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stateofiction's review
2.0
cw: disordered eating as a self punishment
okay so I bought this book in the bargain section without checking reviews first. my bad, won't do that again. listen, I didn't want to be a hater, but this book is not good.
first off, both main characters are insufferable. they're food snobs, but different types of food snobs, but still absolutely insufferable. we have the mmc kicking someone out of his restaurant for asking for ketchup. the fmc assumes everyone is just going to love whatever is put in from of them even if it is not what they asked for, like say, ratatouille with apples for some reason.
along with that, it's dual pov... kind of? other that a select few chapters, all of Julien's chapters are like 2 pages long. all the chapters are short, which is probably why I managed to get through it, but why even include Julien's perspective if you're just going to have him have 2-3 page chapters?
we get to the end, the dreaded third act breakup. Brought on by what? a surprise proposal without literally any other conversation about marriage. yeah OBVIOUSLY she is going to decline!! hello what is wrong with you. red flag red flag.
also the author describes their fuck sessions as "coupling"
okay bye that's all I have to say this book is bad and I didn't even get into the random magical realism.
okay so I bought this book in the bargain section without checking reviews first. my bad, won't do that again. listen, I didn't want to be a hater, but this book is not good.
first off, both main characters are insufferable. they're food snobs, but different types of food snobs, but still absolutely insufferable. we have the mmc kicking someone out of his restaurant for asking for ketchup. the fmc assumes everyone is just going to love whatever is put in from of them even if it is not what they asked for, like say, ratatouille with apples for some reason.
along with that, it's dual pov... kind of? other that a select few chapters, all of Julien's chapters are like 2 pages long. all the chapters are short, which is probably why I managed to get through it, but why even include Julien's perspective if you're just going to have him have 2-3 page chapters?
we get to the end, the dreaded third act breakup. Brought on by what? a surprise proposal without literally any other conversation about marriage. yeah OBVIOUSLY she is going to decline!! hello what is wrong with you. red flag red flag.
also the author describes their fuck sessions as "coupling"
okay bye that's all I have to say this book is bad and I didn't even get into the random magical realism.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Eating disorder
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