A review by krissysreading
Search History: A Novel by Amy Taylor
2.0
Thank you to Netgalley, Random House Publishing Group and, The Dial Press for providing an eARC in exchange for an honest review.
Ana is recently single and living in a new city, it a job that pays the bills but brings her no joy. After work one day at the bar she meets Evan, who is too good to be true and everything she could want in a partner.
Things are going well with them, and then she does a bit of research on him through social media, and that is the beginning of an obsession. She can't stop comparing herself to his ex who happened to die in an accident after they broke up. She has trouble enjoying what they have in real time and engrossed herself in becoming the perfect woman for him but emulating Emily.
This one really was not for me. I found the main character to be awful, insufferable and very childish. I could not get on board with the reasoning for why she feels the way she feels and how it makes her make the decisions she makes. Past trauma does not give you the excuse to be a bad person, and to judge someone for keeping secrets when you are doing the same thing. I kept just screaming for the character to get some professional help and seek out therapy. The writing was good and I can see that the author has a way of really making the characters real, but she made them so real I hated them.
Ana is recently single and living in a new city, it a job that pays the bills but brings her no joy. After work one day at the bar she meets Evan, who is too good to be true and everything she could want in a partner.
Things are going well with them, and then she does a bit of research on him through social media, and that is the beginning of an obsession. She can't stop comparing herself to his ex who happened to die in an accident after they broke up. She has trouble enjoying what they have in real time and engrossed herself in becoming the perfect woman for him but emulating Emily.
This one really was not for me. I found the main character to be awful, insufferable and very childish. I could not get on board with the reasoning for why she feels the way she feels and how it makes her make the decisions she makes. Past trauma does not give you the excuse to be a bad person, and to judge someone for keeping secrets when you are doing the same thing. I kept just screaming for the character to get some professional help and seek out therapy. The writing was good and I can see that the author has a way of really making the characters real, but she made them so real I hated them.