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From my book blog: Book Crook Liza There were many things that I loved about The Catastrophic History of You and Me and a few things that I didn't love so much. - I loved that each new chapter was labelled with lyrics. It was fun getting to each new chapter and seeing if I could guess the song. - I loved that the sections of the book were broken down with stages of emotional healing that the main character Brie was going through. - I loved Brie's family dog Hamloaf. I'm a sucker for animals, especially dogs and some of the scenes with Hamloaf even brought tears to my eyes, even though I wouldn't say I was particularly feeling very emotional in that way towards the story. - I really enjoyed the base of what the story was about. A girl who dies unexpectedly and then dealing with the after effects of getting past it. But there were a few things I didn't like as much about the book. Like, sometimes the humour seemed a little immature and could be too repetitive. The love interest of the book Patrick went a little too far for my taste with cheese nicknames for Brie. And Brie went too far with the "Your Mom" jokes. They're really only funny the first few times or on occasion, not as much as they were used in the book. The ending held a lot of surprises that I didn't see coming, so it explained a lot about little hints throughout the book, but I really wasn't feeling the relationship between Brie and Patrick. It lacked the spark that I was looking for. Towards the end though it improved, but even so, it felt too rushed slash quickly explained. Overall though, it was a good read. I was definitely kept interested and despite my love of series, it was nice to read something that ENDED and was wrapped up without having to wait another year to figure out what happens next.

2022-11-14 17:05