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juliaegreene 's review for:
Fake Dates and Mooncakes
by Sher Lee
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
ISABELLA DO NOT LOOK AT THIS OK THANKS
alrighty now that she's gone:
i was so disappointed by this :< the premise is so fun and i was really excited by the cover and vibes! but there was way too much plot going on. the insta-love was so hard to move past, even when the relationship did progress and had some sweet moments, mainly because i just never felt like i really understood the characters. (yes, i do prefer character-driven stories over plot-driven, so this just might not be the book for me! but also-) dylan had an interesting story and i was genuinely rooting for him, but theo never had me, despite all the things he did/said that were obviously supposed to make me like him. i wish we all got a bit more breathing room throughout the story because there was SO MUCH HAPPENING. this only takes place over like. a couple of weeks? and in that time:
alrighty now that she's gone:
i was so disappointed by this :< the premise is so fun and i was really excited by the cover and vibes! but there was way too much plot going on. the insta-love was so hard to move past, even when the relationship did progress and had some sweet moments, mainly because i just never felt like i really understood the characters. (yes, i do prefer character-driven stories over plot-driven, so this just might not be the book for me! but also-) dylan had an interesting story and i was genuinely rooting for him, but theo never had me, despite all the things he did/said that were obviously supposed to make me like him. i wish we all got a bit more breathing room throughout the story because there was SO MUCH HAPPENING. this only takes place over like. a couple of weeks? and in that time:
- dylan and theo meet
- mooncake prep
- theo gives dylan $5000, dylan agrees to be his fake date
- they go to the hamptons, family drama ensues
- dylan saves someone from drowning
- they go viral?
- they get together
- they go to the met gala??? or something?? and there's drama there too
- sabotage!
- theo's dad pays dylan $100000 to break up with theo
- they break up
- the restaurant floods
- mooncake contest, theo flies to singapore (??), they get back together
- they get a new restaurant and make a tv show or something
i probably missed some stuff honestly i did my best. MY POINT IS there's way too much happening here that doesn't allow the characters to even begin to develop. the dialogue was a bit stilted at times but i did really enjoy some of the food descriptions! also there should have been more of the dog. does any of this review make sense who knows