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A review by zenarae
Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler
2.0
I tried. I really did. I thought the first chapter was overwrought and unbearably pretentious, but I thought, "maybe it gets better, or at the very least I'll get sucked in and the pretension will begin to wash over me and I'll accept it all." So I read another chapter. And another. And then I just couldn't anymore. The combination of writing style and character voice just grated on me, and I eventually gave up and just skimmed the rest of the book, finally reading the last chapter, at which point I almost threw the book across the room, because seriously?!? That's why you broke up? This entire book was leading up to that? UGH.
This might just be an example of me not being the target audience whatsoever, and for once, being completely incapable of putting myself in the proper shoes. But this book left me both bored and enraged, and I would not recommend it.
This might just be an example of me not being the target audience whatsoever, and for once, being completely incapable of putting myself in the proper shoes. But this book left me both bored and enraged, and I would not recommend it.