A review by lucy_qhuay
Leaving Paradise by Simone Elkeles

1.0

This book is the reason why I hate young/new adult contemporary books, because it is almost always guaranteed implausible situation after implausible situation, idiocy and fucked up drama.

I know that in Romanceland a lot is forgiven, but there are things that are just stupid.

In real life, falling in love with the guy who ran you over and left you for dead as if you were an animal that crossed his path would mean you were a serious mental case, but I admit that it was what drew me in to this book.

Also, you find out later things didn't exactly happen that way, which makes it marginally better.

But that wasn't what drove me crazy.

First of all, you would think that one would do one's best to get getter after a serious illness/accident/etc.

Not Maggie. She would whine and moan and complain about her physical therapist and how he forced her to push herself.

Excuse me, bitch, but it's his job. And do you want to get better or not? Do you really think it's preferable to have dead meat in the place of what once was a normal leg than push yourself to the limit and, yes, feeling pain in the process?

Her behaviour didn't make any sense to me.

Also, what kind of love/hate/whatever relationship was there between Caleb and Maggie? First they hate each other's guts and she is obviously scared of him and then she gives him a glass of water and it's love at first sight.

What the hell kind of logic is that?

Let's not even talk about the fact everyone is messed up in the head, from Caleb and Maggie to both their parents, his sister and ex-friends and so on.

And that ending? Complete balderdash.

I will only read the next one, giving that I want to see where this mess is going. But I really don't want to.