The No-Show
Three women who seemingly have nothing in common find that they're involved with the same man in this smart new rom-com by Beth O'Leary, bestselling author of The Flatshare. Siobhan is a quick-tempered life coach with way too much on her plate. Miranda is a tree surgeon used to being treated as just one of the guys on the job. Jane is a soft-spoken volunteer for the local charity shop with zero sense of self-worth. These three women are strangers who have only one thing in common: they've all been stood up on the same day, the very worst day to be stood up--Valentine's Day. And, unbeknownst to them, they've all been stood up by the same man. Once they've each forgiven him for standing them up, they are all in serious danger of falling in love with a man who may have not just one or two but three women on the go.... Is there more to him than meets the eye? Where was he on Valentine's Day? And will they each untangle the truth before they all get their hearts broken?
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Community Reviews
I don’t want you to be perfect. Why would I want that? I want you. I want all the parts of you, the broken ones, the ones you’ve kept hidden away. That’s love, isn’t it? Or that’s how I love you, anyway. I’m greedy. I want all of you
2.5 ⭐
I was so confused reading this book because throughout it I thought what a player Joseph was. Three timing is not something to be proud of, I wouldn't hesitate to cut the balls of cheaters. And somewhere in the book I expected a stalker or a dead body. But it is really not a thriller and there was more to Joseph.
So Joseph stood three different ladies up on V's day: Siobhan, Miranda and Jane. They do not know of each other's existence except Joseph's and the ladies' POV gives us a hint of what is Joseph like to them and how are their lives like. The storyline was good and it made me want to read more to find out just what the heck Joseph was doing so in that sense, it was delivered. Initially I was annoyed with the confusion but it made sense because as the reader, I wanted to keep reading to find out more. And I love the cover, it is so pretty and as a visual person it made me want to read the book.
However, the buildup was way too long, I was getting bored halfway into the book because it was still being set up for the big reveal. And once the big reveal came, it wasn't as impactful anymore, it was not something you'd be shocked by. But, this is a romance book and it is not supposed to have suspense in it so maybe its just me, this could be subjective. Though in the blurb this book was described to be a "romcom" and I didn't particularly find any part funny, I'm not sure again is it me who does not have a sense of humour or is it just not present in the book. It also isn't so much heavy into the romance part because it was scattered all over the book and there were no intense feelings of passion/love in this book. It was really light and clean.
Overall this is a book you can read between your other intense/dark reads as a break.
Here's my thoughts on The Road Trip (oh look fetus Mia and her way of reviewing lol)
Loved her other books - this was a ok read but found it got a bit flat the futher I got into it… please read her others tho - the flat share & the road trip - both just brillant xx
final verdict: a really good idea, but i don’t think it was executed very well. the twist was really interesting but at the same time i think it could’ve been done a lot better and instead of being surprising it just felt a bit misleading; i loved the ‘ahaa’ moment when everything started to make sense though.
it was still enjoyable and a fun, sad, but hopeful read. i wouldn’t necessarily describe it as heart-wrenching despite the sadness, i don’t know it just lacked something i’m not entirely sure what. also, the characters really irritated me, i don’t think i really liked any of them; normally after reading a book you feel a sort of attachment to these characters - this book just didn’t do that for me.
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