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3.65 AVERAGE
3.65 AVERAGE
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
I really enjoyed this book, which totally surprised me. If you told me I'd be loving a straight romance novel about celebrities I'd be rolling my eyes, but I did genuinely enjoy it. It was fun and sweet and easy to read. The narrator was likable and relatable and the romance felt compelling. It still feels so notable when the pandemic features in fiction but of course it does, it was a major global event. I also loved the email exchange. It reminded me of romantic email exchanges from my life and i just found it so pleasurable. Ultimately sort of an unrealistic story, but who cares, it was fun.
emotional
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
slow-paced
funny
hopeful
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
emotional
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
For the first half of the novel, I was just like.... is this 40 Rock fanfiction? cus it felt like 40 Rock fanfiction.....
And then halfway through, all the momentum was yeeted out the window and two years had passed and suddenly nothing from the first half mattered and they were writing politically charged emails about the pandemic back and forth and I was filled with so much visceral rage because WHO THE HELL THOUGHT THIS WAS A GOOD IDEA?
Like genuinely, who greenlit the halfway tone shift? It was weird and dated, and they're talking about BLM protests, and the tension from their meeting just didn't exist anymore... why even include the first half of the novel, when they're so clearly unrelated????
I was told this would be a funny book, but it was just kinda millennial cringe and I didn't like any of the characters and again, 40 Rock fanfiction that got lobotomized halfway through.
I have never been as baffled by a structure choice as I have been with this book. I finished it out of spite, because CERTAINLY, if you're going to crash your novel into a bridge, there's going to be a purpose for it, right? Apparently, not.
And then I realized Sittenfeld also wrote Eligible, one of the strangest, most millennial cringe P&P adaptations in existence and everything made sense.
Anyway, it's on me for not connecting the dots sooner. Sittenfeld when I catch you
And then halfway through, all the momentum was yeeted out the window and two years had passed and suddenly nothing from the first half mattered and they were writing politically charged emails about the pandemic back and forth and I was filled with so much visceral rage because WHO THE HELL THOUGHT THIS WAS A GOOD IDEA?
Like genuinely, who greenlit the halfway tone shift? It was weird and dated, and they're talking about BLM protests, and the tension from their meeting just didn't exist anymore... why even include the first half of the novel, when they're so clearly unrelated????
I was told this would be a funny book, but it was just kinda millennial cringe and I didn't like any of the characters and again, 40 Rock fanfiction that got lobotomized halfway through.
I have never been as baffled by a structure choice as I have been with this book. I finished it out of spite, because CERTAINLY, if you're going to crash your novel into a bridge, there's going to be a purpose for it, right? Apparently, not.
And then I realized Sittenfeld also wrote Eligible, one of the strangest, most millennial cringe P&P adaptations in existence and everything made sense.
Anyway, it's on me for not connecting the dots sooner. Sittenfeld when I catch you
Phenomenal realistic romance with intelligent protagonists. The only reason it didn’t get five stars was the heroine’s overly long and emotionally shaky drive to L.A.
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes