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A review by lostinmylibrary
The Art of Escaping by Erin Callahan
Did not finish book.
DNF at 20%.
I just can't deal with this book anymore. The escapology part was cool, but literally everything else is just...not for me. Not even remotely. I was drowning in "not like other girls" vibes, and "everything old is automatically better than everything new" vibes, and I'm really not here for either of those. Plus, here are some choice quotes (note: these are from the ARC, and may not be final) from the 20% I did read that really closed the deal for me.
I mean...at least she said it was misguided?
A conversation about high school extracurriculars:
That's not really a political issue. Or shouldn't be.
I'm really disappointed, because the idea of escapology in a book was really intriguing, and the first 4% or so of the book was really good. The rest of it was just very much not for me.
I just can't deal with this book anymore. The escapology part was cool, but literally everything else is just...not for me. Not even remotely. I was drowning in "not like other girls" vibes, and "everything old is automatically better than everything new" vibes, and I'm really not here for either of those. Plus, here are some choice quotes (note: these are from the ARC, and may not be final) from the 20% I did read that really closed the deal for me.
I can only say for certain that I got more jazzed about the art of escapology than anything else I could remember - even the first time I read The Diary of a Young Girl, after which I refused to leave my room for a week, claiming - like a misguided and pretentious ten-year-old - that I was trying to experience some level of solidarity with poor Anne.
I mean...at least she said it was misguided?
A conversation about high school extracurriculars:
'Gay-Straight Alliance?'
'I'm apolitical.'
That's not really a political issue. Or shouldn't be.
I'm really disappointed, because the idea of escapology in a book was really intriguing, and the first 4% or so of the book was really good. The rest of it was just very much not for me.