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The Rachel Experiment
by Lisa Lin
It’s giving a touch of the ‘tism.
Rachel is a well meaning and hard working career centered woman, who is forced by her job to move from Brooklyn to San Francisco and lead a project team. This is very hard for Rachel because her whole life is in NY, but more importantly, she feels woefully inept at interacting with others, forming meaningful friendships, and being in community.
Her solution? Sleep with the hot guy from Texas who chats her up at the bar. (Which, fair. This happens after she lasts 8 seconds on a mechanical bull, we love multifaceted women)
This book was enjoyable, don’t get me wrong, but I felt like I was reading/listening passively. There were so many moments where Rachel was completely unsure how to proceed in a social situation and needed Luke’s guidance, but I didn’t find myself emotionally invested.
Luke is a hot cowboy (labor discrimination attorney) who calls his family once a week. He graduated from Stanford, and reads as the common “liberal” guy, who is trying to do his best, but still didn’t recognize his privileges. I thought the brief interludes to make him understand that he might’ve worked hard AND ALSO he’s a white man so he has more doors open to him were simply boring.
The character building was fine, I would roll my eyes at something one of the said, but at the end of the day it’s a contemporary romance novel, not the Magna Carta.
Specifically regards to the audio book. The voice actor who played Rachel was good, and I enjoyed it. I think they captured the moments of naïveté well. The voice actor, who did Luke was good, but I personally don’t like when there are accents like country, southern accents in books and movies that people need to perfect.
Extremely grateful to have received an advanced reader copy audiobook for me to share my full and honest opinions.
Rachel is a well meaning and hard working career centered woman, who is forced by her job to move from Brooklyn to San Francisco and lead a project team. This is very hard for Rachel because her whole life is in NY, but more importantly, she feels woefully inept at interacting with others, forming meaningful friendships, and being in community.
Her solution? Sleep with the hot guy from Texas who chats her up at the bar. (Which, fair. This happens after she lasts 8 seconds on a mechanical bull, we love multifaceted women)
This book was enjoyable, don’t get me wrong, but I felt like I was reading/listening passively. There were so many moments where Rachel was completely unsure how to proceed in a social situation and needed Luke’s guidance, but I didn’t find myself emotionally invested.
Luke is a hot cowboy (labor discrimination attorney) who calls his family once a week. He graduated from Stanford, and reads as the common “liberal” guy, who is trying to do his best, but still didn’t recognize his privileges. I thought the brief interludes to make him understand that he might’ve worked hard AND ALSO he’s a white man so he has more doors open to him were simply boring.
The character building was fine, I would roll my eyes at something one of the said, but at the end of the day it’s a contemporary romance novel, not the Magna Carta.
Specifically regards to the audio book. The voice actor who played Rachel was good, and I enjoyed it. I think they captured the moments of naïveté well. The voice actor, who did Luke was good, but I personally don’t like when there are accents like country, southern accents in books and movies that people need to perfect.
Extremely grateful to have received an advanced reader copy audiobook for me to share my full and honest opinions.