A review by bellaroobookworm
My Almost Flawless Tokyo Dream Life by Rachel Cohn
2.0
Quick, easy read.
A couple things bothered me MAJORLY. First, and probably least important: calico cats are female. At the end of the book, Elle pets a calico cat and lets "him or her" sniff her. This bothered me because if you've been to a Chili's or an Olive Garden in the past ten years, those little kiosk/card reader/game tablets have that very tidbit of information constantly playing on their screens.
Idk, for some reason this bothered me. A lack of research, I guess?
Another thing: Everything magically got better in the last six pages (except for friendship with Reggie??). Yes, six. The climax was rushed, the falling action was more of a summary than anything, and it felt too good to be true.
And the final thing: I actually stopped and went back to read because I was CERTAIN I'd missed something. When Elle finds out about Reggie's girlfriend, she talks about her like this girlfriend has already been introduced. It was the first (and only) time that Reggie's girlfriend even came up! It made me feel like something got cut out of the novel. Very disjointed.
Overall, I had high hopes for this as a easy-breezy fun read. It failed to deliver.
A couple things bothered me MAJORLY. First, and probably least important: calico cats are female. At the end of the book, Elle pets a calico cat and lets "him or her" sniff her. This bothered me because if you've been to a Chili's or an Olive Garden in the past ten years, those little kiosk/card reader/game tablets have that very tidbit of information constantly playing on their screens.
Idk, for some reason this bothered me. A lack of research, I guess?
Another thing: Everything magically got better in the last six pages (except for friendship with Reggie??). Yes, six. The climax was rushed, the falling action was more of a summary than anything, and it felt too good to be true.
And the final thing: I actually stopped and went back to read because I was CERTAIN I'd missed something. When Elle finds out about Reggie's girlfriend, she talks about her like this girlfriend has already been introduced. It was the first (and only) time that Reggie's girlfriend even came up! It made me feel like something got cut out of the novel. Very disjointed.
Overall, I had high hopes for this as a easy-breezy fun read. It failed to deliver.