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Romantic Comedy
by Curtis Sittenfeld
This book was pure sugar. While I would not describe it as a thoughtful read, it sweet, happy, and had just enough character development to make it a good book rather than a Colleen Hoover-fluff book.
I thought the parallels to SNL were the most interesting part. Danny Horst was fictional Pete Davidson, and Elliot = Colin Jost. I kept picturing the SNL set, my own version of Lorne Michaels/Nigel's pitch room, and the dingy offices surrounding the space. I liked getting the behind-the-scenes of such a successful show, and I wonder how much of what Sittenfeld wrote about is true. I guess that's the allure of show business...
As for the love story: It was okay! Nothing great. I didn't really believe the love until Noah came down to Kansas City for Jerry. I really believed in the "I want to explore this relationship further", but again, the book wasn't deep enough to describe falling in love in an accurate way. Plus, as someone with real body image issues, I didn't buy Sally's half-attempt at calling herself ugly and mousy. She is a writer at SNL (or Night Owls - sorry) for goodness sake! Boo-hoo, Sally. But I did like her.
Overall, 3 stars. Would recommend if someone wanted to read it, but I wouldn't go out of my way to suggest it.
I thought the parallels to SNL were the most interesting part. Danny Horst was fictional Pete Davidson, and Elliot = Colin Jost. I kept picturing the SNL set, my own version of Lorne Michaels/Nigel's pitch room, and the dingy offices surrounding the space. I liked getting the behind-the-scenes of such a successful show, and I wonder how much of what Sittenfeld wrote about is true. I guess that's the allure of show business...
As for the love story: It was okay! Nothing great. I didn't really believe the love until Noah came down to Kansas City for Jerry. I really believed in the "I want to explore this relationship further", but again, the book wasn't deep enough to describe falling in love in an accurate way. Plus, as someone with real body image issues, I didn't buy Sally's half-attempt at calling herself ugly and mousy. She is a writer at SNL (or Night Owls - sorry) for goodness sake! Boo-hoo, Sally. But I did like her.
Overall, 3 stars. Would recommend if someone wanted to read it, but I wouldn't go out of my way to suggest it.