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A review by wickedregal
Up on the Roof by A.L. Brooks
3.0
So... I didn't love it, but I also didn't hate it. At first I honestly was sitting there thinking "what am I exactly reading?", because nothing really happened for the first 50% of the book. I kept waiting, thinking "Okay this is when the chemistry starts, right?" **crickets** okaaay... Just, nothing was happening. It simply seemed to be a day in the life of these two random people, and while that is okay to an extent... an entire half of a book of nothing? I get it. Lena has OCD, she's been hurt by her ex which has made her a bit bitchy. Understandable. Megan, a clumsy sweet girl, also hurt by her ex, and is a bit taken back by Lena's bitchiness. Great okay we got this... no? So we're just going to repeat different things to point out the OCD and then the clumsy. **taps foot** Is anything going to happen? **sighs**
So I was beginning to give up completely on this book, but at the same time, something kept me wanting to read more in hopes of finding it. Even when a situation made them have to live together for a bit I thought okay here we go yes... and frustratingly, no. At first... but then it finally picked up and it happened about half way through the book. Christmas day with Megan's family. I'm like okay so that's a step in the right direction. Sweet, here we... go... and no. UGH! Frustration abounds. But at least we have at this point something to yell at, like one does at the tv when you're just like "OMG!! They like you, you like them, just..." **tires to smoosh them together** Everytime you think they're getting there... Lena's doubts and inner turmoil rears its ugly head and she retreats. But if you understand or have been in Lena's place, you get it and by this point you're fighting for her to fight for herself and her happiness. Well that or you just want to slap her.
Basically bottom line of my review. First part, I didn't care for, not enough things to keep me loving it. But I enjoyed the last part of the book. More emotion, more work with relations, just more everything. Which is why my review is split down the middle and given a solid 3. The book isn't the greatest but it isn't the worst. I enjoyed it enough by the end and did end up liking both Lena and Megan.
So I was beginning to give up completely on this book, but at the same time, something kept me wanting to read more in hopes of finding it. Even when a situation made them have to live together for a bit I thought okay here we go yes... and frustratingly, no. At first... but then it finally picked up and it happened about half way through the book. Christmas day with Megan's family. I'm like okay so that's a step in the right direction. Sweet, here we... go... and no. UGH! Frustration abounds. But at least we have at this point something to yell at, like one does at the tv when you're just like "OMG!! They like you, you like them, just..." **tires to smoosh them together** Everytime you think they're getting there... Lena's doubts and inner turmoil rears its ugly head and she retreats. But if you understand or have been in Lena's place, you get it and by this point you're fighting for her to fight for herself and her happiness. Well that or you just want to slap her.
Basically bottom line of my review. First part, I didn't care for, not enough things to keep me loving it. But I enjoyed the last part of the book. More emotion, more work with relations, just more everything. Which is why my review is split down the middle and given a solid 3. The book isn't the greatest but it isn't the worst. I enjoyed it enough by the end and did end up liking both Lena and Megan.