A review by izziepng
Once More with Feeling by Elissa Sussman

funny relaxing medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

SPOILERS ALL THE WAY THROUGH 


i can not decide whether i likes this book or not and could be persuaded either way. it wasn’t a dnf scale bad its just not a great book 

none of the characters feel fleshed out. they all have like 1-2 things and that’s it like 

Kathleen- was a famous pop singer and cheated on her famous boyfriend with Cal

Cal- has been in love Kathleen for forever and  like directing 

Harriet- wrote the play thing that Cals directing and Kathleen staring in 

and there is nothing else to their WHOLE personality 

There are A LOT of apologies in this book and none of them feel like they truly mean anything. Everyone apologizes in this book like 10 times to everyone. they all just kind of accept the apologies and move on. But there is NO GROWTH in any of the characters

Also Cals apology for kind of helping Ryan ruin Kathleen’s career isn’t enough tbh. 

He’s like sorry for not saying anything 🥺 yk like i had to save my career because what else was i supposed to so and she’s like yeh fs it’s fine love you too btw. 

To sum this book up 

- No one really grew as characters 
- The characters are plain
- No ones good at apologizing 
- Cal isn’t a good book boyfriend 
- Kathleen was a kind of shitty person 
- Harriet was okayish but also kind of a shitty friend 
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