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The Roughest Draft by Emily Wibberley, Austin Siegemund-Broka
2.75
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I was pretty invested in this story at the beginning, but as time went on, I just felt like I wasn't connecting to the characters because all we really knew about them was that they were writers and they liked each other. I don't feel like we really got to understand either of them as people and so over time I just stopped really caring, especially because the ending of the book was super obvious so you're kinda just waiting for it to happen. I think the book would've been better without the flashbacks, both because it would've been shorter and also because I think they could have showed us what happened in the past with conversations in the present so the flashbacks honestly felt a bit lazy. I didn't hate it by any means but I did skim the ending which only happens when I'm SUPER over a book and just wanna finish.