The Hating Game: A Novel

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Tension is high, chemistry is palpable. Which one will win the game? Sweet, quirky, kind Lucy or brooding, grumpy, introvert, arrogant Joshua? I can easily see myself re-reading this over and over again. And I cannot wait for more releases from this author. I think she'll become quite a heavy-hitter in the romance genre if she keeps up this level of work.

But mostly I think this was a letdown. And these characters are mean to each other. And I think just are really really really into the idea of boning each other, more than they are in love. How You Doing, Little Lucy?” His bright tone and mild expression indicates we’re playing a game we almost never play. It’s a game called How You Doing? and it basically starts off like we don’t hate each other. We act like normal colleagues who don’t want to swirl their hands in each other’s blood. It’s disturbing.Not dislike. Not begrudgingly tolerate. HATE. Lucy can't understand Joshua's joyless, uptight approach to his job and refusal to smile. Joshua is clearly baffled by Lucy's overly bright clothes, quirkiness, and desire to be liked. We have also good news that BCDF Pictures turned this amazing novel into a movie and it’s in post production now. I don’t know the probable release date but I’m excited to see Pretty Little Liars’ Lucy Hale as Lucy Hutton and Austin Stowell as Joshua Templeman!

Katy's review also talks a lot about the heroine's feelings of loneliness and failure, as well as the way a big argument between them is resolved: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... I feel so much affection for them both--it's one of those things where you come out so pleased that they found each other. The book was read by Katie Schorr and it's not that she did a bad job, it's just that I liked the voice in my head better. I found the last third of the book to really drag on. Everything I had previously disliked only intensifies. Josh is endlessly reassuring Lucy that she is valued and liked, while she has one freak out after another. It's exhausting to read and think about. And instead of their usual banter, their dialogue switches to the most mushy saccharine language, leaving even me (a hopeless romantic) cringing with discomfort. What did I love about The Hating Game? Everything. I loved everything about this book. There is nothing better than finishing a book by an author you’ve never read and having this flying high feeling. I feel freaking giddy right now. I listened to the audio and I couldn’t wipe the smile off my face. I got asked why I was in such a good mood more than once over the few days I listened to it. That, my friends, is an epic book! We sweep around a corner. Annabelle turns from the photocopier and almost drops her papers. “What’s happening?”

Frequent strong language includes "f--k," "s--t," "bulls--t," "a--hole," "douche," "d--k," "son of a bitch," "damn," "donkey farts," "nitwit in a pushup bra," and other insults. I reread this (again) during a particularly stressful period, because I wanted to soothe myself. And I had finally watched the movie and wanted to envelope myself in the Lucy and Joshness again.

I am so pissed at this book and at all the people who got this book a average 4.24 rating on Goodreads. How!?! Is the author bribing people? Has she held your loved ones hostage!? Is there, like, a German word for “the experience of when something is not extremely disappointing, but it is the eleven millionth small disappointment in a year of disappointments of varying sizes and thus threatens to topple your well-being entirely”? In short, it's basically everything you could possibly want out of a romance, with the added benefit of having so many cute and quirky details in it. I felt giddy with happiness reading this book, and I kept trying to prolong the experience because I know it's the author's only book...so far! I can't wait until the next one. <3 Hurry up, Thorne #2.Strangling you. Bare hands.” I can barely get the words out. I’m huskier than a phone-sex operator after a double shift. Thompson, Eliza (December 13, 2021). "Who Is Austin Stowell? 5 Things to Know About Lucy Hale's 'The Hating Game' Costar". USMagazine . Retrieved January 3, 2022. I don't know whether there's even much point in telling you the premise of the book itself. Or reviewing it. My feelings towards it are intense and irrational, if you haven’t gathered that already. I think it's one of the best love stories that I've had the pleasure of reading. It's hilarious, heart-warming and the development of it all is spot-on. So well done! I cannot recommend it enough. Not dislike. Not begrudgingly tolerate. HATE. Lucy can’t understand Joshua’s joyless, uptight approach to his job and refusal to smile. Joshua is clearly baffled by Lucy’s overly bright clothes, quirkiness, and desire to be liked. This is a romance. It's no spoiler that things DO change between them. Love and hate are a fine line, after all. Both invoke a lot of similar mental and physiological responses. So when the line blurs between these two and all that pent up aggression between them becomes filled with the promise of a non-destructive outlet, whoa.