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A review by whothehelliskaitlin
Birds of California by Katie Cotugno
2.0
This book had a good story in the beginning. I was intrigued by the main characters and their stories and even the side characters were interesting and fun to learn more about. I wanted to see how the two main characters would come together and how their problems with each other and outside of the relationship would be worked out. This, however, is where the book fell flat to me.
Fiona and Sam argued and made up constantly, and I knew that per the pattern in most romances there would be one huge final blowout fight before they made up and lived happily ever after. And while this indeed happened, the resolution was too quick. After one short conversation that mostly consisted of them joking around they were in love again and the book was suddenly over. The ending felt rushed and left a lot of details unfinished. Why couldn't Sam ever book a part? Was he able to keep his apartment and find some money? What happened to his mom? Did Fiona's dad ever get better? And what was the reaction to Erin's article? Who knows? Certainly not me and evidently not the author of the book either. I kept flipping the last pages of the book to look for an epilogue that would surely sum everything up and show readers how the story ended but nope, the story just ends. Over and done with no real character development, resolution, or any kind of serious conversation about the central issue of the book pertaining to the #metoo movement.
My real rating would be 2.5 stars.
Fiona and Sam argued and made up constantly, and I knew that per the pattern in most romances there would be one huge final blowout fight before they made up and lived happily ever after. And while this indeed happened, the resolution was too quick. After one short conversation that mostly consisted of them joking around they were in love again and the book was suddenly over. The ending felt rushed and left a lot of details unfinished. Why couldn't Sam ever book a part? Was he able to keep his apartment and find some money? What happened to his mom? Did Fiona's dad ever get better? And what was the reaction to Erin's article? Who knows? Certainly not me and evidently not the author of the book either. I kept flipping the last pages of the book to look for an epilogue that would surely sum everything up and show readers how the story ended but nope, the story just ends. Over and done with no real character development, resolution, or any kind of serious conversation about the central issue of the book pertaining to the #metoo movement.
My real rating would be 2.5 stars.