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fhammond_36's review against another edition
2.0
I feel like a lot of research was done on OCD and counting. But I found this bleak and sad and lonely and unresolved. I didn’t find it funny - the main character was quirky and clever with sharp and witty judgemental comments about the normal people but for all her clever she couldn’t see her own hurt let alone others. And does having a mental health issue give you a right to be mean and awful? And being unique and clever is better than being kind??? And let’s not ever really deal with the trauma- or that it didn’t just happen to her?? I tried to like this. But I found it cutting and thin.
apl_28's review against another edition
grace, the mc is so… bad ?? i have nothing against australian people with ocd but im against this australian person with ocd. the descriptions are annoying and out of place. her obsession with nikola tesla was hella weird i saw another review saying shes a fourth discarded gilmore girl and thats so true 💀💀. sure she has wit and everything but wit is just disrespect when you dont have a personality other than loving to count. what made me dnf it was when seamus (who names their kid seamus btw???) told grace that he works at the movie theater and she THINKS IN HER HEAD “popcorn for two please ☝️🤓” IMAGINE THAT IN AN AUSTRALIAN ACCENT. also who works at a movie theater at 38 ???
sprakskatan's review against another edition
funny
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
This was fine. Maybe I just didn’t get it the right way, it didn’t resonate with me. I really didn’t get on the with protagonist, she was just… kind of awful? Witty and quick, sure, like a fourth Gilmore Girl who got written off the show for lacking any sort of likability whatsoever; she was just so judgemental and downright scathing about absolutely everybody, it made her a bit hard to root for. Maybe that’s just me, though.
tigerxwasp's review against another edition
2.0
I did enjoy this book over all, but in places it just made me want to tut. Can't say much more that that really, other than it is worth a read and I really should think through these reviews more lol.
allisondenae's review against another edition
2.0
Near the middle I almost gave up on it. I got very tired of the counting and stories about the inventor. I did laugh at some of her sarcastic comments, but it took too long to get to the meat of the story. I'd give it two and half stars if I could, because overall it was not bad. Wouldn't recommend it, sorry.
philippakmoore's review against another edition
3.0
Got this after listening to Toni Jordan on the "Published or Not" podcast. A well written, emotional and engaging story. I liked the message of how despite thinking we're helping those we love with their problems, the best way we can help them is to allow them to be themselves. The contrast between "loving" someone (ie: wanting to control them) and truly loving them, for all they are, was quite skillfully wrought in the story. Enjoyed it. And I really miss Aussie cafes. (read the book to get what I mean!)
flowersofquiethappiness's review against another edition
2.0
Not as clean as I hoped it would be. But I did find it interesting to delve into the mind of someone with OCD. Grace literally orders her world with numbers and counting. Everything must be counted. From how many steps from her bed to the bathroom, or her house to the grocery store or cafe she frequents, to how many bites it takes to eat her food, or how many bristles in her toothbrush. Every single person and thing has to be dealt with by numbers. Enter Seamus and suddenly having a man in her life turns it on its axis. Things change, some for the better and some not. Like I said, it was interesting. Not one I'm likely to ever want to re-read and not really one I'd recommend. But curiously thought-provoking.
essjay1's review against another edition
3.0
A celebration of otherness in popular fiction before it was mainstream.
ridgewaygirl's review against another edition
3.0
Addition by Australian author Toni Jordan is the surprisingly charming story of Grace, who's need to count everything and to regiment her life means she can no longer work as a schoolteacher. Instead, she spends her days carefully consuming her meals in precisely the correct number of bites, of counting her footsteps and in thinking about her hero, Nikola Tesla. Then she meets Seamus, who destroys her careful scheduling in a way that she doesn't even mind.
What's fun about this variation on the usual chick-lit novel is that Grace doesn't shop, she measures. And falling in love doesn't cure her, but provides a catalyst for her to work toward a less constrained existence which, in the end, may well not include Seamus at all.
What's fun about this variation on the usual chick-lit novel is that Grace doesn't shop, she measures. And falling in love doesn't cure her, but provides a catalyst for her to work toward a less constrained existence which, in the end, may well not include Seamus at all.