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2.94 AVERAGE
2.94 AVERAGE
TRASH. Well written trash. I HATED the main character. I don't feel sorry for you. Just get a divorce. Also lowkey felt sorry for Erik. And no she didn't deserve to end up with Luke lol
Bookworm by Robin Yeatman
Truly at a loss for how to describe this one. This book was….unexpected. I didn’t know anything about it going in, and wow, it sure took me for a ride. It’s a blend of sarcastic, dark humor and a genuine love for stories with a dash of wealth, status, and power.
Our protagonist, Victoria, is essentially an unwilling trophy wife, whose little moments of peace come from being left alone with whatever book she’s reading. She devours them, and as a result has grown accustomed to crafting stories of the other people at the cafe she frequents. Her life is routine—weekly lunches with her friend Holly, working some days at a spa, cooking dinner for her weird husband each night—even her reluctant sex with her husband is routine and expected. Victoria is miserable and wants out. So, she escapes into books.
I was wildly unprepared for the dark humor of this book. It was such an entertaining read. My jaw dropped more than once. Victoria’s misery seeps out into her stories of other people and her own daydreams of her shitty husband’s death. I felt like I never quite knew where the story was going to go, in the BEST way. I’ve never felt so consistently curious while reading before. In one sense, it feels like a slow burn. Not a lot of plot immediately happens, but sticking it out is so worth it by the fantastic ending.
I’d recommend this one especially for fans of dark comedies and reality TV. It’s a fun reading experience.
Thanks to @harperperennial and @netgalley for the digital copy in exchange for an honest review! This one just hit shelves on Valentine’s Day, which is especially funny after having read it.
Truly at a loss for how to describe this one. This book was….unexpected. I didn’t know anything about it going in, and wow, it sure took me for a ride. It’s a blend of sarcastic, dark humor and a genuine love for stories with a dash of wealth, status, and power.
Our protagonist, Victoria, is essentially an unwilling trophy wife, whose little moments of peace come from being left alone with whatever book she’s reading. She devours them, and as a result has grown accustomed to crafting stories of the other people at the cafe she frequents. Her life is routine—weekly lunches with her friend Holly, working some days at a spa, cooking dinner for her weird husband each night—even her reluctant sex with her husband is routine and expected. Victoria is miserable and wants out. So, she escapes into books.
I was wildly unprepared for the dark humor of this book. It was such an entertaining read. My jaw dropped more than once. Victoria’s misery seeps out into her stories of other people and her own daydreams of her shitty husband’s death. I felt like I never quite knew where the story was going to go, in the BEST way. I’ve never felt so consistently curious while reading before. In one sense, it feels like a slow burn. Not a lot of plot immediately happens, but sticking it out is so worth it by the fantastic ending.
I’d recommend this one especially for fans of dark comedies and reality TV. It’s a fun reading experience.
Thanks to @harperperennial and @netgalley for the digital copy in exchange for an honest review! This one just hit shelves on Valentine’s Day, which is especially funny after having read it.
Fun fact: author Robin Yeatman is a long-standing @goodreviews community reviewer, and this is her debut!
Bookworm is a satire with dark humor. Victoria is trapped in an unhappy marriage to a man who does not understand her, especially how she feels about books and reading.
Many of our books have happy endings, and Victoria thinks she deserves one, too, but remember? She’s still married. So she uses her well-developed imagination (thanks to books!) to create a fantasy much more enticing than her current life.
That’s about all I can tell you. If you’ve ever had someone close to you feel like a stranger, and even more so, questioned your book-loving way of life, this is for you. You will feel seen and heard and have quite a few laughs along the way. Just remember: Bookworm is clever and sarcastic. You can relax into it, but don’t let those hidden nods and winks pass you by. They are the best part!
I received a gifted copy.
Many of my reviews can also be found on my blog: www.jennifertarheelreader.com and instagram: www.instagram.com/tarheelreader
Bookworm is a satire with dark humor. Victoria is trapped in an unhappy marriage to a man who does not understand her, especially how she feels about books and reading.
Many of our books have happy endings, and Victoria thinks she deserves one, too, but remember? She’s still married. So she uses her well-developed imagination (thanks to books!) to create a fantasy much more enticing than her current life.
That’s about all I can tell you. If you’ve ever had someone close to you feel like a stranger, and even more so, questioned your book-loving way of life, this is for you. You will feel seen and heard and have quite a few laughs along the way. Just remember: Bookworm is clever and sarcastic. You can relax into it, but don’t let those hidden nods and winks pass you by. They are the best part!
I received a gifted copy.
Many of my reviews can also be found on my blog: www.jennifertarheelreader.com and instagram: www.instagram.com/tarheelreader
Thank you to Libro.fm and the publisher for an advanced audio copy of this book.
2.5 ⭐️, rounded up because I finished it.
