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A review by rachaelm13
The Roommate by Rosie Danan
emotional
funny
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Giving this a solid 4.25 for now! Took me forever to read cause I’ve realized I just don’t read over the summer. Happened last year with bloodmarked too. So I can’t really remember earlier parts of the book as well and if I would’ve read it faster I might have different thoughts!
But overall loved the representation about adult entertainer industry! I found at the beginning the whole good girl thing was a bit icky but finishing the book it was more for her character development, at the time I was like this feels icky and like she’s being sexualized for being “pure” but I don’t think thats what was happening? Again long time ago I don’t remember, plus that stopped as the story and characters grew!
When the characters were first thinking “I love them” I thought that was a bit soon but again I’m probably forgetting things that happened earlier. But at the same time she was there for the summer only 3 months? Soooo anyway 🤷🏻♀️ fun spicy rom com, I was in the mood when I did want to read this summer, for more real life/deep/emotional/non-fiction vibes (next read is going to be all about love by bell hooks lets goooo) so that probably also contributed to me not reading as much but I wanted to get this done first so I could finally return to the library lol
The writing was easy to read but not “childish” just had a good time reading this!
But overall loved the representation about adult entertainer industry! I found at the beginning the whole good girl thing was a bit icky but finishing the book it was more for her character development, at the time I was like this feels icky and like she’s being sexualized for being “pure” but I don’t think thats what was happening? Again long time ago I don’t remember, plus that stopped as the story and characters grew!
When the characters were first thinking “I love them” I thought that was a bit soon but again I’m probably forgetting things that happened earlier. But at the same time she was there for the summer only 3 months? Soooo anyway 🤷🏻♀️ fun spicy rom com, I was in the mood when I did want to read this summer, for more real life/deep/emotional/non-fiction vibes (next read is going to be all about love by bell hooks lets goooo) so that probably also contributed to me not reading as much but I wanted to get this done first so I could finally return to the library lol
The writing was easy to read but not “childish” just had a good time reading this!