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Exciting Times by Naoise Dolan

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medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

I feel like I’m being generous giving this book a two star rating. The main character Ava is insufferable; she’s self-centered, insecure, indecisive, and only self-aware enough to feel guilty about hurting people, but not enough to try to fix anything. I pushed through the book to get to the sapphic romance around the half-way mark, but it was not worth it. Ava is so self-absorbed that when talking about Edith she spends more time comparing herself to her. I did not feel like Ava even liked Edith as a person, let alone fell in love her. Ava seems to have no idea why Edith would be angry that
Ava had a sexual relationship with Julian and never told her about it, and instead acting like Edith wasn’t open-minded to polyamory. Like, no, you lied through your entire relationship with Edith. You are an ass.
The last third has some interesting parts, like when Ava gave us more insight into how she “actually” felt about Edith after their breakup, but for the most part this story left me unsatisfied and annoyed. 
Edit: after writing this review, I knocked it down to 1 star. Every character was boring or insufferable except for Edith.
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