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The Roxy Letters
by Mary Pauline Lowry
In fairness, this book is probably more of a two and half, but I rounded it up because it was a silly, fluffy little read, which was enjoyable, and it was also exactly what I expected it to be. It’s been compared to “Bridget Jones”, and I can sort of see it: the two main characters are hot messes who struggle with adulting and communicating their needs.
Roxy is in her mid-twenties, works at the deli counter of her local Whole Foods and she is letting an ex-boyfriend, Everett, rent the guest room in her house to help her pay the mortgage and look after her pets. But she has a hard time reaching Everett, so she begins to leave him these notes on the kitchen counter. Eventually, the notes almost become a journal that she needs for more than simply asking him for rent or to give the dog his insulin shot: the notes become a way for her to make sense of events that unfold over the course of a few months during which she makes a new friend, shakes up her dating life and decides to take down “the man” – which in this case is a Lululemon franchise.
It's a rather funny/cringey and predictable story of “girl stuck in a rut discovers happiness and love after some shenanigans rock her boat”. Roxy is an insufferable character, but I knew that going in. She has zero self-awareness for a very long time, and while she is frank and candid, she is also thoughtless and selfish. But when she begins to work on herself and grow, and especially when she starts paying attention to how her actions impact those around her, I went from wanting to punch her to simply rolling my eyes fondly. There’s a good heart in that silly New Agey lunatic, and when she stops being self-centered, it really glows.
Cute, quick read. I appreciate the main character’s commitment to childlessness just because she doesn’t want children (as opposed to some dramatic justification of that choice), because I’d love to see that being normalized in pop culture.
Roxy is in her mid-twenties, works at the deli counter of her local Whole Foods and she is letting an ex-boyfriend, Everett, rent the guest room in her house to help her pay the mortgage and look after her pets. But she has a hard time reaching Everett, so she begins to leave him these notes on the kitchen counter. Eventually, the notes almost become a journal that she needs for more than simply asking him for rent or to give the dog his insulin shot: the notes become a way for her to make sense of events that unfold over the course of a few months during which she makes a new friend, shakes up her dating life and decides to take down “the man” – which in this case is a Lululemon franchise.
It's a rather funny/cringey and predictable story of “girl stuck in a rut discovers happiness and love after some shenanigans rock her boat”. Roxy is an insufferable character, but I knew that going in. She has zero self-awareness for a very long time, and while she is frank and candid, she is also thoughtless and selfish. But when she begins to work on herself and grow, and especially when she starts paying attention to how her actions impact those around her, I went from wanting to punch her to simply rolling my eyes fondly. There’s a good heart in that silly New Agey lunatic, and when she stops being self-centered, it really glows.
Cute, quick read. I appreciate the main character’s commitment to childlessness just because she doesn’t want children (as opposed to some dramatic justification of that choice), because I’d love to see that being normalized in pop culture.