Two years after the tragic death of her fiancé, Clara is still paralyzed by grief - trying to move on, she texts his old phone. When Sven receives Clara’s messages, he sets out to find the person texting him.

I wanted to like this, but I just didn’t. I think I just wasn’t in the mood for sad when I read it. This is sad and serious. I do want to watch the movie adaptation!

I enjoyed Text For You by Sofie Cramer overall as I love a good romance story and am not bothered by instant connect or love at first text. I liked the characters Sven and Lilime a lot and thought their story and their romance was sweet and heartwarming. I did feel like the ending left me wanting a bit more but overall, I really enjoyed this fast read.

Love the idea, hate the reality. The translation was so choppy to read and it's not at all a romance like I expected. I want both characters to interact before the last 10% of the book!

Sofie Cramer's Text for You, an English translation of the 2009 German SMS für Dich, has me befuddled. Or rather, the push for this book to be translated into English and adapted to the big screen nearly 15 years after being first published in Germany has me confused. Let's also take note that SMS für Dich was ALSO made into a movie in Germany in 2016. My question is WHY and why NOW?

The concept of Text for You is nothing new. In fact, I feel that I have seen this plot line in one form or another in several books published over the years. So why is this version of the story being adapted to film when the source material is so poorly done? Text for You meanders around the issues and characters, not really going anywhere, and certainly not in an engaging or interesting way. When the two main characters do meet and fall in love, it literally happens so fast that I, listening to the audiobook, completely missed that something significant was happening. Clara is grieving her deceased boyfriend and immediately falls for this stranger that she has been accidentally texting, but has never actually had a conversation with? Not buying it.

Perhaps Text for You feels fresh and original in Germany, but the American audience has read this story multiple times over by the year 2022. I just don't find that there is anything "new" to gain from this book. Hopefully the screenwriters beef up this story and give it more substance because as is, it is severely lacking. I do recommend this book to readers who might be new to the idea of meeting the love of your life over text, but for the rest of us, Text for You is likely to be a snoozefest.

This was an enjoyable read, and I was excited to see that they are making a movie out of the book. I felt like the ending was a bit short and neatly tied up, but the premise was interesting and I couldn't wait to see what happened.

Told in alternating points of view, this tale of a string of texts over time to a deceased fiancé that continually land with the next person to get assigned the phone number is part romance, part mystery. Clara finds some comfort in sending messages to her dearly departed — it’s unclear if his death was an accident or deliberate —and their relationship was not always ideal; he liked to party and was not as ambitious.

Sven, stuck in a dead end job, and lonely, doesn’t respond to the texts he receives but speculates on who they are for and what the circumstances are. He frequently enlists the help of a coworker to decipher the messages and then pieces together the clues to figure out who they are coming from. Eventually, he decided to track down Clara to meet her.

Set in Germany, and more that 10 years dated, some cultural details were foreign to this American reader. I loved how Clara’s processing through her grief and coming into her own as an artist, parallels Sven’s growing self confidence. This novel was more cerebral, less action and a bit slow-paced for my taste. Josie Silver’s The Two Lives of Lydia Bird is a readalike that I found more satisfying.

I received an advance reader’s review copy of #TextForYou from #NetGalley.

This is going to be a movie omg!!! I love the premise and clara’s story arc. This has me before you vibes and I’m here for it!!

I liked this one and how we get a look at Clara and how she starts over after the death of her fiancé. I felt that the romance between her and Sven was a little rushed at the end, but we do know that Sven has had a deeper look into Clara's heart because he has been receiving those text messages. I wasn't sure if I liked Sven at the beginning, but as Clara softens him up and with Hilke's help he realizes what he is missing in his life.

Thanks NetGalley for this ARC!

Reading a book published in 2009 is not something I had intended when I opened the book. I felt there was no clarity in the fact that this was a reissue, newly translated. I found the main plot point dated and something that has been reused and is very predictable.

With that being said, it’s a sweet story for those who enjoy romance reading.

Thank you for this ARC.

Beyond excited for this! I painstakingly translated the foreign edition becaus eI could t wait! So I’m so happy to have the English version to enjoy and see how bad Indid. Haha I think Priyanka and Sam are going to be amazing in this. We haven’t had a good rom com in a while and I think this is going to fill that void perfectly.