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A review by tashreadsbc
The Answers by Catherine Lacey
challenging
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
The Answers by Catherine Lacey
This asks so many interesting questions about love, fate, choice, self control. I was obsessed with this one. Her writing is beautiful.
I did prefer the one narrator, not liking as much as it bounced from POV to POV, but it was still good and very effective. Loved Mary, but Ashley made me laugh, she was a character that stood out.
It's got a speculative element with this girlfriend experiment, and while I don't like science in a book, I love the questions the genre brings up.
My first 5 star of 2025, well deserved. If you like literary fiction, centered around women, asking questions about how to love, how we exist, what we give up in relationships, I think you should read this.
The best part is that I feel it handles a lot of topics, and its the kind of book you can take your own opinions from. The end left me with more questions than answers, but that didn't affect my enjoyment.
I was tabbing like crazy for this one. I had to try and limit myself to not underline whole sections.
5/5 obvs
This asks so many interesting questions about love, fate, choice, self control. I was obsessed with this one. Her writing is beautiful.
I did prefer the one narrator, not liking as much as it bounced from POV to POV, but it was still good and very effective. Loved Mary, but Ashley made me laugh, she was a character that stood out.
It's got a speculative element with this girlfriend experiment, and while I don't like science in a book, I love the questions the genre brings up.
My first 5 star of 2025, well deserved. If you like literary fiction, centered around women, asking questions about how to love, how we exist, what we give up in relationships, I think you should read this.
The best part is that I feel it handles a lot of topics, and its the kind of book you can take your own opinions from. The end left me with more questions than answers, but that didn't affect my enjoyment.
I was tabbing like crazy for this one. I had to try and limit myself to not underline whole sections.
5/5 obvs