For November, the leader of my book club chose The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend for us to read, and judging by the cover I figured it would be a fun read but…I was wrong. By like 85%. With this book it was a like/dislike relationship. I did enjoy the characters like Sara who reminded me of myself, Grace, George (the best character of all time), Caroline, and etc. Otherwise there wasn’t much else. Three things that did bother me were Sara’s character, the romance of between Sara and Tom, and its predictability. Don’t get me wrong, I really did like Sara’s bookish and awkward side because I thought of myself and the cringy moments I sometimes have when interacting with people. But I don’t think it was so believable that she changed so quickly. I just had terrible believing someone who was mad awkward, introverted, and insecure could turn into the strength that holds the town together. It just didn’t work for me.
Then the romance. At first, I was down for it when Sara started to like Tom because I LOVE romance. On multiple occasions I tolerated an awful series or movie just to see if the pair I wanted to get together actually got together. It is a curse sometimes! Anyway, after awhile I wondered to myself, why does Sara actually like this dude? Sure, he’s cute but there wasn’t much else in my opinion. Their romance seemed to happen because it NEEDED to. The main heroine needed a man so Tom took that place. End of story. And I honestly wanted Sara and George to get together. From the start it seemed like they would hook up because he gave her rides. And they bonded over that one book (I forget). But no. Dumb Tom got with her.
my feelings about Sara and Tom wrapped into one word.
Finally when I was reading through this book I predicted most of the major events like Sara opening the book store and uniting the whole town. I know this book is a “feel good” book, but I wanted a bit of mystery while reading. Otherwise I get bored because why read something when you know what is going to happen? The best description I came up for The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend is a Hallmark book. It’s very fluffy, very predictable, and cheesy. Anyway, it’s not a bad book; it’s not a book for me.
I was disappointed with this book because I figured it would up my alley. Oh well..
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