Selina Mohapatra

They had a plot — but they were too cautious, or at least they were trying to be. They didn’t want to be a typical hot and heavy romcom. They tried not to be the classic player vs. sweetheart. They thought they were aiming for a tragic poetic romance, which, according to the plot, they technically succeeded at… but man, it fell flat for me. Where was the yearning? The kind from Queen Charlotte — the way George said, “My heart calls your name.” That kind of ache. Why can’t they let Corey play one normal, healthy character? He’s either mad George or dying Jamie. Why must he always be a tormented soul? There was no tension. No space for the chemistry to breathe. No conflict that felt earnest. They were so afraid to be too much that they became nothing at all — which is ironic and poetic, I guess. Did I enjoy the Pinteresty Oxford aesthetic? Yes. Did I enjoy Anna throwing all her opinions out the window and preaching Jamie’s philosophy like a sermon? Absolutely not.