Amy Parker is a twenty-three year old artist who’d
dropped out of college three years back and is comfortable living with her
parents and taking on freelance jobs as and when they come her way. She is
happy napping and playing video games the rest of the time. She volunteers to
house-sit for a friend and finds her neighbour is Meghan Crichton, who
has really loud parties every weekend. Meghan is the owner of a small, struggling
business. She’d borrowed money from her father to start the business and her
father wants the money back now – money that Meghan doesn’t have. Amy and
Meghan meet in the complex’s Communal Gardening volunteer project and get along
surprisingly well.
The initial altercation (loud party music at night avenged
with loud gospel music early next morning) built a promise that the rest of the
book failed to keep. The super-quick appearance of their first kiss just didn’t
have enough build-up of attraction between the two. Following that, there is an
inconsistency in their meetings – in some places it is said that Amy drops by
any time and in other places it is said that they meet during the gardening
time. About 95% of the book is about each one’s individual needs which the
other doesn’t fulfil because of differences in their personalities. There is
very little communication between the two and even lesser understanding of the
other. We especially found Meghan rather dismissive of Amy in her mind. A
rather hurried update in the epilogue doesn’t do enough to make their
relationship with each other more harmonious to us.
This is an okay read, but really, there are too many ways it
could’ve been better – so it is rather unsatisfying.Our suggestion: pick something else.
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