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A review by marie_thereadingotter
The Home Share by Sally Clements
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
I received this book from NetGalley for Review
There are elements of this book that I really liked. The first 20% was better, and from there things felt very rushed.
I loved all the characters, but I don't really feel like I know them as a group. Eleanore is the most developed character, and she's a side character. I feel like I know more about her than I do the protagonists. There's a lot of telling in this book, we keep getting told how Evie and Jake feel about each other, but even in the internal dialog it doesn't come across why they're falling for each other since both of them keep things from each other.
This book will irritate people, like me, who hate the miscommunication trope. The whole book is just them not talking to each other about things, or keeping something from the other person that would help with context.
The side-plot of Jake and the company shenanigans was very rushed as well. It was part of the Third-act breakup that is common in romance books, but it's not wrapped up. The book kind of just ends and we don't find out what happened with the company he works for, which feels important since it became such a large part of the plot.
This book doesn't feel finished. There are a lot of loose ends, including Jake's overbearing mother who I feel like should've been addressed beyond a throwaway line about Jake telling his mother Eleanore was fine. Nothing felt like it had real closure. And I don't believe that Evie and Jake were in love. I wasn't convinced, they had only started to trust each other at the end of the book.
There are elements of this book that I really liked. The first 20% was better, and from there things felt very rushed.
I loved all the characters, but I don't really feel like I know them as a group. Eleanore is the most developed character, and she's a side character. I feel like I know more about her than I do the protagonists. There's a lot of telling in this book, we keep getting told how Evie and Jake feel about each other, but even in the internal dialog it doesn't come across why they're falling for each other since both of them keep things from each other.
This book will irritate people, like me, who hate the miscommunication trope. The whole book is just them not talking to each other about things, or keeping something from the other person that would help with context.
The side-plot of Jake and the company shenanigans was very rushed as well. It was part of the Third-act breakup that is common in romance books, but it's not wrapped up. The book kind of just ends and we don't find out what happened with the company he works for, which feels important since it became such a large part of the plot.
This book doesn't feel finished. There are a lot of loose ends, including Jake's overbearing mother who I feel like should've been addressed beyond a throwaway line about Jake telling his mother Eleanore was fine. Nothing felt like it had real closure. And I don't believe that Evie and Jake were in love. I wasn't convinced, they had only started to trust each other at the end of the book.