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danajoy's review against another edition
3.0
Sally was pretty bland and I feel like I don't really know her. She is painfully insecure and not conversationally funny or witty. There wasn't really charming banter which you might expect from a book with this title and a character that works for their version of SNL.
Noah was ok.
This story did also really strongly feature the Covid19 pandemic in the second half.
Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Addiction, Death of parent, Alcohol, Mental illness, Excrement, Pregnancy, Racism, and Terminal illness
Minor: Cancer
kiala's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic
Minor: Death of parent, Excrement, Terminal illness, and Body shaming
amphytrite's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Misogyny and Sexual content
Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic, Death of parent, and Pregnancy
Minor: Terminal illness, Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Excrement
123aah456's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Moderate: Terminal illness
penandpaper's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
For me, COVID is also a trigger, so the explicit illness was too almost much.
Graphic: Chronic illness
Moderate: Addiction, Terminal illness, Suicide, Eating disorder, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Death of parent
Minor: Sexism
milesofkiles's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
Moderate: Death of parent, Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Death, and Cancer
Minor: Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Addiction
chaos_and_chapters's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Sexual content and Sexism
Minor: Death of parent, Death, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Stalking, and Grief
kylieshart's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Moderate: Sexual content and Pandemic/Epidemic
Minor: Alcohol, Eating disorder, Cancer, Body shaming, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Terminal illness
COVID was a big part of the book,emmas_bookshelf's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
The first half of the book takes place in one week of making the show in April 2018. Then we jump to April 2020, so you know what that means… full on pandemic lockdown. Sally has fled NYC for her hometown of Kansas City, MO, but an email correspondence with Noah soon leads her to LA.
This book has everything. Therapy, discussion of alcohol, sobriety, body image, eating disorders, sexism, misogyny, lots of jokes, female friendships, and more. It’s so smart and so good and I loved it so much it’s hard to describe. I mean this in the best way when I say Curtis writes very accessible lit-fic and I would highly recommend this book as well as her other works.
Thank you so much to Random House for the copy via NetGalley. This is my honest review and the book is on sale now!
Minor: Alcohol, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Terminal illness, Death, Alcoholism, and Pregnancy