron, just to make their final scene a crescendo of passion and frustration - really up those stakes! To me it just felt a little underwhelming considering how much history we’re told she has with him and it was over before it even began. Making me side with Tia’s favourite walking red flag Nate - temporarily.
Nate was every shade of red in the rainbow and he did my girl Tia disgustingly BUT he was very real and representative of an unserious guy every girl at some point in their dating life has had an experience with. I would argue out of all of the characters, he was the most vivid for me.
Her friends Luca and Hannah were enjoyable and I really appreciated their friendship together.
Yvonne was also super well written and having read the acknowledgment I know why! Always lovely to read a good character based on a good person :)
As for Tia, I know this is a plot driven novel, but I wish she had more character development throughout. Right through till the end she still had doubts which were totally valid, but I just wished she hyped herself up more! I admire her ability to both learn and apply the lessons she learnt from her situationships. However, I do wish she had some more moments of self-love, just to see when she was building her confidence and how it was influencing her new moves.
As a plot driven piece I personally felt that it got a little bit repetitive towards the end and the final scene felt quite rushed. Almost too good to be believable? Like a bit of a cop-out solution. I would’ve liked to see her make a decision on staying or leaving because she was so miserable at LCN and then get the offer. I think it would’ve upped those stakes and would’ve helped build Tia’s character more.
Also there’s a grammatical error towards the end section that ruined the flow of reading for me for a bit ngl.
Overall, I had fun reading it! A truly enjoyable reading experience and is one to share with my friends :)
I do wish we got more Aaron, just to make their final scene a crescendo of passion and frustration - really up those stakes! To me it just felt a little underwhelming considering how much history we’re told she has with him and it was over before it even began. Making me side with Tia’s favourite walking red flag Nate - temporarily.
Nate was every shade of red in the rainbow and he did my girl Tia disgustingly BUT he was very real and representative of an unserious guy every girl at some point in their dating life has had an experience with. I would argue out of all of the characters, he was the most vivid for me.
Her friends Luca and Hannah were enjoyable and I really appreciated their friendship together.
Yvonne was also super well written and having read the acknowledgment I know why! Always lovely to read a good character based on a good person :)
As for Tia, I know this is a plot driven novel, but I wish she had more character development throughout. Right through till the end she still had doubts which were totally valid, but I just wished she hyped herself up more! I admire her ability to both learn and apply the lessons she learnt from her situationships. However, I do wish she had some more moments of self-love, just to see when she was building her confidence and how it was influencing her new moves.
As a plot driven piece I personally felt that it got a little bit repetitive towards the end and the final scene felt quite rushed. Almost too good to be believable? Like a bit of a cop-out solution. I would’ve liked to see her make a decision on staying or leaving because she was so miserable at LCN and then get the offer. I think it would’ve upped those stakes and would’ve helped build Tia’s character more.
Also there’s a grammatical error towards the end section that ruined the flow of reading for me for a bit ngl.
Overall, I had fun reading it! A truly enjoyable reading experience and is one to share with my friends :)