A review by aasplund
Don't I Know You? by Marni Jackson

2.0

Where do I even start?!
It's a fun idea - celebrity cameos throughout someone's life. The first few chapters were really well done and really amusing (and this might be because I didn't know or care much about the celebrities in the beginning). But those final chapters killed me. Bob Dylan spending the summer at their lake house? Van Morrison drives public transportation and doesn't have a scheduled route? Leonard Cohen operates an ice cream truck? Also, the T. Swift and Leonard Cohen camping trip was far more than I could handle and ended the book on a bad note - it took things way too far and was way too bizarre.
Also, the characterization left a lot to be desired. It's got to be difficult to write about characters who actually exist, but still... All the characters felt like they were being written to be so absurd and unique that they'd be charming, which doesn't work when you're trying as hard as Marni Jackson was.
Overall, fun idea. Poorly executed and awful awful characterization.