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3.42 AVERAGE
3.42 AVERAGE
Modern Lovers is a contemporary story of the interwoven lives of two couples and their teenage children. It’s a relatively light read that delves into each character’s life, written in easy to read bite-size chapters.
emotional
funny
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A story that can be described as both cute and heart wrenching at the same time. The twists all seemed predictable, but it's a perfect beachy summer read.
Got this ARC at PLA. It was good but not my favorite.
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
lighthearted
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Modern novelists (even successful ones) seem to have great difficulty ending novels. Why?
Remember "A Christmas Carol" when Scrooge wakes up and is a new man? And there is both the excitement of the day, "And the bed was his own!" and an ongoing happily ever aspect--Tiny Tim lives! Scrooge becomes a great Uncle! Or "Rebecca" when Manderley burns down but the nameless narrator and Maximilian presumably have some fairly okay ongoing relationship? (Perhaps that's not the best example because I'm always sad about Manderley burning down...but Max does change for the better.
Modern Lovers has good characters (and they're all Oberlin alums--yay!) I like the realistic depiction of Brooklyn, especially a lesser-known neighborhood and one I worked in years ago, before it became gentrified. And then there's suspense: what will happen to the lost cat? Will Andrew lose all his money in the phony real estate investment?
And then...as is so often the case in novels I read this day....nothing. Why am I reading this? I don't want this to be like real life when I've invested so much time in these characters. Why can't one of them really change? Or do something really unexpected? Worth reading if you accept the lack of a good ending or you're an Oberlin alum.
Remember "A Christmas Carol" when Scrooge wakes up and is a new man? And there is both the excitement of the day, "And the bed was his own!" and an ongoing happily ever aspect--Tiny Tim lives! Scrooge becomes a great Uncle! Or "Rebecca" when Manderley burns down but the nameless narrator and Maximilian presumably have some fairly okay ongoing relationship? (Perhaps that's not the best example because I'm always sad about Manderley burning down...but Max does change for the better.
Modern Lovers has good characters (and they're all Oberlin alums--yay!) I like the realistic depiction of Brooklyn, especially a lesser-known neighborhood and one I worked in years ago, before it became gentrified. And then there's suspense: what will happen to the lost cat? Will Andrew lose all his money in the phony real estate investment?
And then...as is so often the case in novels I read this day....nothing. Why am I reading this? I don't want this to be like real life when I've invested so much time in these characters. Why can't one of them really change? Or do something really unexpected? Worth reading if you accept the lack of a good ending or you're an Oberlin alum.
emotional
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I was skeptical at first but then had SUCH a good time reading this. It’s an AWESOME “post-marriage plot, where are their lives now” musing on aging and the development of relationships over time and midlife crises. Plus the Ditmas Park setting was just perfect and so, so fun to visualize.
Basically it’s like... the Actually Good version of Eugenides’ “The Marriage Plot” and Emma Straub should be congratulating herself every single day. Plus, a lesbian relationship IT’S LIT
Basically it’s like... the Actually Good version of Eugenides’ “The Marriage Plot” and Emma Straub should be congratulating herself every single day. Plus, a lesbian relationship IT’S LIT
This was cute and fun more than anything and I want to personally thank Emma for this book