Maybe Someday - Colleen Hoover
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I should start by saying that despite my rating being 4/5, I have mixed feelings about this novel. Just like all of Colleen Hoover's books, this one is beautifully written, it captures the characters' emotions perfectly, and it's not too unrealistic like most romance novels nowadays.
First, you've got Sydney, a normal college student who doesn't get along with her parents too much. She lives with her best friend Tori, has been dating Hunter for two years, and works a normal part-time job in a library. One day, however, she needs a new place to stay she finds out that her boyfriend has been cheating on her for years with her best friend.
This is when Ridge comes along. Living in the apartment right in front of hers, he invites Sydney into his home with his two roommates, Warren and Bridgette, when he finds out about Sydney's condition. Handsome, musically talented, and deaf, Sydney and Ridge find a way to communicate through music and text messages, or at least, when Warren and Ridge's girlfriend aren't there to interpret. Ridge's deafness becomes a powerful tool to create music and write lyrics rather than a disability.Together, they discover a growing friendship beyond words. They get used to each other's presence, feelings, and vibrations, and they pour their souls out into text messages to get to know each other better. Colleen Hover describes their growing friendship from beginning to end almost as if you could actually feel every emotion passing through. The anger, the sadness, the love. Everything feels natural, albeit slightly complicated at times.
Also, unlike most romance novels written in this generation, the characters around Sydney and Ridge continue to live. They fight, they love, and they casually interrupt some scenes that you definitely don't want interrupted. Characters are human, and it's like a breath of fresh air to read something so realistic.
What turns me off and causes my mixed feelings about the story is the text messaging. I understand that it's the only way Sydney and Ridge can communicate, but it could've been done differently. They share this passion and these powerful words, but as soon as they start expressing them through texting, you lose grip of their feelings and emotions. Hoover should have included the texting into sentences rather than into blocks of messages in order to keep track of what's going on around and between them. When you think about it, you can still feel and think when you write and read a text message, and this aspect is removed because of the way it was done.
Overall, I still recommend this book and I would definitely read it again. It's a quick, easy read, and if you ignore the excessive text messaging, you won't be able to put it down and you will definitely, inevitably fall in love with Ridge.
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