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Never Have I Ever: My Life (So Far) Without a Date
by Katie Heaney
I really enjoyed this - in so many ways it felt like reading about myself growing up and I laughed and facepalmed accordingly because I was that girl who wrote embarrassingly in her diary about boys she would never speak to, or who found herself gravitating towards the 'bad girls' in the hope that they would pull her good girl self along with them, or who would make an excuse not to go to parties, etc, etc. It was amusing and also comforting to think 'actually, maybe I wasn't that weird growing up.'
There's a lot of funny moments, and some moments where you want to cringe in embarrassment but the author was very likeable and even when you think 'but there's more out there than finding a boyfriend!!!' you realise that she gets that - she does and that keeps it from being a book where you want to reach through the pages and strangle her.
The style is very conversational and that worked for me, but I think some people will find it irritating. It jumps around a wee bit, but again, that didn't bother me and although I did find that it did drag a little towards the end, there are a lot of good moments and a lot of really nice insights. I think most women would enjoy it as a light read - whether you're a lighthouse or a Bermuda Triangle in the dating world.
There's a lot of funny moments, and some moments where you want to cringe in embarrassment but the author was very likeable and even when you think 'but there's more out there than finding a boyfriend!!!' you realise that she gets that - she does and that keeps it from being a book where you want to reach through the pages and strangle her.
The style is very conversational and that worked for me, but I think some people will find it irritating. It jumps around a wee bit, but again, that didn't bother me and although I did find that it did drag a little towards the end, there are a lot of good moments and a lot of really nice insights. I think most women would enjoy it as a light read - whether you're a lighthouse or a Bermuda Triangle in the dating world.