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A review by paperbacks_and_planners
Matchmaking for Beginners by Maddie Dawson
2.0
I'm giving this 2.5 stars.
There were definitely things I liked about this book - the mildly magical parts were cute and I liked Blix. But damn... the main relationships and love... square(?) drove me crazy. And Marnie was one of the most frustrating main characters I've ever read.
This follows Marnie who is nearly left at the alter by her selfish fiancé. But she convinces him to marry her so they begrudgingly follow through with the wedding. Then end up divorcing just after their honeymoon. Marnie has a breakdown and moves back home with her parents. She quickly rebounds with her (undeserving of any of this damn drama) ex boyfriend. After a hot minute, they decided to get married but then she receives a letter from her ex's Aunt, who has passed away and left Marnie her home in Brooklyn. From here crappy decisions ensue.
Some of the writing in here was so obnoxious. For example here is a complete sentence from the book: "I hate that so much that I can’t even." That might actually be the single most annoying sentence I've ever read in a published story.
But beyond that, the way Marnie treated everyone around her was kind of terrible.
"'Oh,' I say. 'Well. This may sound beside the point, but I’ve always said that I hate surprises. Now I know why.'"
Like what the actual fuck is that? Jeremy gets so shafted in this book and everyone just keeps supporting Marnie's crappy behavior.
Overall I just didn't particularly care for this.
There were definitely things I liked about this book - the mildly magical parts were cute and I liked Blix. But damn... the main relationships and love... square(?) drove me crazy. And Marnie was one of the most frustrating main characters I've ever read.
This follows Marnie who is nearly left at the alter by her selfish fiancé. But she convinces him to marry her so they begrudgingly follow through with the wedding. Then end up divorcing just after their honeymoon. Marnie has a breakdown and moves back home with her parents. She quickly rebounds with her (undeserving of any of this damn drama) ex boyfriend. After a hot minute, they decided to get married but then she receives a letter from her ex's Aunt, who has passed away and left Marnie her home in Brooklyn. From here crappy decisions ensue.
Some of the writing in here was so obnoxious. For example here is a complete sentence from the book: "I hate that so much that I can’t even." That might actually be the single most annoying sentence I've ever read in a published story.
But beyond that, the way Marnie treated everyone around her was kind of terrible.
Spoiler
When she cheats on her sudo-fiancé with her ex-husband and then blames the whole shit storm scenario on him for trying to surprise her, I nearly threw my kindle."'Oh,' I say. 'Well. This may sound beside the point, but I’ve always said that I hate surprises. Now I know why.'"
Like what the actual fuck is that? Jeremy gets so shafted in this book and everyone just keeps supporting Marnie's crappy behavior.
Overall I just didn't particularly care for this.