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Ask Me Again by Clare Sestanovich
2.0
Thank you Picador for the arc in exchange for an honest review!
This started off well, but very quickly lost me.
Ask Me Again was sold to me as a book that those who enjoyed Normal People will enjoy. Now, I had mixed feelings about this book, so maybe this should have been the point where I stopped and thought about whether this was for me. BUT, I thoroughly enjoyed Alone With You in the Ether, which is also very stream of consciousness, two people working out how they feel about each other, purple prose etc.
Even with my issues with Normal People, I still felt connected to the characters and genuinely wanted them to sort their sh*t out. Here, I think the lack of depth to the characters relationship was what left me wanting more. I struggled to believe they meant anything to one another, and not having that buy-in from the start made the decade long story difficult to be invested in. The lack of any meaningful plot wasn't necessarily a problem, but I often found the story completely directionless - this again left me really unmotivated to continue.
I absolutely believe there is a target audience for this book, and I likely wasn't it. I really hope this reaches the readers who will appreciate it, especially when some of the writing was genuinely very beautiful.
Thank you again to the publisher for the arc.
This started off well, but very quickly lost me.
Ask Me Again was sold to me as a book that those who enjoyed Normal People will enjoy. Now, I had mixed feelings about this book, so maybe this should have been the point where I stopped and thought about whether this was for me. BUT, I thoroughly enjoyed Alone With You in the Ether, which is also very stream of consciousness, two people working out how they feel about each other, purple prose etc.
Even with my issues with Normal People, I still felt connected to the characters and genuinely wanted them to sort their sh*t out. Here, I think the lack of depth to the characters relationship was what left me wanting more. I struggled to believe they meant anything to one another, and not having that buy-in from the start made the decade long story difficult to be invested in. The lack of any meaningful plot wasn't necessarily a problem, but I often found the story completely directionless - this again left me really unmotivated to continue.
I absolutely believe there is a target audience for this book, and I likely wasn't it. I really hope this reaches the readers who will appreciate it, especially when some of the writing was genuinely very beautiful.
Thank you again to the publisher for the arc.