4.23 AVERAGE

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Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

It was cute. Fine. A simple and entertaining read.
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Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
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Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
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Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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challenging funny sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

This book is a self-insert fantasy for people who imagine themselves to be the main character. She is a Mary Sue who literally has no meaningful flaws: She's dry and staid but she finds the love of her life in spite of her lack of conversational talent; she almost kills 2 people but it all works out in the end; she's attractive and smart and has 21st century political views despite living in the 1950s; she picks up rowing in 2 days and can remodel a kitchen into a home laboratory and is also a TV megastar and a brilliant scientist. The main "character" has literally no personality outside of being great at everything she does, which makes for a terrible book but a perfect self-insert fantasy for whoever imagines themselves as being smarter than everyone else.

Every single person in the book (outside of the main character's daughter and her dog, of course) is apparently a moron who just can't see how brilliant the (cardboard cutout) main character is at whatever she does. Even Lyndon B. Johnson, the guy who literally whipped it out whenever he could, approved of the author's fantasy woman.

This book is pure wish fulfillment with hamfisted political statements where the author might as well break the fourth wall and say "here's what I believe". There's genuinely no merit to reading someone else's self-insert fantasy.
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