chicagobooknerd 's review for:

Marrying the Ketchups by Jennifer Close

3.0

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Goodreads really needs to update its app to allow partial stars- this was more a 3.75 than 3. The writing and premise were excellent. I liked how the author goes into each character’s thoughts. She does a great job with laying out what 2016 felt like. My beef with the book was it didn’t go enough - I felt like the author just scratched the skin and could have delved deeper into certain areas. As another reviewer mentioned, it was like “The most fun we ever had” but I didn’t connect with the characters as much. But book wasn’t a bad read- just not as gripping as I’d like