A review by kylieqrada
Vinegar Girl by Anne Tyler

lighthearted reflective medium-paced
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

This was the definition of MEH for me, so I'm giving it a 2 ⭐s, even though it is SO HARD for me. I listened to it on audio on my commute, and while I truly enjoyed the narrator and did like Kate as a character throughout the entirety of the novel, I didn't like anything else about this one. Granted, I'm not the target audience, since I have not only never read The Taming of the Shrew, I don't know what it's about, and the title sounds misogynistic to me. So why did I even pick this up? The plot sounded intriguing to me, but the intentional setting up of the protagonist as an unlikable female character, the unresolved borderline abusive behavior, and the mishandling of serious mental health disorders were a no from me, dawg. 
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