A review by megmccreery
Forever, Interrupted, by Taylor Jenkins Reid
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
I can only handle so much grief and toxic romance. At this point, I'm just thinking TJR's backlog sucks, and there's no way she's the same author that wrote the Mick Riva-verse. It feels like TJR is problematic with her internalized misogyny written into her heroines and the weak love interest men she keeps giving voices to. The two of her backlogged books I've read are about toxic relationships which is worrisome. This book specifically reminded me of a Nicholas Sparks book in a bad way. In a way that felt like it was a man trying to write a woman.
Elsie and Ben themselves were a cringey couple. Ben was a coward and never told his mom about the woman he wanted to marry, and Elsie was toxic for encouraging him to not tell her at the moment it really counted all because she was worried her world was going to collapse. She pretty much used Ben just so she wouldn't be alone anymore. She also was just generally crazy and a sucky human. In my head, neither of them are cute, and they feel like they would be self-proclaimed moderates. If I were Susan, I would hate Elsie and not give her any money.
Also, Ben deserves no rights for asking Elsie to get rid of some of her "dumb books" from HER BOOKSHELF. However, she also yelled at him for his ex calling him after knowing him for like one month, so I guess crazy loves crazy.
Elsie and Ben themselves were a cringey couple. Ben was a coward and never told his mom about the woman he wanted to marry, and Elsie was toxic for encouraging him to not tell her at the moment it really counted all because she was worried her world was going to collapse. She pretty much used Ben just so she wouldn't be alone anymore. She also was just generally crazy and a sucky human. In my head, neither of them are cute, and they feel like they would be self-proclaimed moderates. If I were Susan, I would hate Elsie and not give her any money.
Also, Ben deserves no rights for asking Elsie to get rid of some of her "dumb books" from HER BOOKSHELF. However, she also yelled at him for his ex calling him after knowing him for like one month, so I guess crazy loves crazy.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death