The Rom-Commers
Ratings57
Average rating4.1
Added to listKatherine Centerwith 2 books.
dnf at 50%. I love Katherine Center's writing style and the way she usually makes you root for the female MC in her books. and this was no exception. Emma was a great female lead and I wanted to her to SUCEED...but the dude?? Charlie??? HE was HORRIBLE.
After being shown pieces of Emma's backstory and a picture of just what a nice, hardworking, hopeful girl she is... instead of getting a rich golden retriever male lead who values her dreams and wants to take care $$ of her..and we get this weirdo dude who insults her like 50x, isn't that cool, kinda weird about his ex wife, doesn't seem to have a healthy great lifestyle....???
I was proud of Emma for walking away from Logan and Charlie when they were being buttholes. that was so satisfying. and then she lands herself a better deal with them again, okay good, seeing the plot progress.
but then when she overhears Charlie being a butthole AGAIN in the bathroom when he's talking to Logan about her writing, she STICKS AROUND??? I'm like no, go home! This guy SUCKS!!
Also, I stopped at 50% so maybe it changed but the setting being 90% in Charlie's house wasn't doing it for me either, he's so weird
I did NOT want them to end up together
anyways, disappointed in this one. probably won't come back to finish. but LOVED Emma as a character. Hated literally everyone else.
dnf at 50%. I love Katherine Center's writing style and the way she usually makes you root for the female MC in her books. and this was no exception. Emma was a great female lead and I wanted to her to SUCEED...but the dude?? Charlie??? HE was HORRIBLE.
After being shown pieces of Emma's backstory and a picture of just what a nice, hardworking, hopeful girl she is... instead of getting a rich golden retriever male lead who values her dreams and wants to take care $$ of her..and we get this weirdo dude who insults her like 50x, isn't that cool, kinda weird about his ex wife, doesn't seem to have a healthy great lifestyle....???
I was proud of Emma for walking away from Logan and Charlie when they were being buttholes. that was so satisfying. and then she lands herself a better deal with them again, okay good, seeing the plot progress.
but then when she overhears Charlie being a butthole AGAIN in the bathroom when he's talking to Logan about her writing, she STICKS AROUND??? I'm like no, go home! This guy SUCKS!!
Also, I stopped at 50% so maybe it changed but the setting being 90% in Charlie's house wasn't doing it for me either, he's so weird
I did NOT want them to end up together
anyways, disappointed in this one. probably won't come back to finish. but LOVED Emma as a character. Hated literally everyone else.
first book of 2025 and i feel like i just got stabbed in the heart
first book of 2025 and i feel like i just got stabbed in the heart
first read of the year. feeling like i js got stabbed in the heart.
first read of the year. feeling like i js got stabbed in the heart.
Sometimes One Shot Really Can Change Everything. This is one of those tales where it should have been over from the very beginning - these two people are just *so* broken by their lives to this point that it *shouldn't* work...
And yet it does, because this is a romantic comedy and that is the very *purpose* of romantic comedies, to give the rest of us hope that something like this *can* work - even in our own completely broken states. And hell, *particularly* when the book is meta enough to actively make *that very same point* within its text. (Helped by the overall plot of... actively writing a romantic comedy movie. ;) )
Yes, some of the things that both characters do are horrible. Yes, perhaps some (or even much) of this tale doesn't or even can't happen in real life. Well, again as pointed out within the text here, neither can zombies or space aliens or some such... and yet people love those movies for somewhat similar reasons as to why they love romantic comedies.
So sit back and enjoy the ride and the feels. If you have to turn your brain off and enjoy the spectacle for sheer spectacle, *do that*. But don't criticize a book that many will truly love and find catharsis in over your own hangups. Particularly don't review bomb something just because "that can't really happen". *Particularly when one of the main issues in the book is exploring how reality doesn't really apply in romantic comedies, including this one.*
Overall a strong tale with complex and complicated characters, with a lot of laughs, some smiles, and even a few dusty room scenes to boot. Come in expecting to laugh and perhaps wet your eyes a bit, and you truly won't be disappointed here.
Very much recommended.
Originally posted at bookanon.com.
Sometimes One Shot Really Can Change Everything. This is one of those tales where it should have been over from the very beginning - these two people are just *so* broken by their lives to this point that it *shouldn't* work...
And yet it does, because this is a romantic comedy and that is the very *purpose* of romantic comedies, to give the rest of us hope that something like this *can* work - even in our own completely broken states. And hell, *particularly* when the book is meta enough to actively make *that very same point* within its text. (Helped by the overall plot of... actively writing a romantic comedy movie. ;) )
Yes, some of the things that both characters do are horrible. Yes, perhaps some (or even much) of this tale doesn't or even can't happen in real life. Well, again as pointed out within the text here, neither can zombies or space aliens or some such... and yet people love those movies for somewhat similar reasons as to why they love romantic comedies.
So sit back and enjoy the ride and the feels. If you have to turn your brain off and enjoy the spectacle for sheer spectacle, *do that*. But don't criticize a book that many will truly love and find catharsis in over your own hangups. Particularly don't review bomb something just because "that can't really happen". *Particularly when one of the main issues in the book is exploring how reality doesn't really apply in romantic comedies, including this one.*
Overall a strong tale with complex and complicated characters, with a lot of laughs, some smiles, and even a few dusty room scenes to boot. Come in expecting to laugh and perhaps wet your eyes a bit, and you truly won't be disappointed here.
Very much recommended.
Originally posted at bookanon.com.
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