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3.58 AVERAGE
3.58 AVERAGE
challenging
emotional
funny
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
I enjoyed this book but at the same time it was pretty depressing. Definitely funny but most of the vignettes were about women who cheated on their husbands and were bored with their great lives...
funny
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
Totally hooked from the first few pages. Relateable, funny, poignant stories of women in their 20s, 30s, 40s. I read this author has a two book deal--I cannot wait for the second book. I'll come back to this collection again and again.
emotional
funny
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I'm normally not a huge fan of short stories but I quite enjoyed these. She takes an interesting look at relationships and love. I also enjoyed that the characters pop up in different stories. I would like to read an entire novel about Maya and Rhodes!
There's a little bit of irony to have finished this book on Valentine's Day, because there was so much melancholy related to love in its pages. It struck me, a few stories in, that the title is misleading, in that I couldn't find one protagonist who was actually single (maybe not true... but most of the "dating" that occurs here involves at least one married person), carefree (oh, there are lots and lots of cares troubling everyone involved), or mellow (see the previous adjective). While the choices the characters make, and continue to make in the case of one character who appears in several stories, are quite less than honorable, there are interesting insights in each story that speak to the conditions of attraction, relationships, and love. The statements made aren't terribly positive, but perhaps they can work as cautionary tales.
I received this book for free through Goodreads Giveaways.
The writing is lovely and funny, the characters are relatable, and the lessons are poignant. The only drawback was that the POC felt like they were peppered in for exotic spice.
The writing is lovely and funny, the characters are relatable, and the lessons are poignant. The only drawback was that the POC felt like they were peppered in for exotic spice.
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes