A review by bgoodbookclub
American Mermaid by Julia Langbein

Did not finish book. Stopped at 43%.
This book is a tricky one on audio if you tend to zone out like I do. The book flip flops back and forth between Penny's life and the storyline of Sylvia in Penny's book. The first time it did this, I was like WHAT is going on? I was also really not interested in the plot of the book that Penny wrote so I really wanted to fast forward through those chapters. Because the Penny's book is every other chapter, you're basically reading two books at once which is a lot at once.

I think I've determined that I'm not smart enough to enjoy satirical books. All of the reviews I read either loved or hated the satirical parts and I think they just annoy me. Also basically every character is extremely annoying and unlikeable.

The actual premise of this book is a good idea, I just think it wasn't executed very well.
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