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Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld

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itsmetaphysical's review against another edition

3.0

Second audiobook, again feel the need to say I would probably have loved both characters if I read it in my own voice, but the narrator did a fantastic job!

Took me FOREVER to listen to the whole thing, not because it was long or horrible but I just didn’t necessarily care enough. FMC was fine, Noah was blonde therefore unattractive to me but was very charming! Very therapized. Very obviously thought about Pete and an old Harry reading this, very much appreciated the balding.

I wish desperately the gas station bathroom scene had a bird bath moment but what can you do?

Sexy scenes in an audiobook are NUTS. This was a fairly tame book, albeit nasty with the terminology at times, and I was losing my mind listening to it.

Overall cute but not anything that changed my life.

bold_winter_bear's review against another edition

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lighthearted

3.0

lweezthereadrat's review against another edition

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lighthearted medium-paced

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

2.75

This book is quite neatly sectioned into three different chapters, though in doing so it's quite glaring to see the ending is duller in stark contrast to the first third. The fantasy of this story is ostensibly that of a comedy writer dating an international popstar but the real fantasy proved to be that of being a comedy writer (for a show that definitely isn't SNL, but it's SNL). Add some time jumps and a pandemic and there's variety of settings as the backdrop for Sally and Noah's flirtation. For me, I found Sally an increasingly hard character to root for: she's self sabotaging in the name of being sarcastic but feels more like the book is trying to get away with character growth and digging their heels into this trait- at one point Sally asks Noah if he's heard of lampshading while they're talking about their insecurities. It came off more self satisfied than absorbed in the romance (and risks to romance) that was touted as the heart of the novel. Also Sally is obsessed with jokes about women farting and pooping which look, farting is of course hilarious, but it's not the feminist flex that the one scene in Bridesmaids thought it was.