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Especially since Miranda (and Fiona) had to be paired off with other men at the end for some reason. It could have been so cool for Miranda to realise she’s more into women which is why her relantionship with Joseph also felt so plain. Idk just felt weird to read sooo many horny straight relationships at once. But I also might just be too bi for this shit.

As a side note this book also was way toooo straight for me. It felt like everyone was lusting after a plain white man. Especially because there were four relationships highlighted and all of them were straight and read the same. Everyone was super horny for some reason. I also side-eyed the inclusion of one gay couple and a lesbian friend. It felt very much like meaningless representation.

I kept waiting for something to happen. For some kind of high point or accumulation of all the plot points and it never came. This just dragged itself to the finishline. Sure I cried cause I’m an emotional person but the book did not deserve that cry. In the end two of my most hated annoying characters got together… yay.
Buuut at least this wasnt Happy Place that book can burn in hell.

The rest of the characters also have this issue despite them getting their own povs. I especially hated Siobhan who was a rich influencer type with an annoying friend circle and Jane who’s growth felt sooo surface level and like I was fed the sped up and watered down version of Tiffany from Flatshare. I only somewhat like Miranda cause she felt like an actual person - a boring person but a person none the less.

The niceness also felt very fake due to the premise and I couldn’t get past that feeling afterwards. The author left out any depth for the character to deceive the reader. Even in the end when we sort of get his backstory, it’s not enough. I honestly felt baffeled that a same person would date Siobhan and Jane. What kind of person does he want other than just nice? His choices tell nothing about him.

Because of this I could not root for Joseph at all after the reveal. Because of the framing he did not feel like a three dimensional character which is a big part for why the reveal didn’t work for me. We only saw him from the pov of the women that worship him for some reason. He was just charming and nice I guess. Most of his dialogue read like small talk.

After sitting with it a while I cannot get over how insensitive the framing of this book is. A man that is suffering from heavy trauma is dishonestly presented to us as a serial cheater.The premise is way too tongue and cheek for the subject matter. The reveal feels very out of place tonally. The book makes you intentionally despise Joseph only to say ”SIKE” at the end.