A review by bookbooger
Alma Mater by Rita Mae Brown

lighthearted slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

I love Rubyfruit Jungle, so I wanted to like this book. It was so meh that it massively wrecked my reading streak. This book is like trying to pull a story out of an old relative who keeps getting side-tracked and shares random, unrelated updates about everyone in the town you grew up in. The core of the story was, at some points, interesting. But the delivery was meandering, long-winded, and sporadic. I don’t need to be reminded every five pages about how beautiful the protagonist is—get back to the story!