Tanishka.

"We Were Never Meant to Be" — well, clearly, I was never meant to read this book, not ever reading all the beautifully written classic novels. I wanted to give it a chance after seeing all the good reviews but it turned out horrible. This felt less like a novel and more like an overly dramatic Wattpad story, stretched into 200 pages of emotional nonsense. The story is painfully forced, the romance is laughably shallow, and the characters have the emotional depth of a soggy paper napkin. Overall it has a lot of loop holes. > The main character falls in “love” after a single glance and proceeds to spiral into obsession by the next day — all while showing absolutely no grief over the death of his own grandfather. Yes, you read that right. Zero emotional weight for a death in the family, but full-on Shakespearean-level yearning for a girl he doesn’t even know. The imbalance is ridiculous and borderline insulting to anyone who’s experienced real loss or real love. The dialogue is stiff, the plot makes no logical sense (how are accident victims still lying on the road 10 minutes later like it's a paused movie scene?), and every dramatic moment feels like it was shoved in by force rather than earned by actual storytelling. Coming from a reader who reads classic literature and truly well-written stories, this book felt like a complete betrayal of narrative standards. It tries so hard to be intense and poetic but ends up being emotionally hollow and unintentionally comedic. Save yourself the disappointment — read something that respects your intelligence and your time. This book belongs on the shelf of unfinished drafts, not in readers' hands.