Status Updates From Breadfruit (Materena Mahi, #1)

DNF I tried, but this book just didn’t hold my interest. It might work for you, though. I found it unfocused and meandering. Usually I can forgive such drawbacks if the characters are well drawn, but not this time.

“Materena cries under the shower - not sure if she’s crying because her pond didn’t become a reality or is it because she found out that Pito, he was never going to make their relationship concrete. Fat drops of rain begin to splatter on the tin roof and within minutes it is pouring. The rain has filled up the pond. Materena stops feeling sorry for herself. Who needs concrete when there’s rain?” (202)

The last eight chapters. It's sad to see how the protagonist craves for male validation and the men in the book are mostly very disrespectful. It's a chick flick book but the reality of the gender relations weighs heavy. Paradise island isn't exactly paradise. The nature is amazing but the humans are really dumb.

Pito is like the Asuelo of this book. The story is getting slightly better, although it is still very annoying. But it helps me a lot to get back into French. Each chapter tells a story of a cousin or a relative of Materena.