Book: Nothing Like You by Lauren Strasnick
Rating: 4 Stars
Release date: October 20, 2009 from Simon and Schuster
From: Author
Summary:
“You think he’s yours but he’s not, I thought. You think he’s yours but really he’s mine.”
When Holly loses her virginity to Paul, a guy she barely knows, she assumes their encounter is a one-night stand. After all, Paul is too popular to even be speaking to Holly, and he happens to have a long-term girlfriend, Saskia. But ever since Holly’s mom died six months ago, Holly has been numb to the world, and she’s getting desperate to feel something, anything—so when Paul keeps pursuing her, Holly relents. Paul’s kisses are a welcome diversion, and it’s nice to feel like the kind of girl that a guy like Paul would choose.
But things aren’t so simple with Saskia around. Paul’s real girlfriend is willowy and perfect… and nothing like Holly. To make matters worse, she and Holly are becoming friends. Suddenly the consequences of Holly’s choices are all too real, and Holly stands to lose more than she ever realized she had.
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When I started Nothing Like You I really wanted to like it. And I did, at first. As it went on, I kind of lost interest in it. The story was good and the writing was good. The main character wasn’t.
Holly Hirsh was annoying. There is no better way to put it. She was whiny and she didn’t accept responsibility for any of the things that she did. I guess maybe she got a little better at the end but not much. Not enough. She did so many things to ruin her life and then all she could do was blame it on other people. That just didn’t make for a good character.
The story was interesting, though. Holly loses her virginity to Paul one night and assumes that it’s over after that. She knows that he has a girlfriend and she knows that he isn’t going to leave her for Holly. And at first that’s fine with Holly. Then things start to get deeper with Paul and she isn’t okay with it. Oh and then to make matters worse Holly starts to befriend Paul’s girlfriend, Saskia. Can you say, problem? Oh it just made everything more complicated.
Then there was Holly’s best friend, Nils. I was a little confused by their relationship. I really wanted them to get together and I was really disappointed when it didn’t amount to anything. He was so sweet and funny and so much better for Holly than Paul. Paul was a liar and he was just really mean. I hated him.
Overall, I really wanted more from Nothing Like You. It was good but I just felt that it left me hanging at the end. I guess maybe there could be a sequel but who knows. Even though I didn’t like it that much, it wasn’t a bad book and most of you guys might enjoy it so check it out!
Book: Nothing Like You by Lauren Strasnick
You didn’t like it? Hmm–the summary makes the book sound so amazing. Well, at least it did to me. Good thing I’m reading it for free on Pulse It. 😀 Great, honest review, by the way.
Good review. I have this coming my way, so I hope I like it. :/