The Simplicity of Cider starts slowly, with so much description of every setting that it really bogged down the initial pages and made it hard to get into. It doesn't help that the characters are pretty dull, with their only real distinguishing feature being that they're all tall. With such dull characters, it was hard for me to get into the romance, because quite frankly I found it hard to believe anyone would fall for them.
But even all that aside, the biggest drawback of this book is that most of the characters have secrets that they don't need to have. The secrets seem to serve no purpose other than to act as dramatic plot points, which make it hard to believe in the story and the people. In most cases, holding these secrets went against their best interests and they would have been found out eventually anyways, so it makes no sense from a motivational standpoint.
While there are cute moments in this book, such as the ending hitting all the right emotional highs and eliciting the feel-good feeling that stories like this aim for, I feel its shortcomings ultimately outweigh the positive.
Readaroo Rating: 2 stars
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