She doesn’t see the point in igniting any romantic sparks if she’s bound to burn out.īut after a chance encounter at an end-of-term house party, Saoirse is about to break her own rules. A condition that Saoirse may one day turn out to have inherited. If they were real, her mother would still be able to remember her name and not in a care home with early onset dementia. There were definitely some things about it I just wasn’t keen on the lack of communication between the girls and of course, an ending that didn’t pan out.Saoirse doesn’t believe in love at first sight or happy endings. I liked the quick-witted, hilarious writing, how snappy it felt all mixed with the feel-good romance between these two girls who were definitely in love with each other (sorry, another spoiler). Needless to say, the book had its ups and downs. I remember reading the end and saying to myself, “That’s it?” It could have been a start of a friendship as she entered college or her speaking with an adviser of sorts. It felt awkward and rushed, and the ending could have been told without that bit. Though it had a beautiful message of Saoirse finally knowing who she is, what she wants and accepting her new normal, it cuts off the story with a possible bud of a blooming relationship. I won’t go into detail, because I’d rather you read the story on your own and live through the vivacious style of writing, but I was not exactly thrilled with the ending. I wanted to sit both Saoirse and Ruby down over an oat-milk latte and just say “communicate with each other.” I wanted the writer to make them talk, but this is a fake-dating story there’s definitely not going to be a happy ending. It felt like something was missing, and the writing at times seemed rushed and blunt. They would come very close to having conversations about Saoirse’s mother and the toll it took on her when Saoirse would shut down the conversation and start on something else. All of it was everything I needed it was fun, hilarious, romantic but complicated.
The falling in love montage full#
They went to the carnival and rode the Ferris wheel, they frolicked in a field, took a “boat” ride (it’ll make sense if you read the full book). The chemistry was undeniable between Ruby making Saoirse watch corny romantic movies, making a list of popular rom-com scenes they wanted to replicate and then the actual reading of the dates panning out. As a reader, I needed that, and I wanted them to work so badly. I wanted them to be together, like for real. She intentionally kept the relationship working this way, creating this kind of push-and-pull away bond that was equally annoying as it was addicting to read. She kept everything in small-talk form, not asking Ruby questions about her life but remaining suspicious about Ruby’s life, wiggling around the conversation and often asking others about Ruby instead of asking Ruby herself. There was a severe lack of communication between the two.Īnd though their dates, which ironically were romantic and relationship-worthy, Saoirse would cut off certain conversations as Ruby brought them up. It felt like Saoirse did not know what she wanted (in a career, in life, and most definitely in a relationship), and Ruby got caught in the cross-fire of it all. Saoirse was much more boarded up than Ruby, in a way that wasn’t healthy. That aside, I honestly didn’t connect as well with Saoirse as I did with Ruby. The book has tear-jerking moments between Saoirse and her mother, but for the most part, it is light-hearted and was a feel-good story, especially for a queer girl. I really loved the fact that this wasn’t a coming out story, and this wasn’t a story of a relationship that had one of the girl’s family disapproving of their relationship. There was this feeling of natural-ness and calmness about the scene as it played out, you could imagine it happening and the two joking with each other. He poked fun, and she cringed, as a dad and his young adult daughter would. “A new ‘friend.’ Ruby, eh?,” he said, winking at Saoirse as she was about to leave for Ruby’s house. Her dad even had no problem saying lesbian and poking fun at his daughter about her likeness towards Ruby.
Relationship drama and her mother having dementia aside, Saoirse is 100% proud of all parts of her identity, and so is her family. I don’t know if they are afraid of saying lesbian, but Saoirse certainly isn’t.
The falling in love montage movie#
Rarely do we ever, as TV and movie watchers, hear lesbian characters say the word “lesbian.” They typically refrain from the word, and rather use “gay” instead. I find this endearing and it makes for a great first queer-related read.
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