t0ast_and_t3a 's review for:

Ghosts by Dolly Alderton

3.0

emotional reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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A dry-humored comedy about love and dating and relationships as experienced from your 30s. What I liked about this was how relatable and honest it was—but the protagonist fell a bit flat for me at times. She was a food writer, but there was very little relationship with food. Her relationship with people in general was all over the place—yes, I understand that was the point, but her relationship with herself was the harshest, and it wasn’t really resolved so much as it was magical fixed by the end. Maybe that’s how it happens for people, but as a woman who struggled with accepting herself for years, this missed the mark for me.

I did like how she was able to finally say her piece in the end, but it wasn’t said with the wrong person. And in the end, I didn’t understand what the relationship with her neighbor added to the story at all. 

Overall, it was a good story with good themes, but it wasn’t a bit too long and dragged pace-wise at places.