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A review by tcarg
Lease on Love by Falon Ballard
2.0
First, omg the Brooklyn™ Millenial™ Hipster ™ cringe and Girlbossery ™ is nonstop and super annoying. I don't think being these things is bad, but oh my GOD I don't want to hear about it. Like yeah, I have a set of generational experiences in addition to my unique set of traits, but you won't catch me saying "It's me, lesbian pixie zookeeper in Wrigleyville, Chicago, where I live because I love sports because I'm not like other girls. My age is not a personality trait and neither, and a lot of people need to hear this, is liking coffee.
I digress.
I've reached a point in my life as a reader where an extra third-act-breakup doesn't appeal to me at all. When I'm at a point in a book where it seems to be reaching its natural conclusion and there are still 30-50 pages left, I'm just annoyed.
I admit that most of the time, this is a 'me' problem`. Some readers really do want that extra drama and I can't besmirch it. In this one, though, I felt like it really was the story. The third-act breakup twist isn't even an avoidable but excusable misunderstanding or a communication error, but simply the entire conflict of the novel drawn out and rehashed again.
Now some thoughts on the aforementioned main conflict: I'm a big negative self-talker. I'm in therapy for it, etc. But the way Sadie repeatedly uses her truly self-deprecating mindset to continually lash out at loved ones is upsetting. She really does say some fucked up shit and I honestly don't think it can all be written off as a coping mechanism or her past trauma affecting her.
Over the course of the novel, I turned against her or not her, per se, but her place in the narrative. Of course, I believe that she should seek help and work out her troubles, but in the end, I feel like maybe it's not time for her and Jack to get together. She starts out as a #girlboss which already peeves me personally, but she devolves in my view as the story goes on. Thinking about it now, I pretty much only liked her up until she went for drinks after getting fired at the very beginning.
She's got dope friends though! I love Gemma! (As I say this, though, I note that her friends are way too cool and close to allow her to go on the way she is, especially when they're aware of her past and what she endured, so are they really that dope?)
This was way more thought than I meant to put into this. Gotta blast.
I digress.
I've reached a point in my life as a reader where an extra third-act-breakup doesn't appeal to me at all. When I'm at a point in a book where it seems to be reaching its natural conclusion and there are still 30-50 pages left, I'm just annoyed.
I admit that most of the time, this is a 'me' problem`. Some readers really do want that extra drama and I can't besmirch it. In this one, though, I felt like it really was the story. The third-act breakup twist isn't even an avoidable but excusable misunderstanding or a communication error, but simply the entire conflict of the novel drawn out and rehashed again.
Now some thoughts on the aforementioned main conflict: I'm a big negative self-talker. I'm in therapy for it, etc. But the way Sadie repeatedly uses her truly self-deprecating mindset to continually lash out at loved ones is upsetting. She really does say some fucked up shit and I honestly don't think it can all be written off as a coping mechanism or her past trauma affecting her.
Over the course of the novel, I turned against her or not her, per se, but her place in the narrative. Of course, I believe that she should seek help and work out her troubles, but in the end, I feel like maybe it's not time for her and Jack to get together. She starts out as a #girlboss which already peeves me personally, but she devolves in my view as the story goes on. Thinking about it now, I pretty much only liked her up until she went for drinks after getting fired at the very beginning.
She's got dope friends though! I love Gemma! (As I say this, though, I note that her friends are way too cool and close to allow her to go on the way she is, especially when they're aware of her past and what she endured, so are they really that dope?)
This was way more thought than I meant to put into this. Gotta blast.