Painfully disappointing

Frizzy hair does not a personality make. Elsie‘s character is as flat as a carrot peel. As someone who’s the same age as her, I kept laughing at her lines of thought. She comes across like a much older, yet not particularly complex person. I don’t know if she’s supposed to be a „pure naive librarian“ or something, but honestly, she’s just incredibly boring.
She suffers from insomnia for years but never seeks help from a medical professional, not even while away at uni in a bigger city where she’d have access to a broader spectrum of doctors.

Onto Jacob, Does he only ever interact with his dad? Is that his only social contact? No friends? No life? Aside from his ex girlfriend who gets mentioned three times to make A Point and solely exists as tension between him and his dad, of course. Ugh. He felt very one dimensional. I don’t care if he has feelings. Action speaks louder than words.

This turned out to be most forced romance ever. The narrator keeps repeating how they haven’t been attracted to anyone in a long time but never gives proof. And how could they? The two barely interact.

Never once do they discuss (and reject) alternative locations for the library. It’s always all or nothing, right from the get go. Much like this romance, this too felt contrived and lacked imagination.

Side characters were okay for the most part (an actual queer couple! Yay, we love to see it!), but their subplots didn’t impact anything.
And don’t get me started on the sudden loss of Elsie’s fear of flying. It gave me whiplash.

Don’t waste your time and money.

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