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3.47 AVERAGE
3.47 AVERAGE
sad
slow-paced
I love this so much. Honestly my expectations weren't all that high but it was just so funny and entertaining to read and yeah.
5/5. Read the thing!
5/5. Read the thing!
I fully struggled to get through this book and not because it was bad or poorly written but honestly because it echoed a lot of my personal experience and is written in a style similar to my own voice. For some reason, this made me dislike it but maybe that's something I should talk about in therapy, not online.
I thought this was going to be a great book. It started off okay. It then became so slow, the story was no longer interesting
I loved everything about this book. It was funny, honest and relatable. A must read for any 20-something single and dateless lady.
2.5 stars
A little dull, and not what I was expecting (given the rave reviews from so many people).
I thought I’d laugh more, or connect with her more, but it almost felt like Heaney was writing herself as a zany, manic pixie dream girl in her own story, and it was a little exhausting. I get it, it was her life, and her story, but every story she shared about her romantic escapades felt forced, and hard to relate to (even though they were all such relatable things??). I think I got bored, and had a hard time connecting with Heaney, even though I’ve been wanting to read this book forever!
Other people seemed to like this book a lot, so definitely don’t make mine your end all, be all opinion on it. It just wasn’t what I thought it would be.
A little dull, and not what I was expecting (given the rave reviews from so many people).
I thought I’d laugh more, or connect with her more, but it almost felt like Heaney was writing herself as a zany, manic pixie dream girl in her own story, and it was a little exhausting. I get it, it was her life, and her story, but every story she shared about her romantic escapades felt forced, and hard to relate to (even though they were all such relatable things??). I think I got bored, and had a hard time connecting with Heaney, even though I’ve been wanting to read this book forever!
Other people seemed to like this book a lot, so definitely don’t make mine your end all, be all opinion on it. It just wasn’t what I thought it would be.
HOLY CRAP. This entire memoir read eerily like my own life. Seriously, there were so many similarities it was absurd, right down to the fact that we both grew up about 2 hours from each other to that we went to small, private colleges with May Terms. I'm giving this a 4 BECAUSE of all of the similarities. How could I not- when I understand so many of her idiosyncrasies? Even though I enjoyed this book, it is certainly not for everyone. I would only recommend this to people who even remotely think they have something in common with a perpetually single woman in her 20's, otherwise you just might not enjoy it.
Not terrible, but it wasn't what I thought it was going to be. I expected to feel like I could relate to someone with a similar love life, but I just couldn't. There were a couple of laugh out loud points that I enjoyed.
I originally bought this for myself because I was single and depressed about it. Here are my thoughts:
I liked that the novel wasn't self pitying or whiny, instead I found Katie Heaney's self deprecating humour as both charming and hilarious. It made the book an easy and great read. Her failed antics with the opposite sex and her awkward attempts at dating were very relatable and funny. She perfectly described the excited, nerve wracking experience of talking to guys you're interested in, just as she perfectly explains the heartbreaking emotions one feels when a relationship doesn't work out.
Although the main topics of the book are boys, and dating, she stressed how important other relationships were to her as well. The topic of female friendships played a key role and she often mentioned those friendships were just as important, if not more important, than the guys in her life. Ultimately I loved how comfortable she was in her single status, she seemed to have a good idea of who she was, and didn't need a man to make her feel whole. I found her outlook was healthy, and also hilarious, and I found myself wishing that she was my best friend.
I liked that the novel wasn't self pitying or whiny, instead I found Katie Heaney's self deprecating humour as both charming and hilarious. It made the book an easy and great read. Her failed antics with the opposite sex and her awkward attempts at dating were very relatable and funny. She perfectly described the excited, nerve wracking experience of talking to guys you're interested in, just as she perfectly explains the heartbreaking emotions one feels when a relationship doesn't work out.
Although the main topics of the book are boys, and dating, she stressed how important other relationships were to her as well. The topic of female friendships played a key role and she often mentioned those friendships were just as important, if not more important, than the guys in her life. Ultimately I loved how comfortable she was in her single status, she seemed to have a good idea of who she was, and didn't need a man to make her feel whole. I found her outlook was healthy, and also hilarious, and I found myself wishing that she was my best friend.
Never have I ever related so well to the narrator of a non-fiction book. And right now, this week of this month this year, from the very day I started it (okay like three days ago) to the day I finished it (three minutes ago) was the absolute perfect time for me to read it. Because I, who have also been more or less single for the now 27 years of my life, am usually very, VERY content with my relationship status (or lack thereof) and for some reason, last week, felt a little like I had termites in my otherwise strong foundation. Katie Heaney's book was exactly what I needed to exterminate those termites of self-doubt and frustration. Reading this book felt a lot like reading an (albeit long) email from a friend. Katie absolutely and definitely seems like the kind of person I would want to spend time with - smart, funny, insightful, fiercely loyal, and an extraordinary storyteller. (Also it's nice to know I'm not the only one who has no idea how to flirt or how to identify flirting or where on earth everyone else in the world seemed to learn.) I could spend all night writing about all the ways I related to this book, but instead I'm just going to recommend you read it. It's so...familiar isn't a positive enough word. In the beginning of the book, Katie writes that she hopes the book feels like you're hanging out with her, drinking, and she's telling you about her embarrassing adventures, and that's exactly what it feels like. Like the best one-sided conversation you'll ever have.
Side note: This is going to sound like a really trivial thing, but it felt more important than I can express. In a few parts of the book, Katie makes some generalizations about girls/dating, but always in a way that includes (or deliberately excludes) lesbians. For example, she wouldn't say "all girls are hoping she'll meet a guy..." etc. She would say "all girls who are inclined to the opposite sex" or "all girls with the exception of gay ones" (much more eloquently than the examples I just provided) and it sounds like such a small thing, but it really, really isn't. Far too often, I'm reading an article or a book or a post I relate to almost entirely, and then bam, just like that, in one measly sentence, I am entirely excluded. Erased, invisible, no longer able to play with the other girls. And it is not a fun feeling. So for that, I thank Katie, and I hope the future storytellers she will surely inspire will follow suit.
Side note: This is going to sound like a really trivial thing, but it felt more important than I can express. In a few parts of the book, Katie makes some generalizations about girls/dating, but always in a way that includes (or deliberately excludes) lesbians. For example, she wouldn't say "all girls are hoping she'll meet a guy..." etc. She would say "all girls who are inclined to the opposite sex" or "all girls with the exception of gay ones" (much more eloquently than the examples I just provided) and it sounds like such a small thing, but it really, really isn't. Far too often, I'm reading an article or a book or a post I relate to almost entirely, and then bam, just like that, in one measly sentence, I am entirely excluded. Erased, invisible, no longer able to play with the other girls. And it is not a fun feeling. So for that, I thank Katie, and I hope the future storytellers she will surely inspire will follow suit.