Sadly, this book missed the mark for me. By a lot. I am a big fan of dark humor, but somehow it didn’t land right for me this time. There was not a single likable character, and despite her husband being a jerk, I couldn’t even manage much sympathy for Victoria. If I’m being honest, I finished it because I was driving and couldn’t download something new.
2.5 ⭐️, rounded up because I finished it.
Sadly, this book missed the mark for me. By a lot. I am a big fan of dark humor, but somehow it didn’t land right for me this time. There was not a single likable character, and despite her husband being a jerk, I couldn’t even manage much sympathy for Victoria. If I’m being honest, I finished it because I was driving and couldn’t download something new.
Really? Nobody caught that the Bette Midler song mentioned on page 186 is from The Rose, not Beaches.
Now that I have finished Bookworm, I am sort of at a loss. The book is far darker than the cover would lead you to believe -- as mentioned in other reviews.
I am not entirely certain how to feel about this book. The darkness did not disturb me, but the astral projection and psychic ability caught me off guard. Or were those just Victoria's imagination?
Throughout the story, I saw a few red flags re: Luke, but Victoria either doesn't see them or (more likely) chooses not to.
I will go along with the statement that the ending felt very rushed. In fact, the ending was so unsatisfying.
Now that I have finished Bookworm, I am sort of at a loss. The book is far darker than the cover would lead you to believe -- as mentioned in other reviews.
I am not entirely certain how to feel about this book. The darkness did not disturb me, but the astral projection and psychic ability caught me off guard. Or were those just Victoria's imagination?
Throughout the story, I saw a few red flags re: Luke, but Victoria either doesn't see them or (more likely) chooses not to.
I will go along with the statement that the ending felt very rushed. In fact, the ending was so unsatisfying.
A fun and entertaining read with a good sense of dark humor, a lot of literary references (as befits its title and main character), and lighthearted subversiveness (or subversive lightheartedness... ). Not a usual pick for me, so it may have been doing even more subversion than I realized with respect to genre/tropes. Unhappiness has never seemed so unsympathetic.
Parts of this are darkly humorous and other parts are just hard to get through because the characters are all so unlikable. The plot kept me reading because I was curious of the main character would break pattern to have a redeeming arc.
I received this book via NetGalley. This did not effect my rating or review.
Did Not Finish-40 percent
I tried. This book was pretty bad. I ended up disliking the main character, Victoria and could not get into it. I know this was a black comedy, but I just went, okay this is not my cup of tea. At all. I thought at times she had to be a psychopath.
"Bookworm" follows Victoria, who we quickly find out is not happily married to her husband Eric. She goes to her favorite café and likes to imagine who people really are instead of what they present to the rest of the world. When she goes to the cafe though, she ends up seeing a man who is reading the same novel she is, which she then decides mean it's fate and they are supposed to be together. Aside: I am really happy when I saw that one guy reading "The Da Vinci Code" when I was in my 20s and I was too, I did not engage with him. Anyway, the book just follows Victoria as she imagines the many ways she can get to be with café book man.
Look this book was only 280 something pages and I could not get through it. It just dragged. I was not rooting for Victoria. Girl, get a damn divorce.
And there's a whole plot that Victoria floats away at night (no I am not explaining it, read the book if you want to know) and I just couldn't get into it. I do think that Victoria, like many of us daydreams about things. And I thought it was kind of interesting because the tv show "Kevin Can F**k Himself" played with some of these types of things (the good wife who realizes what a POS her husband is and that very few seemed tuned into). She just reads to me like a reverse Walter Mitty character.
No idea what happens in the end and too many books that I am reading to go back and find out.
Did Not Finish-40 percent
I tried. This book was pretty bad. I ended up disliking the main character, Victoria and could not get into it. I know this was a black comedy, but I just went, okay this is not my cup of tea. At all. I thought at times she had to be a psychopath.
"Bookworm" follows Victoria, who we quickly find out is not happily married to her husband Eric. She goes to her favorite café and likes to imagine who people really are instead of what they present to the rest of the world. When she goes to the cafe though, she ends up seeing a man who is reading the same novel she is, which she then decides mean it's fate and they are supposed to be together. Aside: I am really happy when I saw that one guy reading "The Da Vinci Code" when I was in my 20s and I was too, I did not engage with him. Anyway, the book just follows Victoria as she imagines the many ways she can get to be with café book man.
Look this book was only 280 something pages and I could not get through it. It just dragged. I was not rooting for Victoria. Girl, get a damn divorce.
And there's a whole plot that Victoria floats away at night (no I am not explaining it, read the book if you want to know) and I just couldn't get into it. I do think that Victoria, like many of us daydreams about things. And I thought it was kind of interesting because the tv show "Kevin Can F**k Himself" played with some of these types of things (the good wife who realizes what a POS her husband is and that very few seemed tuned into). She just reads to me like a reverse Walter Mitty character.
No idea what happens in the end and too many books that I am reading to go back and find out.