Morgan
It’s Not Okay by Andi Dorfman
Goodreads Summary:
Andi Dorfman, the beloved finalist of season eighteen of The Bachelor who infamously rejected Juan Pablo and went on to star on season ten of The Bachelorette, dishes about what it’s like to live out a love story–and its collapse–in front of the cameras, offering hard-won advice for moving on after a break-up, public or not.
Andi Dorfman, star of The Bachelor and The Bachelorette, talks candidly about what it’s like to be courted by twenty-five handsome, single men in this juicy, insider’s peek at dating–and breaking up–on national TV. She shares entertaining and heartfelt stories about her fellow Bachelor alums–many of whom are still close friends–comes clean about calling out Bachelor #18 Juan Pablo for bad behavior, and reflects on her personal challenges and uplifting experiences in love that she hopes will help you get through your own break-ups with grace and style!
My Review:
I am a big Bachelor/Bachelorette fan, so I was really excited to read Andi’s book about her experience on the show. I had read Emil Maynard’s in the past, so I was excited about this one as well.
I loved all of the parts of the book where Andi told us about her experience on the show, the behind the scenes aspects, and what happened after the show. She refers to Juan Pablo from the season she was a contestant on as “One” because he was the first guy that got her started in being a part of the Bachelor world. Then on her season, Nick Viall was one of her final two who she refers to in the book as “Twenty-Five.” Lastly, the final man standing was Josh Murray who she refers to as “Twenty-Six.” I do not think either of them are good guys, so I was interested to see why And didn’t think so either and read about some of the things that happened off camera. It was definitely very enlightening and just validated everything I had already thought about the two of them.
The frustrating thing about this book was that a lot of it was written like a self-help “How to get over heartbreak” type of book. While that may be great for some people, it doesn’t apply to me. I think maybe Andi should have written either the self-help type of book or the tell-all type of book. I don’t know that mixing the two worked that well. I found myself skimming through several parts of the book because of this.
3.5 stars