Not quite 4 stars

Finding Fault by Annie McDonald

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Finding Fault is a deep, slow burn romance with a nod to the enemies to lovers trope, but really it is about coping mechanisms and how they can work to the detriment of the person suffering whatever it is they are trying to just cope with instead of seeking a solution. Like "Anyone but You" the main theme here is corporate negligence (or sometimes wilful harm) towards the environment, which is what drew me to the book in the first place.

While the writing is good, it did not quite catch all my attention and I did not fall as deeply in love with the protagonists. While both, Evie and Merrit have complex and layered personalities, I did sympathise more with the side characters Steph and Angela, as well as Ruby and Max.

Also the suspense plot, while well thought out and written, was beating around the bush a lot, trying to play down the role of the pharmaceutical industry in damaging the environment. After all the fertilisers they produce are interesting for terrorists, because they were a way to get rid of byproducts and waste of the arms industry after the second world war and also mislead farmers worldwide into neglecting the natural methods of fertilising in favour of the much more environment polluting chemical nitrates. So, while the romance and the accompanying psychological insights were fascinating, the environmental ones were not, hence only four (weak, really just rounded up 3.5) stars.



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