A review by lbarsk
Modern Lovers by Emma Straub

5.0

I was skeptical at first but then had SUCH a good time reading this. It’s an AWESOME “post-marriage plot, where are their lives now” musing on aging and the development of relationships over time and midlife crises. Plus the Ditmas Park setting was just perfect and so, so fun to visualize.

Basically it’s like... the Actually Good version of Eugenides’ “The Marriage Plot” and Emma Straub should be congratulating herself every single day. Plus, a lesbian relationship IT’S LIT