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3.91 AVERAGE
3.91 AVERAGE
Woah, this was a wild, unpredictable journey… I think I need to marinate with this one for a while… only subtracted a star because it felt like it left a lot of her past pretty vague, which would have deepened the complexity. Really well done though.
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
sad
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
I really enjoyed this off-beat novel. It's about both isolation and connection. But I generally prefer the eccentric novels. Bonnie Lincoln wins the lottery and wants to recreate the apartment from Three's Company. She plans to live as each character. The house is in a remote area. Bonnie finds comfort in the show. Many people like watching older sitcoms for this very reason. Bonnie wants isolation as she suffers from PTSD after she was raped and robbed at work at Scheele's Market. The owners as well as their son were killed in the robbery.
title: double-meaning as a nod to the show Three's Company as well as to being alone
"A subterranean longing would pass through me at those moments, a sharp, wrenching desire for wholeness, for the correct way of living."
"Most people figured I meant that I enjoyed the show ironically, anyway, with a wry hipster's appreciation. I did nothing to dissuade them. I was only aware that i needed to protect the one pure thing inside me from the judging eyes of the world. After my recent history had gone so wrong, I was desperate to hold something intact."
"And winning my wealth by way of the lottery truly irked some people. I didn't earn it, and worse, I didn't deserve it. I was a not-young single woman in a decent job, no kids, no husband, no family to share my millions with, and I wasn't even that great-looking--what sense did the world make? People didn't like it."
"It was fine. I had little care for what any of them thought of me. I was done with being liked, or admired, or trying to be understood."
"Technically, I did not belong in the 1970s."
title: double-meaning as a nod to the show Three's Company as well as to being alone
"A subterranean longing would pass through me at those moments, a sharp, wrenching desire for wholeness, for the correct way of living."
"Most people figured I meant that I enjoyed the show ironically, anyway, with a wry hipster's appreciation. I did nothing to dissuade them. I was only aware that i needed to protect the one pure thing inside me from the judging eyes of the world. After my recent history had gone so wrong, I was desperate to hold something intact."
"And winning my wealth by way of the lottery truly irked some people. I didn't earn it, and worse, I didn't deserve it. I was a not-young single woman in a decent job, no kids, no husband, no family to share my millions with, and I wasn't even that great-looking--what sense did the world make? People didn't like it."
"It was fine. I had little care for what any of them thought of me. I was done with being liked, or admired, or trying to be understood."
"Technically, I did not belong in the 1970s."
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
quick absurd read. your experience will probably be heightened if you have ever seen the show "there’s company". alas, i have not