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A review by brennieree33
There You'll Find Me by Jenny B. Jones
4.0
Disclaimer: I read this book after watching the movie adaptation, and although I tried to be as unbiased as possible, there still might be some.
I really liked this book. I think it's a solid Christian romance with one of my favorite tropes. I really liked the characters, especially Finley and Beckett. I think they're a super cute couple. I also loved the descriptions of the Irish landscape and people. Not enough books take place in Ireland. I'm also trash for the violin so that fact that Finley plays makes my heart so happy. But yeah, it was pretty good.
TW: eating disorders, grief, cancer, abuse, bullying
The good:
-This book won me over from the foreward with the John Mayer quote
-As a Minnesotan, Ireland really feels like the Minnesota of Europe lol
-Only fifty pages in and Beckett and Finley already had so much chemistry, and I really like that.
-"You bite people for a living" OH MY LORD THAT KILLED ME
-I'm trash for Christian romance, and I love the topic that Jones chose to focus on. Normally it's "one party is saved and as they fall in love the other party comes to know Jesus." Not that there's anything wrong with that, I'm just so glad that losing faith was Finley's problem, as this isn't really ever focused on in the church even, yet so many people go through it.
-I was TERRIFIED that this book was going to cast Finley's eating disorder in a positive light when it was first brought up. I'm so thankful that it was addressed as a problem and that Finley couldn't keep living with that, and that she (I assume based on the dialogue) got help and is recovering.
-I just love the relationships in this book. Especially Finley's with Will, Beckett, Erin, and Mrs. Sweeney. They were all just so heartwarming, and I love that they were so complex.
The bad:
-Okay, I love Finley as a character, but no self-respecting person over the age of 7 should ever use the word "tinkle" unironically lol
-Why does Finley judge Beckett so harshly when she'd been in his shoes just over a year before? She'd been in the public eye in her life before, so she'd know the pressure of the paparazzi? If she can explain her own bad actions with reasons behind the scenes, isn't the logical conclusion that Beckett also has his own behind the scenes reasons? It's just so hypocritical
I really liked this book. I think it's a solid Christian romance with one of my favorite tropes. I really liked the characters, especially Finley and Beckett. I think they're a super cute couple. I also loved the descriptions of the Irish landscape and people. Not enough books take place in Ireland. I'm also trash for the violin so that fact that Finley plays makes my heart so happy. But yeah, it was pretty good.
TW: eating disorders, grief, cancer, abuse, bullying
Spoiler
The good:
-This book won me over from the foreward with the John Mayer quote
-As a Minnesotan, Ireland really feels like the Minnesota of Europe lol
-Only fifty pages in and Beckett and Finley already had so much chemistry, and I really like that.
-"You bite people for a living" OH MY LORD THAT KILLED ME
-I'm trash for Christian romance, and I love the topic that Jones chose to focus on. Normally it's "one party is saved and as they fall in love the other party comes to know Jesus." Not that there's anything wrong with that, I'm just so glad that losing faith was Finley's problem, as this isn't really ever focused on in the church even, yet so many people go through it.
-I was TERRIFIED that this book was going to cast Finley's eating disorder in a positive light when it was first brought up. I'm so thankful that it was addressed as a problem and that Finley couldn't keep living with that, and that she (I assume based on the dialogue) got help and is recovering.
-I just love the relationships in this book. Especially Finley's with Will, Beckett, Erin, and Mrs. Sweeney. They were all just so heartwarming, and I love that they were so complex.
The bad:
-Okay, I love Finley as a character, but no self-respecting person over the age of 7 should ever use the word "tinkle" unironically lol
-Why does Finley judge Beckett so harshly when she'd been in his shoes just over a year before? She'd been in the public eye in her life before, so she'd know the pressure of the paparazzi? If she can explain her own bad actions with reasons behind the scenes, isn't the logical conclusion that Beckett also has his own behind the scenes reasons? It's just so hypocritical