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A review by okiecozyreader
The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.25
Ok, well this made me teary at the end. I love that this girl was such a good person and made Liam want to be a better/happier person, too - how for her - money wasn’t worth sacrificing who he wanted to be. It makes me wonder how many people would rather have the money, but I loved she would rather live a happy and free life.
Anna changed majors from pre-med to art and is basically a starving artist, trying to help her father, who has cancer. She married Liam (aka West) years ago, when they both needed to be married to live in co-ed housing. She thought they were divorced until he shows up needing her to go with him to his sister’s wedding on an exclusive island because they are actually still married (Didn’t she read the divorce papers with her lawyer?)… um, no. His family has caved to the lures of obsessive amounts of wealth and it is shocking to Anna, but she realizes Liam is actually a good guy. She wants to support him through the festivities, plus she can help her dad, but can she survive Liam’s family.
“Four siblings and we’ve all handled the fallout in our own ways. Alex turned into a desperate yes-man. Jake is the sunshine clown who looks for a joke to get out of every tense moment. And I’m the chronic overthinker who internalizes everything.” Ch 22
“I wish I could still believe somewhere inside me that terrible rich people like this didn’t actually exist.” Ch 29
“I turn off the light and do everything I can to not worry about Liam going home to an empty house, Liam not having a David Green, Liam facing all of this alone.” Ch 33
“Even if it’s awful, it’s going to be okay,” …
…
“Because even if it goes off the rails, even if everyone ends up shouting and crying and accusing, they’ll still leave at the end of the night, and we’ll still have our house and our life and this love that nobody can touch.” Epilogue
Anna changed majors from pre-med to art and is basically a starving artist, trying to help her father, who has cancer. She married Liam (aka West) years ago, when they both needed to be married to live in co-ed housing. She thought they were divorced until he shows up needing her to go with him to his sister’s wedding on an exclusive island because they are actually still married (Didn’t she read the divorce papers with her lawyer?)… um, no. His family has caved to the lures of obsessive amounts of wealth and it is shocking to Anna, but she realizes Liam is actually a good guy. She wants to support him through the festivities, plus she can help her dad, but can she survive Liam’s family.
“Four siblings and we’ve all handled the fallout in our own ways. Alex turned into a desperate yes-man. Jake is the sunshine clown who looks for a joke to get out of every tense moment. And I’m the chronic overthinker who internalizes everything.” Ch 22
“I wish I could still believe somewhere inside me that terrible rich people like this didn’t actually exist.” Ch 29
“I turn off the light and do everything I can to not worry about Liam going home to an empty house, Liam not having a David Green, Liam facing all of this alone.” Ch 33
“Even if it’s awful, it’s going to be okay,” …
…
“Because even if it goes off the rails, even if everyone ends up shouting and crying and accusing, they’ll still leave at the end of the night, and we’ll still have our house and our life and this love that nobody can touch.” Epilogue
Content Warnings
Moderate: Cancer