(Written May 9, 2012)
I've got some good news, I've got some bad news and I've got some good news.
The good news is: this book is better written compared with the previous one, it's in a more elaborate "language", and offers some good phrasing and metaphors.
The bad news is: the actual story line. It's not really about anything but a bad break-up, while the reason for the break-up is really unconvincing and makes the couple look immensely stupid. That's pretty much the storyline.
The book doesn't have a philosophy, it doesn't stir your mind, doesn't add or change anything. It only describes pain over and over and over and over... The book is extremely melodramatic!!! I can't stress enough how melodramatic it is, but...
The good news is: there is a reader that loves melodramatic, sweet, pappy and mushy stories. I respect the writer for providing a story for that reader. I admire her for writing a book that truly keeps you reading, despite its numerous shortcomings, despite the lack of anything substantial in its pages, despite it being infuriatingly repetitious, despite the fact that her heroes appear spineless, stupid and childish. Despite all that, here I am - reading it.
And for that she gets 2 stars.
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