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A review by joannas
Must Love Books by Shauna Robinson
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4.5 ⭐️
Ok so, as many others have stated already, the summary and blurbs about this book are quite misleading. It is not a cute and lighthearted rom-com, as it deals with some pretty heavy topics.
TW: su!cide, dark thoughts, depression
I enjoyed the book, and Nora’s journey to find herself and a more fulfilling career. I’ll admit, it was kind of hard to root for her at times, because she was just lying to everybody it seemed like, but I also sympathize with her struggle with her mental health. I also think that mental health doesn’t necessarily excuse you from being a bad person (on that note, Nora’s struggles with depression were referred to as a ‘dark create’ or something like that, which can be accurate, but is also kind of dancing around the issue too). I’m glad Andrew Santos gave her lots of self-help/care books about raising her happiness scale, but that’s not enough to ‘handle’ your mental health. I am glad that Nora decided not to jump into a relationship with Andrew right away, and to focus on herself more—it was a great message about finding yourself first, and then your partner. Andrew was super understanding and sweet, and he was a great fit (I kinda wish this actually was more of a rom-com but oh well)
As for the commentary about jobs (do dream jobs even exist… nah I don’t think so!! smh capitalists), it was very spot on and helpful (as someone with NO idea what they wanna do post-undergrad). Definitely not juggle two publishing jobs at the same time and with a conflict of interest lol (also that part… bruh it SUCKS having to get a second job and that should be illegal in and of itself, but you couldn’t have chosen something ELSE? Ma’am CONFLICT of INTEREST?)
Also PS what ever happened to her roommate (did they restart watching the Great Baking Show again? Is she ok?
Ok so, as many others have stated already, the summary and blurbs about this book are quite misleading. It is not a cute and lighthearted rom-com, as it deals with some pretty heavy topics.
TW: su!cide, dark thoughts, depression
I enjoyed the book, and Nora’s journey to find herself and a more fulfilling career. I’ll admit, it was kind of hard to root for her at times, because she was just lying to everybody it seemed like, but I also sympathize with her struggle with her mental health. I also think that mental health doesn’t necessarily excuse you from being a bad person (on that note, Nora’s struggles with depression were referred to as a ‘dark create’ or something like that, which can be accurate, but is also kind of dancing around the issue too). I’m glad Andrew Santos gave her lots of self-help/care books about raising her happiness scale, but that’s not enough to ‘handle’ your mental health. I am glad that Nora decided not to jump into a relationship with Andrew right away, and to focus on herself more—it was a great message about finding yourself first, and then your partner. Andrew was super understanding and sweet, and he was a great fit (I kinda wish this actually was more of a rom-com but oh well)
As for the commentary about jobs (do dream jobs even exist… nah I don’t think so!! smh capitalists), it was very spot on and helpful (as someone with NO idea what they wanna do post-undergrad). Definitely not juggle two publishing jobs at the same time and with a conflict of interest lol (also that part… bruh it SUCKS having to get a second job and that should be illegal in and of itself, but you couldn’t have chosen something ELSE? Ma’am CONFLICT of INTEREST?)
Also PS what ever happened to her roommate (did they restart watching the Great Baking Show again? Is she ok?