You can’t fail at a relationship. That’s like getting off a roller coaster and saying you failed because the ride is over. Things end. That doesn’t mean the experience wasn’t worth it. *2.5 stars Unlike Holly Bourne’s [b: The Places I've Cried in Public|44004352|The Places I've Cried in Public|Holly Bourne|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1552657491l/44004352._SY75_.jpg|68410745], I don’t think that the narrative style worked for this book. To be honest, I wasn’t able to sympathise with the main character here, which might have been my biggest problem. From the beginning, the reader knows that Theo is a horrible man, but, after finishing the book, the main character could have seen this from the beginning of their relationship. The more I read, the less I cared about their relationship. I saw other reviews that say that the book is a lot of telling and little showing, and I absolutely agree with this statement. While I definitely liked the banter between the main character and her friend, nothing else really stood out. However, I think Hazel has a knack for writing and I can see myself picking up another book by her, if she writes one.

I really enjoyed the story itself and the important topics that were picked up, and I was basically flying through the pages because the writing style made the reading experience really enjoyable! The format and structure, telling a story backwards from ending to beginning, is what I'm unsure about - it was a new approach and knowing what is bound to happen when reading the earlier stages of their relationship added an interesting layer to the story, but it also was confusing at times, especially because the chapters itself were, of course, told chronologically, so I always had to do mental gymnastics of what has already happened, where we are and if the story actually fits together (because sometimes it didn't really feel as cohesive - reading the story again from last to first chapter would perhaps be interesting in this case).