SuitabookThe Falling in Love Montage
Ciara Smyth
- Reading
- If the family material matters to your reader, read alongside a conversation about dementia and changing family roles. Afterwards, compare the promised rom-com conventions with how the relationship and emotional conflicts actually resolve.
- Themes
- Rom-com conventions and real vulnerability: Saoirse and Ruby try to complete a list of romantic-comedy clichés while Saoirse attempts to keep their relationship casual. The conventions appear to provide both playful structure and a way of delaying or testing emotional honesty; the final judgement on that strategy is not established.
- Family change and vulnerability: Saoirse’s summer is shaped by her mother’s early-onset dementia and her father’s upcoming marriage, while she experiences anxiety and feelings of betrayal. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- Worth knowing
- Consider whether discussion of dementia, family change or romantic disappointment could feel close to home. The relationship includes kissing and emotional intimacy; the extent of further sexual content is unclear.