Review: Waiting for Tom Hanks

Waiting for Tom Hanks by Kerry Winfrey
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I struggle with this one. On one side, the author's narrative style is really beautiful and the book is well written. I loved all the references to romantic comedies and how they are almost as if they were one more character in the book... it was lovely to read a some sort of self-referencial book that brings back all the good memories of those movies.
With that being said, it was hard to deal with the heroine. I was annoyed by her 90% of the book, from the way she judged and perceived her life to the way she judged the hero with little to no information what so ever. I think that piece, that usually works in rom-com movies, doesn't translate that well into a book. In a movie, we see that missjudging from some dialogue and gestures, but it's different to being constantly treated to the character's mind making all these assumptions. She was hard to swallow, easy to judge others and sometimes really not conscious of herself (or others).
Drew, on the other hand, is a delightful hero and actually quite a great human being, which makes the heroine ever more annoying.
It's not a bad book, but it's not one I could recommend wholeheartedly.
That being said, Nick and Chloe were really great sidekicks and their love story/book actually seems quite interesting. I actually do find myself intrigued by that one and I hope the author can pull it off.
*I was given an ARC by the publisher on Edelweiss under no obligation*

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