Not If I See You First

Not If I See You First

2015 • 310 pages

Ratings16

Average rating3.6

15

I wasn't really into this book at first but I got into as the story progressed. Parker is unlikable but she grows on you a bit. But I still feel like she the type of person to say something like “people can't handle me being real”, when really she's being petty. Some of thing she got mad about was petty. I don't know if it's just me but what Scott did wasn't THAT bad. Yes, it was enough to stop talking to Scott and breakup with him but not enough to make up some rules and keep everyone at arm's length.

At first her relationship with was Jason was cute and I wanted them to be together. I liked how they met and thought they would be more compatible than her with Scott. But their first date was so...average, nothing special. It only went downhill from there. Their relationship was so one-sided and unfair. Jason didn't do enough to come to her defense or understand some things about blind people and Parker was just using him, which I think is a bit worse.

I felt like Parker wanting to be with him was sudden. But towards the end I became more open to their relationship and...











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...I'm surprised they didn't end up together in the end. Although, I liked the deal Parker made with Scott and Scott concerns about not wanting to be with her yet, made complete sense and felt real.

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So in the end, although I didn't like the book at first, I stuck it through and I'm really glad I did, it was a nice causal read with awesome blind representation, I loved having a blind main character. All of dialogue felt real and really walked me through what Parker was feeling and her daily life. And that cover so beautiful.

Overall four out of five stars.

June 3, 2020