A review by ironsandwine
The Trouble with Hating You by Sajni Patel

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

2.5

This book didn’t quite do it for me, with a narrow view of feminism and womanhood that spent a long time identifying women as ‘that sort of girl’ ‘wild’ or ‘easy’ and trying to separate the main character from that rep, instead of challenging that categorisation of women in the first place. The male lead was given some exposition heavy chapters that felt clunky and virtue signalling to me.
The plot also felt prolonged, and ricocheted between things too easily resolved or given way too much significance. 
Just not for me i’m afraid.
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