Reviews

Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld

babeard's review

4.0

4⭐️ This was just a simple and cute love story. A great palette cleanser for sure!!!! It wasn’t super spicy but just a nice cute story!

maddyhavranek's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

I liked this book! I really loved the insight it gave into life at SNL, which I don't watch currently; this book made me want to start! I also really believed the love story between these 2 and thought it was refreshing to see people a little older fall in love -- I usually read books where the main characters are much younger.

I gave this book 4 stars because I thought the emailing + treatment of COVID was a little corny, but I did love the heart of the story. I also loved how this book positioned a truly funny woman! Very good and would recommend to a friend :) 

barizley's review

4.0

Using humor as a defense to avoid getting too close to anyone? Why. I. never. But this was a fun (and oddly relatable) one.

kjmcguigan's review

Dnt

crystal2235's review

funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

juliasciortino's review

funny lighthearted relaxing fast-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

3.5

linneanordqvist's review

3.0

No babe you’re all good its just the fact that 1/3 of this book was an email thread that kind of threw me off

la_ooo_ra's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted medium-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

4.75

alissa417's review

I am in awe of Curtis Sittenfeld's ability to take truly hard things and write about them in a way that therapeutically unpacks them for a mass audience.

RODHAM helped me work out so much 2016 post-election trauma - I can look at her picture again without tears!

Similarly, she minutely examines imposter syndrome and the inner workings of intense anxiety in ROMANTIC COMEDY in a way that is relatable and illuminating. Reading thru descriptions of how the main character can trainwreck a budding relationship with one ill-timed comment again and again, I felt this book very sweetly take my hand and lead me through some tough emotional landmines with grace and hope. Sittenfeld's descriptions so accurately take the reader thru the mental machinations of someone very capable of self-sabotage, but you root for her characters so hard to find a path forward, and the payoffs with her stories are always so lovely.

sydwishnow's review

funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Cute, lighthearted, funny read.