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A review by kiaramedina
Landline by Rainbow Rowell
5.0
Originally from Oh, Read it in a Day Reviews
I wasn’t sure I was going to like this book.
Sure, I practically cried when I picked it up at Bookcon (THANK YOU LOVELY PEOPLE!!!). Sure, I almost slept with it in my arms the first night I got it. And sure, it’s Rainbow Rowell.
I love Rainbow Rowell so so much that I thought I was hyping up on something and in the end, it wasn’t going to amount to much.
But this is Rainbow, so obviously I was not disappointed.
Landline has a completely different feel from all of Rainbow’s previous novels, and yet, it still has that charming quality that I love from her books.
Georgie McCool writes comedy television with her partner in crime, Seth. She is married to Neal and has two girls.
Balancing the two is a lot harder than she thought, and sometimes, she’s a better tv writer than a mother.
Actually, she’s not much of a wife either.
As circumstances have it, Georgie has to cancel her trip to Neal’s mom’s house for Christmas because of work. Two days before they’re supposed to leave.
The result? Neal leaves with the girls. Georgie keeps working.
Has she ruined her marriage for good? When she gets a chance to somehow talk to Neal-the Neal of the past, the one she fell in love with-is this her chance to fix everything…or make it as if it had never happened?
As per usual, Rainbow had my emotions all over the place. I felt Georgie’s every struggle. I felt her weigh her decisions-cringing when they’re different from what I would’ve done. Her insecurities, her struggles, everything felt so real, I could easily believe Georgie is a real person, dealing with real life problems…with a magic phone.
When I finished it, I didn’t know I felt about it. A part of me really loved it, another part had a lot of unresolved feelings. But the more I thought about it, the more I fell in love with the book, and the more I appreciated that this book is not a cookie cutter ending. Georgie and Neal and Seth have real problems, and real problems don’t fix themselves by the time you make it to “The End.” That’s not reality, and that’s what Rainbow conveys.
Rainbow does not disappoint in this new book. She delivers exactly what she always has-a wittingly funny read that is real to the core. I cannot wait for what she brings us next.
I wasn’t sure I was going to like this book.
Sure, I practically cried when I picked it up at Bookcon (THANK YOU LOVELY PEOPLE!!!). Sure, I almost slept with it in my arms the first night I got it. And sure, it’s Rainbow Rowell.
I love Rainbow Rowell so so much that I thought I was hyping up on something and in the end, it wasn’t going to amount to much.
But this is Rainbow, so obviously I was not disappointed.
Landline has a completely different feel from all of Rainbow’s previous novels, and yet, it still has that charming quality that I love from her books.
Georgie McCool writes comedy television with her partner in crime, Seth. She is married to Neal and has two girls.
Balancing the two is a lot harder than she thought, and sometimes, she’s a better tv writer than a mother.
Actually, she’s not much of a wife either.
As circumstances have it, Georgie has to cancel her trip to Neal’s mom’s house for Christmas because of work. Two days before they’re supposed to leave.
The result? Neal leaves with the girls. Georgie keeps working.
Has she ruined her marriage for good? When she gets a chance to somehow talk to Neal-the Neal of the past, the one she fell in love with-is this her chance to fix everything…or make it as if it had never happened?
As per usual, Rainbow had my emotions all over the place. I felt Georgie’s every struggle. I felt her weigh her decisions-cringing when they’re different from what I would’ve done. Her insecurities, her struggles, everything felt so real, I could easily believe Georgie is a real person, dealing with real life problems…with a magic phone.
When I finished it, I didn’t know I felt about it. A part of me really loved it, another part had a lot of unresolved feelings. But the more I thought about it, the more I fell in love with the book, and the more I appreciated that this book is not a cookie cutter ending. Georgie and Neal and Seth have real problems, and real problems don’t fix themselves by the time you make it to “The End.” That’s not reality, and that’s what Rainbow conveys.
Rainbow does not disappoint in this new book. She delivers exactly what she always has-a wittingly funny read that is real to the core. I cannot wait for what she brings us next.