Synopsis:
The Break-Up Artist asks: Is love enough to win over a stone-cold heartbreaker?
Zelda Reynolds has a secret identity as “The Break-Up Artist,” the infamous ender of relationships. Don’t want to end your relationship yourself? Just tell Zelda through her website and she’ll get the job done like a pro. Her online business isn’t paying the bills yet, but at least it’s an escape from her real life, where her boss steals her best ideas, her dates are all duds, and her dad just married someone her own age.
When Zelda starts falling for the recipient of one of her snarkiest letters yet—a guy who is challenging her to let go of past hurts and reach for her dreams—will she have the courage to tell him the truth? Or will her undercover identity as the breaker of hearts come back to haunt her?
Review:
Even after finishing The Break-Up Artist I’m not sure what I thought of it. I liked that it was a quick read and I think the narrator did a decent job but its hard to enjoy a book when you don’t like the characters.
I hated every single character in The Break-Up Artist other than Jake and Zoe. They all seriously sucked. Zelda especially. I can see both sides of the argument when it comes to her dad marrying someone her age just a year after her mom dies. Not a great move from her dad, but Zelda is an adult and shouldn’t act like such a petulant child about it. Her dad also reacts terribly when she confronts him about it. The whole situation is ridiculous and really didn’t make me like any of them.
I found it genuinely hilarious that Zelda and her friends quit their jobs to start a new marketing company after getting just one client. Obviously the authors wrote it so that they’d be really successful and get loads more clients after all of the drama, but you seriously should not do this. Actual insane behaviour.
Zelda did not deserve Jake in the slightest. I get that a lot went around after she found out about the letter, but he didn’t deserve what happened. Zelda 100% deserved the fall out of it. If I was Jake, I wouldn’t forgive so easily. What an embarrassing thing to happen to you.
Also the fact that she can’t stand up for herself when someone is being genuinely rude to her but is happy to hide behind snarky anonymous emails is laughable. Why would I root for the happiness of this character?
The only good thing about Zelda is the disability representation. It felt like a very honest depiction of someone in a wheelchair and I loved that it didn’t stop her doing what she wanted. This was another area that Jake excelled in. He didn’t treat Zelda any differently and he was actually a pro at being in a relationship with someone in a wheelchair apparently.
The Break-Up Artist is a decent enough read but it’s hard to get past characters you don’t like. If you have Audible Plus you could check this out for free, it’s less than 5 hours long so I’d say it’s worth it to bulk up your reading challenge.
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