A review by novi
Exciting Times by Naoise Dolan

Did not finish book. Stopped at 30%.
At first I really like it. It felt fast and I like a lot of the sentences, they are very quotable and I found the main character to be quite relatable. But then I got SO tired of being in her head. She's so whiny and insecure and never did anything. I just wanna scream at her and said "stop looking for validation and take over ur life i don't have time to listen to all of ur shit!". And then I read the reviews for this to see if it's worth continuing and turns out I'm not alone and that this book is actually way more problematic than that. There's even a part about the main character not believing in wearing mask when she's sick and no one thought about editing it out. It's released in the middle of a pandemic!!! oh my god. I'm so glad I don't have to deal with this book anymore. Not an exciting time.
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