Yep. Maybe the author doesn't like to describe romantic situations!?AntonelaMaria wrote: ↑13 Dec 2019, 13:28I think so too. Otherwise why would this be in romance genre if author didn't feel like it represent it enough?!Clorinda Donovan wrote: ↑13 Dec 2019, 10:12 The lack of romance is terrible because it always helps personalize a story. Besides, I suspect the author meant for a more romantic setting.
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My thoughts exactly!Agnes Masobeng wrote: ↑15 Dec 2019, 10:09 I think what raised our expectation is the word, 'honeymoon' within the title of book. Upon seeing how Tom and Kelly's relationship are, we got dispirited. When the book is categorised as romance, we're expecting to see more of romance than anything else.
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Or overall romantic feel of the book? Is not there.Clorinda Donovan wrote: ↑15 Dec 2019, 10:23Yep. Maybe the author doesn't like to describe romantic situations!?AntonelaMaria wrote: ↑13 Dec 2019, 13:28I think so too. Otherwise why would this be in romance genre if author didn't feel like it represent it enough?!Clorinda Donovan wrote: ↑13 Dec 2019, 10:12 The lack of romance is terrible because it always helps personalize a story. Besides, I suspect the author meant for a more romantic setting.
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So right you are. If one should not judge a book by its cover, maybe a choice based in title raises some unrealistic expectations.Agnes Masobeng wrote: ↑15 Dec 2019, 10:09 I think what raised our expectation is the word, 'honeymoon' within the title of book. Upon seeing how Tom and Kelly's relationship are, we got dispirited. When the book is categorised as romance, we're expecting to see more of romance than anything else.
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I agree! It's unfortunate that the romance she envisioned for them did not shine through in the story.Clorinda Donovan wrote: ↑13 Dec 2019, 10:12 The lack of romance is terrible because it always helps personalize a story. Besides, I suspect the author meant for a more romantic setting.
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This book is not a romance book, so I don't expect any romance scene.AntonelaMaria wrote: ↑01 Dec 2019, 11:11 How do you feel about romance and relationships in this book? Would you categorize this book as a romance novel? What relationship was the most interesting one?
I wouldn't put this book in a romance genre. Maybe suspense/action. There was hardly any romance in it. Except for Kelly and Tom being married, and the possible relationship between Sharon and Steve. Speaking of Tom and Kelly's marriage I didn't feel the connection between them. I did love the relationship Kelly had with her brother Mike. I think that was my favorite relationship in the book.
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I don't know what gave you that impression? I wasn't trying to ask for a definition of romance. That is such a deeper conversation. It is a simple question about the genre of this book.mensah2 wrote: ↑18 Dec 2019, 06:59 It seems you're asking us to define what constitute romance. I don't think the dept of a relationship can be the bases to disqualify a book as romance. Though the connection between Tom and Kelly isn't strong, the book contains some elements of romance and can be classified as such.
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Yep.winecellarlibrary wrote: ↑17 Dec 2019, 12:47I agree! It's unfortunate that the romance she envisioned for them did not shine through in the story.Clorinda Donovan wrote: ↑13 Dec 2019, 10:12 The lack of romance is terrible because it always helps personalize a story. Besides, I suspect the author meant for a more romantic setting.
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I get what you are saying but I still didn't feel conncetion whatsoever between Kelly and Tom. Would you call it a romance book no matter what kind of relationship is portrayed in it?Blindjew wrote: ↑20 Dec 2019, 17:14 This book was less the 'passionate' romance and more the 'safe' romance in which the romanticism lies in its story. A campy whimsy that plays out like an action romance film where the key features are existing couples or budding couples drawn into extraordinary circumstances and less so about the fire stoking between the characters. It's a 'safe' sort of romance that has less suspense (save at the beginning, that was decently suspenseful) and more slice of extraordinary lives among couples and potential couples.
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