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A review by dany_cp03
It Goes Without Saying by Taylor Danae Colbert
1.0
When I first read the blurb it sounded like something I might have liked. It looked really promising. The whole thing between best friends-turn-to-lovers is a topic that I always find cute and entertaining, but in this case, it turned way too frustrating. This kind of storyline is so easy that ends up being hard, if that makes any sense, because the line between frustratingly good and just frustrating is too thin.
In this case, I think the storyline has all the potential to grow into something interesting, but right now I feel there were some things that just were unnecessary or could’ve been done differently. For example, the book is narrated in third person, which distracted me a lot and even got me confused at times, especially when there were several people involved (I lost track of who was who). I think the readers could relate more to the main character and her story if it was written in first person. It might sound like something way too simple, but I think it would’ve given it a new perspective. The writing style felt a bit basic at points: the conversations were too short and the descriptions way too long, or even sometimes, we were left to imagine what would happen next.
Now, about the story itself. We have Bria, who to me has the perfect life. Her childhood was somewhat normal but she always got whatever she wanted, which tended to feel way too unreal, and this goes on throughout the entire book, which made it impossible for me to feel bad for her or even relate to her. Then we have Knox. The ultimate player. Bria’s best friend and the hero of all things. He’s definitely not my kind of guy, not even for a fictional one. He felt unrealistic with his perfect timing for everything and his perfect way to solve anything that was going on in Bria’s life. It’s obvious both have feelings for each other and it was too frustrating for them to realize it so late and that it took them so long to actually do something about it. These two characters have a lot of work to do about themselves.
Like I said before, there’s something about best friends that have feelings for each other that always catches my eye. It’s the kind of story we’re always expecting it to have the happiest of endings, but this one had so many opportunities to make it happen, and it kept dragging it for way too long.
There’s a lot of space for improvement, I truly believe that. But right now, there were a lot of things that put me off from enjoying the story.
In this case, I think the storyline has all the potential to grow into something interesting, but right now I feel there were some things that just were unnecessary or could’ve been done differently. For example, the book is narrated in third person, which distracted me a lot and even got me confused at times, especially when there were several people involved (I lost track of who was who). I think the readers could relate more to the main character and her story if it was written in first person. It might sound like something way too simple, but I think it would’ve given it a new perspective. The writing style felt a bit basic at points: the conversations were too short and the descriptions way too long, or even sometimes, we were left to imagine what would happen next.
Now, about the story itself. We have Bria, who to me has the perfect life. Her childhood was somewhat normal but she always got whatever she wanted, which tended to feel way too unreal, and this goes on throughout the entire book, which made it impossible for me to feel bad for her or even relate to her. Then we have Knox. The ultimate player. Bria’s best friend and the hero of all things. He’s definitely not my kind of guy, not even for a fictional one. He felt unrealistic with his perfect timing for everything and his perfect way to solve anything that was going on in Bria’s life. It’s obvious both have feelings for each other and it was too frustrating for them to realize it so late and that it took them so long to actually do something about it. These two characters have a lot of work to do about themselves.
Like I said before, there’s something about best friends that have feelings for each other that always catches my eye. It’s the kind of story we’re always expecting it to have the happiest of endings, but this one had so many opportunities to make it happen, and it kept dragging it for way too long.
There’s a lot of space for improvement, I truly believe that. But right now, there were a lot of things that put me off from enjoying the story.