Guy overhears a dazzling woman on his lunch break but doesn't make a move (that would be creepy, so good move), then happens to start seeing her on his morning commute on the Tube (a transport system notorious for being a place you do NOT address someone you don't know unless you want to be labelled a creep). Decides he most definitely wants to meet said woman and bravely writes to Missed Connections. Woman realises it must be her he's talking about and they start a note exchange that Twitter goes nuts for (#OurStop). Will they ever finally meet or will it just be missed connection after missed connection?
I really really really wanted to absolutely love this book. As a former London tube passenger, I too loved reading the Missed Connections - they're filled with such brave hope! But holy smokes, talk about missed connections. It took sooooooo long for them to finally meet that I lost steam. Once they did meet there were little happenstances that could make your heart flutter and I just wish there was more time spent with them actually aware of who each other was. Less than 20% (according to Kindle app on my mobile) was spent with them having a face and name to the messages. That wasn't enough for me, unfortunately. That last less than 20% of the story was electrifying and amazing and wonderful and whatever other adjective you can think of that's happy, but that wasn't enough to make up for wanting to bang my head against the wall for the first 84%.
In terms of my favourite characters, I've gotta say Romeo, the security guy at Daniel's office. He was hilarious and genuine and could probably deserve his own spin off novel to explore his story more. I'm really that Lorenzo, Daniel's flatmate, addressed a very big behaviour issue which was really really refreshing (and which I hope happens more in real life than I'm aware of). Nadia I have to remember was only 29, and even though I'm also 29, I'd like to think I've garnered a bit more maturity than she displayed throughout; she got on my nerves at times and seemed pretty unreliable. The male characters were definitely the ones I cheered for the most in this book.
I really really really wanted to absolutely love this book. As a former London tube passenger, I too loved reading the Missed Connections - they're filled with such brave hope! But holy smokes, talk about missed connections. It took sooooooo long for them to finally meet that I lost steam. Once they did meet there were little happenstances that could make your heart flutter and I just wish there was more time spent with them actually aware of who each other was. Less than 20% (according to Kindle app on my mobile) was spent with them having a face and name to the messages. That wasn't enough for me, unfortunately. That last less than 20% of the story was electrifying and amazing and wonderful and whatever other adjective you can think of that's happy, but that wasn't enough to make up for wanting to bang my head against the wall for the first 84%.
In terms of my favourite characters, I've gotta say Romeo, the security guy at Daniel's office. He was hilarious and genuine and could probably deserve his own spin off novel to explore his story more. I'm really that Lorenzo, Daniel's flatmate, addressed a very big behaviour issue which was really really refreshing (and which I hope happens more in real life than I'm aware of). Nadia I have to remember was only 29, and even though I'm also 29, I'd like to think I've garnered a bit more maturity than she displayed throughout; she got on my nerves at times and seemed pretty unreliable. The male characters were definitely the ones I cheered for the most in this book.