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A review by talimullins
Adult Assembly Required by Abbi Waxman
3.0
Finally finished this up for November book club. Which is meeting Monday.
Laura has moved from NYC to LA to pursue a master's degree and ends up finding a new, welcoming group of weirdos who become like family as well.
I really liked Nina Hill, so when I saw this was a sequel of sorts, I was excited and snatched it off the shelves of our new bookstore at their soft opening. Y'all, I'm disappointed. I don't remember Nina having an omniscient narrator like this (though its been over two years since I read it) and it was so jarring to be taken back and forth between characters, sometimes jumped around the room every paragraph. Though the animals' thoughts were amusing.
The narrator, and sort of the characters, were so pleased with themselves and how damn quirky they were. It was almost too much. I liked Polly and Nina and kept reading to see more of them, but Laura is not like other girls, you guys! She's tall! She's beautiful but doesn't know it! She plays basketball BUT ONLY CALLS IT HOOPS! She likes sports and is incredibly knowledgeable about it! She has these odd mental images she does about her muscles (which...ok?)! She's passionate about her work! She has a family that doesn't get her! Her traumatic accident makes it hard for her to do stuff!
Laura has moved from NYC to LA to pursue a master's degree and ends up finding a new, welcoming group of weirdos who become like family as well.
I really liked Nina Hill, so when I saw this was a sequel of sorts, I was excited and snatched it off the shelves of our new bookstore at their soft opening. Y'all, I'm disappointed. I don't remember Nina having an omniscient narrator like this (though its been over two years since I read it) and it was so jarring to be taken back and forth between characters, sometimes jumped around the room every paragraph. Though the animals' thoughts were amusing.
The narrator, and sort of the characters, were so pleased with themselves and how damn quirky they were. It was almost too much. I liked Polly and Nina and kept reading to see more of them, but Laura is not like other girls, you guys! She's tall! She's beautiful but doesn't know it! She plays basketball BUT ONLY CALLS IT HOOPS! She likes sports and is incredibly knowledgeable about it! She has these odd mental images she does about her muscles (which...ok?)! She's passionate about her work! She has a family that doesn't get her! Her traumatic accident makes it hard for her to do stuff!