The Flip Side

I was really looking forward to reading this book, as the plot and premise seemed so interesting and promising. Unfortunately, there were just too many things that made it not work for me. The first thing that was a bit annoying was the main character himself which is a shame, really because I think I could have liked him. Maybe it’s because I as a reader was in his head so much and therefore perceived him as quite whiny and resigned. Yes, he was just broken up with (not to mention on the day he was proposing of all days) and cheated on but it was very exhausting reading how he felt like everything was against him if I’m being honest. It sounded a lot like a teenager rather than a man in his late twenties. Which, again, might have been due to the POV of the first person singular and me as a reader being in Josh’s head all of the time. Maybe if it was written in the third person it would have been a different experience. Also, the plot took quite some time to evolve. I feel like the pacing was a bit odd, as the amount of time we had in the beginning with nothing really happening could have been used to develop the relationship a bit further before the 'big blow'. Now it’s just a veeery slow start and then everything happening very fast all of a sudden. And lastly, I’m not sure if RomCom’s just not my thing, but for my taste this was a bit too quirky, and it felt a bit too try-hard to be funny and relatable at some points. But this might just be because I’m generally not the most dramatic person. Either way, it just felt off for me most of the time. Ultimately, although I would change quite a few things I’m not the author and I can see why someone would like it but it just wasn’t for me. Also, I think this would work really well as a film - I'd definitely go watch it :)