You Don't Have to Say You Love Me
Ratings9
Average rating3.6
Cute read, but rather too long for what it was. I enjoyed it, but I feel like it could easily have been 450 pages instead of 550.
I didn't love it, but I didn't hate it. At the start, I hated Neve's character as she was very self pitying, and once she met Max it was just oh so predictable; obviously this would be a “pancake relationship” to start with but it was just so obvious that they would fall in love and she'd forget about William. Also the fact that William was engaged? Called it! Although it was a typical chick lit novel with a very predictable plot and whiny characters, I thought it was a decent read. I must say, the book ended exactly how I wanted it to but I wouldn't be excitedly recommending it to anyone.
Beneath all the funny,adorable frills of You Son't Have to Say You Love Me there lies a lesson to learn. It is a pity that Manning can't do that without sounding a wee bit preachy and tiresome.
Neve : Though adorable at times,Neve can be very irritating.Granted, I don't know what it is to be fat but Neevy is way too obsessed with...her weight,her appearance and William.The problem with Neve for me was that she thought too much.Way too much.But Mia from Princess Diaries was an overthinker as well but I could follow her thought process but Neeve not so much.But don't be put off by what I said, because Neve can be a likeable herione at times.She has a good head on her shoulders (unlike some others) and is capable of using the aforemetioned head.
Character Rating - 3/5
Max : I don't know if it is just me, but Max reminds me of a younger Mark Sloan minus his doctor's coat.They really have a lot of similarities. Both are man-sluts with a heart.They both have issues and they both are funny and lovable. Max says some mean things to Neve in the book but that did not make me hate him.In fact it made me love him more because those were the same things I wanted to tell Neve as well. And I the way he hates William because everybody likes to see a huy jealous sometimes.Not I-will-strangle-anyone-that-lays-his-eyes-on-my-beloved beacuse that would just be creepy.
Character Rating - 4/5