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madeline 's review for:
How to Marry Keanu Reeves in 90 Days
by K.M. Jackson
ughhhhhh i really wanted to like this one. i liked REAL MEN KNIT, also by this author, but there was so much going on here that was Not For Me.
things that just aren't my cup of tea: friends to lovers romances, particularly when they've been best friends for decades - if it was gonna happen it would have happened! romances with low stakes - there's literally nothing holding them back from getting together besides their own headassery. fiction that involves real people - i knew that i was probably going to find the fact that she's chasing after keanu reeves squicky, and i did, and there's also several other celebrity "cameos." not my thing, it's like my unease about THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS to the nth degree.
things that are just regular bad: the writing style - it's so childish, and i don't remember this being the case for the other book of hers. the editing - you're telling me you sent a book to print with multiple incomplete sentences just hanging out? true as a character - he's incredibly overbearing and jealous, and at one point is literally trying to control what she drinks. the premise - why would keanu getting married mean he'd retire?? the scene where true and lu overhear jason momoa & lisa bonet having hot springs sex - those are real people who maybe would not want to be in your book like that? the timeline - there's a scene in the first couple of chapters that takes place really weirdly (true is leaving but then maybe he doesn't or there's a flashback to a few minutes before with a conversation we didn't see or maybe it's another day, who the fuck knows) and true at one point references that bethany has spent several years very lost and has just now kind of righted herself. this is never spoken of again.
i think that some people will find this a very charming romp. i didn't, and i knew i probably wouldn't going in. but personal preferences on tropes et cetera aside, there are some really frustrating stylistic and plotting choices going on here. it's a miss for me.
CW:off-page death of a brother/best friend in a car accident
things that just aren't my cup of tea: friends to lovers romances, particularly when they've been best friends for decades - if it was gonna happen it would have happened! romances with low stakes - there's literally nothing holding them back from getting together besides their own headassery. fiction that involves real people - i knew that i was probably going to find the fact that she's chasing after keanu reeves squicky, and i did, and there's also several other celebrity "cameos." not my thing, it's like my unease about THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS to the nth degree.
things that are just regular bad: the writing style - it's so childish, and i don't remember this being the case for the other book of hers. the editing - you're telling me you sent a book to print with multiple incomplete sentences just hanging out? true as a character - he's incredibly overbearing and jealous, and at one point is literally trying to control what she drinks. the premise - why would keanu getting married mean he'd retire?? the scene where true and lu overhear jason momoa & lisa bonet having hot springs sex - those are real people who maybe would not want to be in your book like that? the timeline - there's a scene in the first couple of chapters that takes place really weirdly (true is leaving but then maybe he doesn't or there's a flashback to a few minutes before with a conversation we didn't see or maybe it's another day, who the fuck knows) and true at one point references that bethany has spent several years very lost and has just now kind of righted herself. this is never spoken of again.
i think that some people will find this a very charming romp. i didn't, and i knew i probably wouldn't going in. but personal preferences on tropes et cetera aside, there are some really frustrating stylistic and plotting choices going on here. it's a miss for me.
CW: