"Shush. How are we supposed to have a road trip with Father John Misty playing? Do you think I want to spend this drive thinking about the collapse of capitalism?" ( )

As I suspected, I enjoyed Chloe & Nick's story much more than Annie & Drew's. From an early age Chloe had to shoulder the burden of keeping her family together and now she doesn't know how to let others help, or trust that they will still love her if she lets go of some of her burdens. Nick, the man of few words but big heart, was a delight to get to know gradually and I applauded when he stood up for what he needed. I loved being on their journey. ( )

This book was better than the first book. Everything going on in Chloe's life I can relate too. I have felt the pain of watching someone die of Alzheimer’s. The frustration of it all. I have had family members let me down and felt like I have had to take the weight of everything going on in my life on my shoulders. This book made me cry and gasp. I just loved it so much. ( )

I really loved Waiting for Tom Hanks and was excited to see a sequel but unfortunately I did not enjoy it as much as I anticipated. So a few things I really enjoyed was getting to see the side characters again especially Uncle Don who is wonderfully geeky and funny, the coffee shop setting (key to a modern rom-com romance), and getting a deeper look into Chloe's life. I really appreciated the honest portrayal of what its like to care for a relative suffering from Alzheimer's, its absolutely heartbreaking and dealing with it is extremely stressful. Especially if you are the sole caretaker with no one to share the burden with. The author does not try to sugarcoat it at all. There was also a great scene with Annie and Chloe having what was clearly a long overdue fight and conversation about the movie, its impacts, jealously, family and friendship. It was a scene that felt very real and its always a pleasure to read a story that contains strong female friendships. My biggest dislike of the book was actually the main character. I was getting a lot of mixed messages about her. First she is portrayed as a quirky, charming optimist but then she acts like a very negative and pessimistic person. She is very wishy-washy on her feelings about Nick and is constantly yo-yoing between caring about him and not. It was very tiring trying to figure out where her mind was at. Also the whole thing about the mom coming back looking to reconcile felt very much forced and like an afterthought, didn't need that storyline added. Overall not a bad book and if you read the first it would probably be nice to read the second but it just doesn't have the same panache as the first. ( )

This was a very good book, I liked Waiting for Tom Hanks better because it was funnier but this books last quarter was more satisfying, so the ending makes up for being slightly less funny. It still has the same great characters as the first book so if you liked that I think you'll like this one too. ( )