I feel a little bad giving this book one star because it's not that this book was so incredibly awful, it's just that nothing in it was intended for me. We spent so much time in the character's head with all her random musings about life, regrets, the future, long explanations about all of her behavior, and all I ever wanted was to get back to the story. I can't stand being so stuck in a character's head like that, and it's one of my least favorite aspects of first person present tense. I'd rather see their reaction to the story than two pages discussing how they feel about the lack of empathy in their relationship.

I found the two main characters frustrating and their problems minimal. When (almost) everything can be solved by just talking to each other, I have a hard time getting behind that as a romance novel. It's just boring.

Perhaps my biggest problem was that this whole book hinged on the main character's infertility and how that caused issues in their marriage. There was nothing about that on the inside flap and as someone who never wants children, it was difficult to relate to. I didn't have much interest to begin with and Colleen Hoover didn't write this in a way that drew me in despite that. I wouldn't have picked this book up if I had known how much of a focus that was going to be. It was pretty much the only problem in their relationship and I could not bring myself to care.

And then the book ended on the most preachy note, explaining to all us readers why communication is so important in a relationship. It probably would have gotten two stars except I was just so irritated by that. It was a quick and not a truly terrible book, but I had to give it one star because there was nothing about this I enjoyed (except one line from her mother about how all men will cheat so at least marry a rich cheater, which relatable lol but I don't think she was the one I was supposed to be relating to).