mlinder18's Reviews (632)

OMG the ending of this actually shocked me! Wonderfully executed. Truly just wish this was longer. 

A fun, short and quick holiday read. This series of novella's was adorable. I laughed a lot and I believed the characters when they fell in love. 
This isn't groundbreaking writing but it's worth the read around valentines day. 

One chapter in and I almost fell asleep listening. I think it's trying way too hard to be "intellectual." There is a way to write about psychology, sociology, studies, reports, etc. in an interesting way and this was not it. 

I'll start by saying I dispised the format of this book, it really inhibited my ability to connect with characters and plotlines. Also the constant misspelling of mic to Mike was like so annoying.

All that said, TJR continues to write incredible stories and characters that blow you away. I was surprised with how much this grew on me. 

My FAVORITE romance trope is childhood friends, to strangers, to lovers ❤
I loved every moment of this book, it reminded me so much of Every Summer After by Carley Fortune. 

Beautifully written and incredibly dull. If you LOVE food this is for you. 

For starters, I think almost every character in this book is awful in some sort of way. They are all deeply flawed. 
However, this book has GREAT representation, covers the topic of grief and loss beautifully and has some of the most lyrical and gorgeous writing. Like how did this author make prepping a grilled cheese sandwich sound so beautiful, heartbreaking and inspiring. 
So glad I picked this one up. 

Oh, where to start with this...
Perry's story is heartbreaking and worrying. It was probably incredibly hard for him to write and read this (for the audio version) and share some very private situations with the whole world. Unfortunately, the squeaky-clean image of Chandler Bing is nothing like Matthew Perry's real life. 
All that aside, I did not enjoy this. The timeline was fuzzy and confusing. Additionally, I don't think he is entirely in the right place or mind to already be writing this. It is so soon after his "recovery." It makes me wonder how much of this was written just for the sake of money. He comes off as very rough and privileged as well. Comes from a well-off family that had every opportunity given to him, and he complains often. He has the ability to recover in the top drug recovery units, something that most won't ever get to do, and he takes it for granted. He often namedrops and drags a few famous people's names through the mud. 
I wish him well in his lifelong recovery and I hope I never see a headline that he has turned back to drugs/alcohol or has passed from his addiction. 

A solid look at the language used by cults and cult like organizations. Was this groundbreaking, no. But it was fun to dive into the different cultish organizations. 

I found this dull and droning. I am not a fan of the constant changing timelines and child abuse.