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3.57 AVERAGE
3.57 AVERAGE
This book was a ride. It follows Jane through years of her pretty mundane life and I couldn’t look away. I thought that everyone was generally unlikable in that they kind of annoyed me. Originally I thought I would give this a much lower rating, but in the end, I have to admit that I was fascinated and acknowledge that there were quite a few laugh out loud funny parts. Kate Rudd did a good job narrating, although it was hard to tell apart some of the voices, but there were so many characters that I think that’s to be expected.
emotional
funny
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I felt like I was supposed to go out to dinner with a friend I hadn’t seen in a long time, but she brought another friend to the dinner and that friend just kept complaining about her life. Which was a pretty good life. And I wanted to smack her because all she could do was complain and it totally ruined the dinner.
I seriously don’t know why I kept reading this one.
I seriously don’t know why I kept reading this one.
sad
medium-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
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
123 pages in and absolutely nothing is happening. Usually I don’t mind a book that’s character heavy but for the love of god, every single character is either too weird, boring, underdeveloped (as a character) or all three. I hate every single character, I can’t even think of one I care about.
I really tried but I just can’t. The synopsis/description of this book is majority misleading.
I really tried but I just can’t. The synopsis/description of this book is majority misleading.
3.5 ⭐️ simple, but beautifully written. The ending felt a little rushed.
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
Sorry but it basically had no plot. This book has a warm and cozy feel to it as it is quite the summer read. Katherine Heiny likes to write with timelines, letting the reader know of exactly what time or month it is, which is something different to what I have read before. It breaks the book up and makes it easier to read. She also constantly uses brackets to let us have a deeper insight into the meaning of some lines which I particularly liked as it made me laugh a couple of times. It had a good mix of lightheartedness and seriousness. The chapters are years which intrigued me more. The book is more mature as opposed to the books I am used to reading, although not to say that this is a bad thing. It is mature in not an age rating way but in a way of life, marriage, kids, mortgages etc. It captures the beauty of friendship and relationships very well, seeing people come together to help others aka Jimmy, is quite lovely. The book went over their daily life, now that they have to take on Jimmy, who needs extra care. However, i only gave it 3 stars in comparison to the other books I’ve read, at times it was quite dull and it seemed that they were just going through the motions and the second half of the book felt dragged out towards the end. Nothing of importance really happened or nothing stood out to me to make it any higher than 3 stars.