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3.19 AVERAGE
3.19 AVERAGE
dark
funny
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Moderate: Drug use, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Toxic friendship
Wowza, the writing is biting!
The characters are almost all completely dislikable (which I find fun!) and while I enjoyed all of the different POVs, ultimately, the stories lack anything that I want to take away with me making this a somewhat forgettable collection.
The characters are almost all completely dislikable (which I find fun!) and while I enjoyed all of the different POVs, ultimately, the stories lack anything that I want to take away with me making this a somewhat forgettable collection.
I do REALLY love Lisa Taddeo’s writing, but for a collection of short stories, I need some variety! It felt like I kept reading the same character over and over again.
I love Lisa Taddeo but this one didn’t click for me. I struggled to finish it because it just felt like fatphobia, ageism, self-loathing, loathing other women or loving men who don’t love you back. Tired tropes that I couldn’t buy into/genuinely couldn’t relate to; I just felt like her protagonists were very flat and it perpetuated negative stereotypes about women.
3.5 for me on this overall, mainly because some of the earlier stories and characters were kinda insufferable (though that seems to be the whole point of this book and the short stories). I really loved her writing style though and I enjoyed the collection of short stories as a a whole.
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I stopped halfway thru the second story. Can only take so much inner dialogue of self-hating women.
challenging
dark
funny
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Ba ha ha - this book feels like it’s ripe for comedians to make fun of:
Taddeo is a one-trick pony
Did a terrible man hold a gun to Taddeo’s head and force her to write what he thinks all women are really like: obsessed with men/sex/dating/marriage at all times, self-loathing, terrified of being old, fixated on their clothes/looks, and either outwardly or secretly hating other women at all times!
This book wouldn’t pass The Bechdel Test
Taddeo is a one-trick pony
Did a terrible man hold a gun to Taddeo’s head and force her to write what he thinks all women are really like: obsessed with men/sex/dating/marriage at all times, self-loathing, terrified of being old, fixated on their clothes/looks, and either outwardly or secretly hating other women at all times!
This book wouldn’t pass The Bechdel Test