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3.37 AVERAGE
3.37 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
funny
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Read cover to cover on a flight from Melbourne to Darwin. Approx. reading time: 4 hours and 10 minutes.
I wanted to like it, I really did. The last chapter was good, but doesn't really make up for the blah feeling I felt while reading most of the book.
challenging
emotional
funny
informative
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
📖 “In quel momento qualcosa cambiò. Guardai la mia vita da una nuova prospettiva. E non vidi altro che la mia vita. Non era per niente eccezionale; soltanto ora mi rendevo conto che un tempo mi era sembrata tale, e che quel tempo era il tempo in cui mio padre mi guardava. Mi osservai come avevo osservato le donne delle pulizie nel palazzo di fronte. Ero soltanto una persona incorniciata da una finestra. Nessuno mi stava guardando, all’infuori di me.”
funny
fast-paced
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:
Yes
Just as good as it was the first time - maybe better. The only bad part was having to picture Sarah Michelle Gellar as the main character after seeing the awful Suburban Girl.
I wanted to like this book badly. One short would suck me in and the next would leave me annoyed. The writing was beautiful... if only the stories were consistent in their thoughtfulness.
The prose is often much better than that of most "chick lit" novels. But half the jokes made me feel like I was watching a bad Woody Allen movie or a flailing stand-up comic. Too much shtick, too many puns, too much that says: "hey, this is a high-brow over-literate book by and about over-literate people". I got the references, but then I groaned that the were made to begin with.
It just reads like it's trying too hard, like Jane and her old man boyfriend are trying too hard. And it detracts from the credibility. If a guy is correcting your grammar while you have a fight, you need to slug him and never talk to him again. Otherwise, you lose my respect.
Another annoying thing: there are far too many characters with similar names. Jane, Jamie, Julie, Julia. Unless you deliberately want to incite confusion or have some grand purpose in mind, you need to get more creative with names!
Oh, then there's this one chapter/vignette completely devoted to Jane's neighbor and her scandalous son, which is somewhat useless in the scheme of the novel. In fact, I think "novel" is too strict a term for what this is.
It's not un-entertaining and there are many relatable incidents and aspects of the book. But, for the most part, it lacks warmth.
It just reads like it's trying too hard, like Jane and her old man boyfriend are trying too hard. And it detracts from the credibility. If a guy is correcting your grammar while you have a fight, you need to slug him and never talk to him again. Otherwise, you lose my respect.
Another annoying thing: there are far too many characters with similar names. Jane, Jamie, Julie, Julia. Unless you deliberately want to incite confusion or have some grand purpose in mind, you need to get more creative with names!
Oh, then there's this one chapter/vignette completely devoted to Jane's neighbor and her scandalous son, which is somewhat useless in the scheme of the novel. In fact, I think "novel" is too strict a term for what this is.
It's not un-entertaining and there are many relatable incidents and aspects of the book. But, for the most part, it lacks warmth.
Every chapter of this book was different, both in writing style and quality. The weird chapter in the middle with a different perspective was not necessary, and the last chapter was just plain stupid. Some of the other chapters had me feeling things though, so all in all this book could have been great after some more editing.
Oh and the title is misleading and very forced in its meaning.
Oh and the title is misleading and very forced in its meaning.