A review by kdlamb27
Regretting You by Colleen Hoover

sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

Ohhhhhhhh Colleen Hoover…. This is only your second novel i have read but it may be my last. I almost DNF’d it. 

Really, I’ll give this 2.5 stars and that is only because of the character Miller Adams who deserved so much better.

This book, this story could have been epically better if it had just delved into the plot more. 

How did affair start? When did it start? Where did it start? Did Chris and Jenny feel any remorse whatsoever? 

Why didn’t Morgan read the damned letters? I get it was supposed to be some empowerment move but like… i think the readers want to know. 

Also the timeframe of how this all unfolds just seems so unrealistic to me. Like it had only been, what, 45-60 days from when they died? I mean, i get that Jonah and Morgan had feelings for one another when they were younger and their spouses cheated on them with each other but… less than 2 months of getting over all that and moving on? Just doesn’t seem true. Maybe if the plot covered the span of a couple of years, it would make so much more sense to me. 

And Clara. Poor, insufferable Clara. I get she’s a teenager and dealing with the loss of loved ones but wow the whining. The self doubt. I would get to her chapters and cringe through them wondering if this how I was as a teenager. God i hope not. And how she manipulated Miller into her bedroom?!?!? I was furious! 

And finally, did they ever go to family counseling? It was mentioned by Morgan towards the end of the book and my goodness do they need it. 

Okay rant over. Miller Adams, you may have been the only good thing to come out of this book.