A review by nineinchnails
The Wrong Mr. Right by Stephanie Archer

emotional lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.75

this wasn't really my thing but i can see why it's popular. it had potential and it was a fun read in that it was easy to get through but it's pretty much the book equivalent of a hallmark movie so i was fairly bored the whole way through. the writing just wasn't for me - the dialogue felt juvenile and the prose wasn't great either. i hated the pacing too because everything felt super rushed when it came to development between hannah and wyatt so i had no interest in rooting for their relationship. i didn't click with them in general and things like him overusing that damn nickname made their romance feel so forced. the main characters also came across like 10 years younger than they were supposed to be and not in an endearing way - they acted like immature teenagers and it was jarring to read considering the main character was 29.

some of the characters felt like cheap props (thérèse especially) which was really ironic in a book that preaches about diversity and inclusion multiple times; characters that are pretty much caricatures are one of my biggest pet peeves in writing. i could go on forever but to keep it simple it feels like a lot of characters written for representation (often the best friend/other supporting character) are super shallow and purely there to tick off a box - i guess it's not 'that deep' because the stereotypes were based on her being french but the way she's stereotyped reminds me of the way minorities in general are written as shallow overexaggerated caricatures everywhere i look. as well as being annoying it's also just very lazy and i'm tired of it. 
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