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A review by dobbsthedog
The New Town Librarian by Kathy Anderson
Did not finish book. Stopped at 25%.
Received from NetGalley, thanks!
DNFed at 25%
The part of this book that I made it through was not good. I don’t know if the MC gets better as the book progresses, but she was absolutely awful in this first quarter. She thinks she’s better than everyone else, is disparaging towards mental health, cancer, children, deli workers, etc. Like, it makes a point of saying what she talked to her sisters about, both of whom are apparently hypochondriacs, and it was basically that she got them all riled up and freaking out and then she hung up. But she’s also a hypochondriac, because she always thinks about death. Sorry, what???
She is just a very unlikeable character, despite folks in her new small town being nice and friendly, she was constantly thinking mean things about them. I tried really hard to keep going, as I thought maybe she would have a redemption arc, but it was just too much, I couldn’t go on.
Also, the author uses the word thug a lot, which isn’t okay. Overall, the book had a very un-self aware sort of vibe. I don’t even quite know how to describe it? It was all rather cringey…
DNFed at 25%
The part of this book that I made it through was not good. I don’t know if the MC gets better as the book progresses, but she was absolutely awful in this first quarter. She thinks she’s better than everyone else, is disparaging towards mental health, cancer, children, deli workers, etc. Like, it makes a point of saying what she talked to her sisters about, both of whom are apparently hypochondriacs, and it was basically that she got them all riled up and freaking out and then she hung up. But she’s also a hypochondriac, because she always thinks about death. Sorry, what???
She is just a very unlikeable character, despite folks in her new small town being nice and friendly, she was constantly thinking mean things about them. I tried really hard to keep going, as I thought maybe she would have a redemption arc, but it was just too much, I couldn’t go on.
Also, the author uses the word thug a lot, which isn’t okay. Overall, the book had a very un-self aware sort of vibe. I don’t even quite know how to describe it? It was all rather cringey…