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A review by nicoleswiggard
Just Last Night by Mhairi McFarlane
5.0
i read a lot of romance. i know the formulas. i open every first page knowing full well what to expect. i have a rough outline of the plot drawn out in my head, and for the most part, that outline is perfectly accurate, if missing a detail or two.
somehow, this book has evaded every one of my predictions. i found myself gasping (aloud) at reveals. not one thing in this book was plotted in my rough outline. and that’s what makes it such a revelation.
it made me laugh out loud (me, in a coffee shop biting my lip over “this is turning into OJ Simpson’s search for his wife’s killer, isn’t it? i will leave no golf course or beach resort uncombed!”// alternatively: “you’re a fucking menace in polka dots, sister.”) and simultaneously it captures an image of grief and loss so sharp and nuanced that i felt it in my own chest??? and sometimes it does the two within the same page???
anyway, it’s good.
somehow, this book has evaded every one of my predictions. i found myself gasping (aloud) at reveals. not one thing in this book was plotted in my rough outline. and that’s what makes it such a revelation.
it made me laugh out loud (me, in a coffee shop biting my lip over “this is turning into OJ Simpson’s search for his wife’s killer, isn’t it? i will leave no golf course or beach resort uncombed!”// alternatively: “you’re a fucking menace in polka dots, sister.”) and simultaneously it captures an image of grief and loss so sharp and nuanced that i felt it in my own chest??? and sometimes it does the two within the same page???
anyway, it’s good.