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missbeccadawn's review against another edition
We follow Haley McGee as she recounts her love life in an effort to find the cost of love. The premise is adorable, though ultimately I found the book dragged on quite a bit with a lot of unnecessary detail (McGee will talk about going to the bathroom and picking at an ingrown hair before returning to the kitchen with two mugs of tea - all of which is irrelevant).
I did enjoy the parts where she looked at past relationships and even interviewed a few of her past boyfriends. The book takes place from the start of her idea for a formula to get the cost of love all the way to after her first round of performances conclude, and the detail in between is just not engaging enough to relate to the main story. If you want to read about her life and times during that period, this is the memoir for you.
One other main storyline is her relationship with T, which is a major draw to the book especially paralleled with the formula she is working on. This was the most compelling reason for me to keep reading; I needed to know where the relationship went.
Overall, it's a decent read if a little slow. I probably wouldn't re-read this one, and I don't know if it had any lasting impression on me (TBD I guess).
I did enjoy the parts where she looked at past relationships and even interviewed a few of her past boyfriends. The book takes place from the start of her idea for a formula to get the cost of love all the way to after her first round of performances conclude, and the detail in between is just not engaging enough to relate to the main story. If you want to read about her life and times during that period, this is the memoir for you.
One other main storyline is her relationship with T, which is a major draw to the book especially paralleled with the formula she is working on. This was the most compelling reason for me to keep reading; I needed to know where the relationship went.
Overall, it's a decent read if a little slow. I probably wouldn't re-read this one, and I don't know if it had any lasting impression on me (TBD I guess).
numberonefan's review against another edition
0.5
I can’t believe I finished this. That’s the only reason it gets any stars. I wanted to see which shitty man she would end up with. But honestly I had so many issues with this. The premise was not interesting to me at all and I could not make myself care about this formula development process. I don’t understand why as a grown ass woman she is entertaining these men. I can’t believe T criticized her weight and it wasn’t immediately over let alone all the other shit. Also the premise was so deeply unrelatable like sorry your weird niche arts career isn’t working out and you have to get regular jobs for plebs?? The whole Joe job thing was soooo obnoxious. I also don’t understand how these people are getting transnational therapy. Maybe it’s different in Canada.
Also imagine going to your friend whos having fertility issues and recommending some chakra cleansing acupuncture BS??? I would be done instantly. And then her other friend whos stalking his ex?? How can u enable that shit??
Also imagine going to your friend whos having fertility issues and recommending some chakra cleansing acupuncture BS??? I would be done instantly. And then her other friend whos stalking his ex?? How can u enable that shit??
rachelbernholtz's review against another edition
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
3.5
taymac95's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
5.0