P.S. I Still Love You (To All the Boys I've Loved Before, #2)

by Jenny Han

[nitzan_schwarz]

I am a bit conflicted on this one. I definitely didn't like it as much as I did the first, but it's still a pretty solid contemporary and the parts I found difficult were relatively short.

First of all, I am still mad about the first ending in a cliffhanger. There is something about a fluffy contemporary ending in one that gets me mad, especially considering that all you needed to do was add the first two scenes of this one to that for it to be NOT a cliffhanger ending. I don't know if that was a publisher decision or what but it makes me feel like the author doesn't trust the readers to love the characters enough to come back and that's... yeah, I don't like that.

Second, there were a lot of moments that I was kind of over Lara Jean. I like the girl, I really do, but all of her jealousy got annoying, and the way 60% of their conversations in this one became about Gen drove me a bit bonkers, because I love Lara Jean and Peter together. Was Peter in the wrong there too? Of course. But for me, it always seemed to be so much more about Lara Jean's feelings of inadequacy in comparison to Gen than anything else. It was like... she never really believed that Peter was really into her, you know?

Speaking of Peter--boy, you need to get over that habit of yours of growing cold and remote when all you want to do is get back with ya girl because that gets misconstructed. A lot. And makes it a tad bit difficult to figure out that you even want that. So... that's your homework from me, now go work on it.

I still really love him though. Which is why I got bummed about the whole John thing, although thank god it wasn't the reason for their break up. I would have closed the book in rage then, because that would be a SECOND love triangle in this and I just... why

Third, I really don't like how somehow Gen is made to look kind of okay? First of all, her dad being a douchebag is not an excuse for anything. Second, all Lara Jean did was have a kiss with someone, and you've been acting like a bitch ever since? Over a single stupid kiss three years ago, that nothing came out of? Don't tell Lara Jean to grow up. YOU grow up. Seriously. Also, how everything went down was kind of odd? I mean, I'm not the authority on this or anything but would her dad really go out of his company and kiss an 18 years old girl in broad daylight where everyone he knows can see him--while he is a married man and father of a 17 years old, and that 17 years old girl is in his company at those moments? I mean, that's such a far-fetched setting for Lara Jean to find out this truth. I'm not saying he wouldn't cheat, just not so publicly and especially not in a location where he works?? IDK, maybe I'm just crazy.

I really hope the third book will explore OTHER relationships and leave Lara Jean and Peter to just be their fun shelves together so I can enjoy them and not have this couple ruined for me...