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A review by redhdlibrarian
The Last Book Party by Karen Dukess
1.0
I bumped this book to the top of my TBR pile after I read a Twitter review stating it was a book they couldn't out down, finished in one sitting and highly recommended reading it. I do not recall if it was s sponsored post or one from a fellow Librarian, but I wish I had left it on the bottom of my TBR pile.
The protagonist was very immature, judged adults circling within her life, judged her parents, judged her peers, and ultimately suffering no repercussions from her actions yet stating she had to leave town to start over. She made internal comments on how her parents lived boring lives or that she would have made a better decision given the chance. She judged her employer's wife for what she chose to write about and how she chose to liver her life, while sleeping with her employer!
Ultimately, this is a short book about an immature girl who works as an editor/secretary/research assistant helping others write because she won't write unless it is easy. She works the bare minimum while judging the decisions of the adults around her without offering assistance or input. She then begins an affair with her employer and leaves town in the end to "start over" even thought the affair was never made public, her parents never found out, and she suffered no repercussions. The adults within the book suffered repercussions from their actions but she never did. She continued life as is and still somehow in the end has a romantic interest.
Would not recommend. It was, however, a quick read and could be finished within one sitting or one afternoon.
The protagonist was very immature, judged adults circling within her life, judged her parents, judged her peers, and ultimately suffering no repercussions from her actions yet stating she had to leave town to start over. She made internal comments on how her parents lived boring lives or that she would have made a better decision given the chance. She judged her employer's wife for what she chose to write about and how she chose to liver her life, while sleeping with her employer!
Ultimately, this is a short book about an immature girl who works as an editor/secretary/research assistant helping others write because she won't write unless it is easy. She works the bare minimum while judging the decisions of the adults around her without offering assistance or input. She then begins an affair with her employer and leaves town in the end to "start over" even thought the affair was never made public, her parents never found out, and she suffered no repercussions. The adults within the book suffered repercussions from their actions but she never did. She continued life as is and still somehow in the end has a romantic interest.
Would not recommend. It was, however, a quick read and could be finished within one sitting or one afternoon.