Flatshare
What if your roommate is your soul mate? A joyful, quirky romantic comedy, Beth O'Leary's The Flatshare is a feel-good novel about finding love in the most unexpected of ways.
Tiffy and Leon share an apartment. Tiffy and Leon have never met. After a bad breakup, Tiffy Moore needs a place to live. Fast. And cheap. But the apartments in her budget have her wondering if astonishingly colored mold on the walls counts as art. Desperation makes her open minded, so she answers an ad for a flatshare. Leon, a night shift worker, will take the apartment during the day, and Tiffy can have it nights and weekends. He'll only ever be there when she's at the office. In fact, they'll never even have to meet. Tiffy and Leon start writing each other notes - first about what day is garbage day, and politely establishing what leftovers are up for grabs, and the evergreen question of whether the toilet seat should stay up or down. Even though they are opposites, they soon become friends. And then maybe more. But falling in love with your roommate is probably a terrible idea...especially if you've never met.BUY THE BOOK
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Readers say *Flatshare* by Beth O'Leary is a charming, easy-to-read romantic comedy with heartwarming depth. Most agree the book’s use of post-it note...
I adore this book! I used exclusively read fantasy books but in the middle of the world ending in 2020, I decided I needed a change. This book made me fall in love with a whole new book genre. I cannot go too deep into why I loved this book without spoiling it.
5 stars because I couldn't put it down.
I was weary after reading the comments re: Leon's style of narration, but honestly, for me it fit the character and perfectly conveyed his level of mental and physical fatigue. Have you ever been so tired that words wouldn't string together in the correct grammatical order and, as long as you got your point across and you took care of the only relationships that really matter, everything else became unimportant?
To me, it was realistic and relatable.
Also relatable, the slow and painful realization of Tiffy being abused by the despicable, cunning ex-boyfriend. It made for some frustrating situations there where she thought she might finally be ready to move on, but brain washing and 'muscle memory', as Leon calls it, kicks back in and she closes in on herself.
I get how that may seem exaggerated for created tension, but, if you've ever been in a toxic relationship, then you know:
This is exactly how healing looks like. Slow and painful. It's why a good support system is essential, the abuser has plenty of time to come back while the victim is vulnerable.
It was empowering to see how Tiffy's friends walked the fine line of protecting her and letting her make progress on her own. I only wish everyone had friends like hers.
I sure wish I had.
If someone can get in your head and can make you feel like you're nothing without them, that you're so lucky that they love you - despite the many faults they find about you - the part of your brain shouting "RUN" gets shoved in the backseat.
Even though, I related to both MCs, the one thing that bothered me slightly were the coincidences of how well they were made for each other.
They held the key of the other one's trauma.
Tiffy's best friend is exactly what Leon needs for his brother and Leon is perfectly equipped to support Tiffy through her recovery post-ex because of his mom's history.
I realize though that this is still chick-lit and this is kind of the point of the genre.
Didn't bother me enough to bump a star. Stand by my 5 star rating.
(Leon's style rubbed off a bit).
I was weary after reading the comments re: Leon's style of narration, but honestly, for me it fit the character and perfectly conveyed his level of mental and physical fatigue. Have you ever been so tired that words wouldn't string together in the correct grammatical order and, as long as you got your point across and you took care of the only relationships that really matter, everything else became unimportant?
To me, it was realistic and relatable.
Also relatable, the slow and painful realization of Tiffy being abused by the despicable, cunning ex-boyfriend. It made for some frustrating situations there where she thought she might finally be ready to move on, but brain washing and 'muscle memory', as Leon calls it, kicks back in and she closes in on herself.
I get how that may seem exaggerated for created tension, but, if you've ever been in a toxic relationship, then you know:
This is exactly how healing looks like. Slow and painful. It's why a good support system is essential, the abuser has plenty of time to come back while the victim is vulnerable.
It was empowering to see how Tiffy's friends walked the fine line of protecting her and letting her make progress on her own. I only wish everyone had friends like hers.
I sure wish I had.
If someone can get in your head and can make you feel like you're nothing without them, that you're so lucky that they love you - despite the many faults they find about you - the part of your brain shouting "RUN" gets shoved in the backseat.
Even though, I related to both MCs, the one thing that bothered me slightly were the coincidences of how well they were made for each other.
They held the key of the other one's trauma.
Tiffy's best friend is exactly what Leon needs for his brother and Leon is perfectly equipped to support Tiffy through her recovery post-ex because of his mom's history.
I realize though that this is still chick-lit and this is kind of the point of the genre.
Didn't bother me enough to bump a star. Stand by my 5 star rating.
(Leon's style rubbed off a bit).
really adorable and easy read. not incredibly thrilling in many ways but the characters were very cute and had a great group dynamic
1.5 ⭐
Am usually someone who likes to write a more detailed review.
Am not sure if I picked the right edition of this hyped book.
Am sick and tired of the writing style of this book (particularly of sentences that started with am)
It took them 29 chapters to meet and 33 chapters to get to the "no communication and yet still have a problem" part.
MINOR SPOILERS
1.5 ⭐ for the plot, I liked the idea of it and how Tiffy stood up to Justin because it was time she shoved a cactus up his ass.
If not for the writing style and the unnecessary chapters that destroyed the beauty of this book, it would have been much higher. The timeline in this book was acceptable but the amount of chapters in between was so so so so long. The way Tiffy and Leon 'talked' was also so different I felt like I was reading off a diary. Even Richie seemed more mature than Leon.
I liked the idea of communicating through post-its because its cute and I can see why someone might get heart flutters, but that's not enough to build a romance, at least I think so. The post-its also didn't have a flow, it felt abrupt as it was described from one to another.
I didn't read the book because I wanted to but because I just wanted to be done with it. And I'm so glad it's over.
Here's my thoughts on The Road Trip, The No Show
Am usually someone who likes to write a more detailed review.
Am not sure if I picked the right edition of this hyped book.
Am sick and tired of the writing style of this book (particularly of sentences that started with am)
It took them 29 chapters to meet and 33 chapters to get to the "no communication and yet still have a problem" part.
MINOR SPOILERS
1.5 ⭐ for the plot, I liked the idea of it and how Tiffy stood up to Justin because it was time she shoved a cactus up his ass.
If not for the writing style and the unnecessary chapters that destroyed the beauty of this book, it would have been much higher. The timeline in this book was acceptable but the amount of chapters in between was so so so so long. The way Tiffy and Leon 'talked' was also so different I felt like I was reading off a diary. Even Richie seemed more mature than Leon.
I liked the idea of communicating through post-its because its cute and I can see why someone might get heart flutters, but that's not enough to build a romance, at least I think so. The post-its also didn't have a flow, it felt abrupt as it was described from one to another.
I didn't read the book because I wanted to but because I just wanted to be done with it. And I'm so glad it's over.
Here's my thoughts on The Road Trip, The No Show
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