One to Watch
Ratings86
Average rating3.7
This sounded better then it was. This was a book club read.
I was optimistic going into this book and the beginning really helped reenforce that notion. Things really take a turn once the main character is on set of the fictional show similar to the bachelorette. I am not a fan of the bachelorette or shows like it, so this book wasn’t for me. As well the book is written from the main character’s perspective as well as online articles, text, and group chat. This made it very annoying to get though and wasted so much time. I hated the emojis.
The romance in this book is hard to get into as she has no actual interest in dating these guys then near the end of the book she is suddenly really into a few of them, this and probably the cheesy flirting that the book acknowledges is cheesy but doesn’t try harder on. There is drama, flirting, and twists which could have made this book good but instead it’s obvious who the main character will end up with as most of the guys are very quickly ruled out.
The diversity in the book is not great. All the male contestants are model-esc, and we are told that some of them were people of colour but there is no actual diversity in their characters except for the guy with the French accent. For our plus size main character, she starts off strong about being body positive but quickly looses herself confidence. She really was not a great character as all the morals she preaches are lost throughout the book with out second thought to them.
The choices made by the main character is really what make me not like this book. If she was a real person, then seeing this on tv would have made me lose some respect for her.
This sounded better then it was. This was a book club read.
I was optimistic going into this book and the beginning really helped reenforce that notion. Things really take a turn once the main character is on set of the fictional show similar to the bachelorette. I am not a fan of the bachelorette or shows like it, so this book wasn’t for me. As well the book is written from the main character’s perspective as well as online articles, text, and group chat. This made it very annoying to get though and wasted so much time. I hated the emojis.
The romance in this book is hard to get into as she has no actual interest in dating these guys then near the end of the book she is suddenly really into a few of them, this and probably the cheesy flirting that the book acknowledges is cheesy but doesn’t try harder on. There is drama, flirting, and twists which could have made this book good but instead it’s obvious who the main character will end up with as most of the guys are very quickly ruled out.
The diversity in the book is not great. All the male contestants are model-esc, and we are told that some of them were people of colour but there is no actual diversity in their characters except for the guy with the French accent. For our plus size main character, she starts off strong about being body positive but quickly looses herself confidence. She really was not a great character as all the morals she preaches are lost throughout the book with out second thought to them.
The choices made by the main character is really what make me not like this book. If she was a real person, then seeing this on tv would have made me lose some respect for her.
