Reviews

Nobody, Somebody, Anybody by Kelly McClorey

fleuribeur's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

irisjune's review

Not taken with character / voice

keylaquyen's review

emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

yet another no plot just vibes book!

an endearing story about a lovable character. sometimes her stories are darkly hilarious and she’s a lil delusional at times, but u cant help but understand and appreciate it. i wish her grief was mentioned a bit more and i wished the pacing was a lil faster around the middle of the book since it got a bit dull, but overall, it was an enjoyable read.

quiteliterary's review

writing felt flat

sophia_r's review against another edition

idek what to rate this book bc it is objectively good but i literally had to force myself to read it bc the main character stressed me out too much. rooting for her tho, she’s my delulu queen 

jdfrankenfield's review

dark emotional funny lighthearted tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

heelturn2's review

adventurous emotional funny tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

honestly I was very lukewarm on this book until the absolute last second but

almost dying and then stowing away on a cruise ship because you fucked things up too bad and you’re a complete anxious lonely manipulative mess

and then leaving things wide open for the reader brought it back around for me. like the implications are so dark??? I think it makes the rest of the book work — you spend the whole story waiting for Amy to change, or have a revelation about how to be in the world, and she doesn’t. she’s not actually naïve in the way you think she is at first. instead she runs away instead of dealing with her problems, or realizing that other people like her until she does something unhinged that pushes them away, or extending grace and understanding to people she’s judged or decided have it out for her. she *is* like her mother and she doesn’t really have the introspective ability to see that or get a handle on her emotions and actions. I think what made the book not work for me for the first, idk, 3/4 was the slow pace, & this lack of backstory; like you get very quickly that Amy has Problems, something happened at school, her mother was difficult and sick, but you don’t see much of it or get details, really. it’s just a lot of Amy’s stream of consciousness/mental state. so the primary experience of reading, until the ending, is frustration at where the narration isn’t going and with the minutia of fairly uninteresting detail. and then you realize Amy’s not going there because she isn’t able to. she doesn’t really know how analyze her life like that and she can’t really take responsibility for her shit except in these fleeting moments. and what preoccupies her is overanalyzing a million perceived slights and thinking about her virtuousness and being deeply, deeply lonely and regretful. so 3 stars because I didn’t actually enjoy reading this BUT I think this story & character are kind of secretly compelling. 

hauntedwell's review

2.0

man this was not good. very very clear who this author's inspirations are. She doesn't add anything to the conversation and instead produces a cheap imitation

trgrze20's review

2.0

I bought this strictly for the cover.

Trying not to rant, I’ll just say I really disliked the main character. She went from being so excited to be an EMT, to being an almost home wrecker and giving up her career, to being a major hypocrite, to dropping everyone and everything and travels.

She was…. Something else.

peisinoe_e's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0