A review by jeremiglio
Olive by Emma Gannon

2.0

I wanted to like this, mostly because women who are childfree by choice are massively underrepresented in fiction. Unfortunately, it's just too poorly written to be enjoyable. No single conversation in this book feels natural or believable, every character's voice is the same, and the author's agenda is transparently and lazily shoehorned in at awkward moments. The whole thing exudes an air of bitterness. Plus - I love an unlikeable main character, but with this one I felt I was supposed to like her and I just didn't. You couldn't pay me to be Olive's friend, and I sort of wish I hadn't made her acquaintance at all.