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paigeyycakess's review
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic
Minor: Death of parent
danikajoan's review against another edition
informative
lighthearted
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
I enjoyed the second and third parts of this book much more than the first, and I trudged through the first part because I’ve enjoyed other books by this author so I was hopeful it would redeem itself, which it only sort of did? My main issue with the first part of the book is that I didn’t find the main character (or most of the sketches she was pitching) funny, with the exception of the dog internet searches. The behind-the-scenes SNL stuff was interesting but I prefer to read Amy Poehler or Tina Fey’s memoirs for that.
later, I really enjoyed the emails and the start of their relationship, but there are so many communication issues and unhealthy dynamics that it was hard to root for them as a couple.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Death, Misogyny, Sexual content, Sexism, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Excrement, Pandemic/Epidemic, Medical content, Grief, and Body shaming
saramorris's review against another edition
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
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? No
3.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Medical content, Pandemic/Epidemic, Death, and Alcoholism
leitbrite's review against another edition
funny
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Alcoholism, Dementia, and Pandemic/Epidemic
mch1090's review against another edition
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Content Warnings
Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic
Minor: Cancer, Death of parent, and Death
the_library's review against another edition
emotional
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic
samrao's review against another edition
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
4.0
Content Warnings
Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic
siebensommer's review against another edition
emotional
lighthearted
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
2.75
i wondered then if there was always a loneliness to loving a very talented person
idk man eat the rich :(
Content Warnings
Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic and Pregnancy
Minor: Death of parent
mariamsaidwhat's review against another edition
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Besides how frustrating I found the author’s sentence structure to be, I also found the novel to be incredibly unexciting. Sally describes her first marriage as “boring and not that funny,” which I think applies to the book itself. For something called romantic comedy, there was very little of the latter (I laughed once) and an unintriguing former. The couple is only in the same vicinity as each other in the last third of the book and the first third features an overly-detailed daily account of what makes a Saturday Night Live-like show happen with painstaking descriptions of every unfunny sketch (and the second third is the beginning of the pandemic in 2020, which I personally try to forget).
Much of the discourse also feels pretty dated in the way chronically online people in the 2010s were performatively trying to cover every social justice issue in their online conversations. The feminist rants feel outdated in a gen x/elder millennial white feminism way. After forcing myself to finish the novel, I was hoping for a solid ending, but the epilogue felt like a weird summary/throwaway chapter that was a complete afterthought. I’m glad that at least there’s only up from here for the rest of my 2024 books!
Much of the discourse also feels pretty dated in the way chronically online people in the 2010s were performatively trying to cover every social justice issue in their online conversations. The feminist rants feel outdated in a gen x/elder millennial white feminism way. After forcing myself to finish the novel, I was hoping for a solid ending, but the epilogue felt like a weird summary/throwaway chapter that was a complete afterthought. I’m glad that at least there’s only up from here for the rest of my 2024 books!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic and Sexual content
technicallyaly's review against another edition
emotional
funny
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content and Pandemic/Epidemic