A review by meredith_williams_
Funny Feelings by Tarah DeWitt

lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.75

I read this because I had a terrible week and needed something light and silly to distract me from the bleakness of the world. Unfortunately, this book was also rather bleak. I will give the author credit for mental health and disability rep, but everything else about the romance gave me pause. The 10 year age gap that left the FMC with an undeveloped frontal lobe and unresolved daddy issues did not help the already questionable power dynamics at play with the MMC as her manager!! Nor did it help the fact that the FMC was only 15 years older than the MMC’s 10 year old daughter!! The addition of a completely unnecessary fake dating trope that lasted for approximately 5 chapters, a years long miscommunication, a grand gesture that came off less romantic and more creepy, and a third act break up 25 pages from the end is what really made this unbearable. I should have DNFed at chapter 10 when the author tried to incorporate a “relatable” conversation about being a Swiftie and then had the FMC say her favorite song was “Run”. 
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