YonnoMaus’s Reviews > Love, Hate & Clickbait > Status Update

From the acknowledgements: "I'll always remember making fun of [Name of Movie Redacted for Legal Reasons] with you in that bar for what felt like hours (what an awful movie); you are my own personal How Did This Get Made costar, and it’s excellent."

...This is pretty much how I feel about this book. Sorry I don't wanna be mean but this was not an enjoyable read at all. The least bad about it is that I finished it...

Here is an indirect confirmation that Clay isn't straight but rather gay, and had known he's gay since before the events of this book. So again, why would he go along with Lennie's exploitation of a gay couple like this? Then again, just because someone is gay doesn't automatically make them a good ethical person.

...The very next page: "Because Thom didn't show at all."

Or that option too. Although if I had to pick someone to be MIA, I would've picked Clay.

"Maybe Thom would show up to the wedding today and say all the things Clay wanted him to say. [...] Maybe he’d refuse to marry Clay."

Well that was my guess too. But if it's written here then it probably isn't happening. I don't think the author is foreshadowing. Maybe it'll be Ashley finally coming out of the woodwork. Or Kerry or Felicia. This book will be truly irredeemable if the wedding actually does happen.

[Following up on my 88% update].

Well this is when everything I discussed about Clay's parents was finally addressed. And in one paragraph too! Consider me satisfied.

(by the by, I'm being sarcastic, not just here but in practically every other update I wrote for this book)

For someone so close to his family, Clay's parents have been suspiciously absent throughout this (few pages long) engagement. Surely they would've insisted on meeting Thom. Heck even a video call! And aren't they gonna be attending? Isn't Clay's mom or his grandma at all suspicious of how everything is going down and how unlike Clay (from the little we've been told about his relationship with his family) all this is?

"Because of course he wanted to marry Thom."

I don't get it... when did all this falling in love happen?? 'Cause so far all the lovey-dovey feelings were part of the "tell", and all the "show" was the ridicule and scorn that Thom had towards Clay. He'd always say something terrible but it's okay cause he smiles at Clay! *swoon*

God damn Lennie and her bleeding heart of gold. So sweet.

Shouldn't Clay’s lawyers be there for the deposition too? And is there a reason they're doing this in his office, not his lawyers’ as I believe is standard practice and is less public for Clay, other than to have had Thom defending his honour or whatever romantic thing you wanna call it?

Is there a real life couple that shows affection by sucking face? Why do a lot of romance books have this? The better indicator of love is how they seek each other and look at each other in moments of celebration (just look at how many celebrities give a simple peck or just a kiss on the cheek or even just a hug), not how much of one person’s tongue is down the other’s throat.