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Grown-Up Pose
by Sonya Lalli
medium-paced
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Aaaaa I don’t enjoy rating low, but this was a 2 to, at the most, 2.5 for me. I didn’t even like it enough to be able to pull a quote I was drawn to! To be fair, this isn’t my usual genre and I know that buuuut as a kid I did like realistic fic a lot so I thought I’d try.
This is an adult contemporary (I wouldn’t call it a romance, though the main characters relationships are part of her journey) about 30yr old Anusha, less than a year separated from Neil and mother to 5yr old Moana-loving Kanika when we meet her. Changing her understanding/treatment of marriage/romantic relationships and motherhood is part of her journey, introducing her like this has a point. This is a woman-finding-herself story, with bits of trying new things, meeting new people, a yoga studio, etc. All fine.
The character did grow somewhat by the end and I tried to be like “okay, she’s SUPPOSED to be irritating and sooo wrong and misguided right now, learning she’s wrong will be part of the journey,” but there was just too much. I get that stumbling a lot is realistic, but Anu kept having these “revelations” and I was just sitting here raising my eyebrows because there’s only so much of “this person is trying so hard to be an adult instead of just being an adult” one can take. Maybe it would work for a different person. I’m pretty sure I’m not the right audience for this!
Anu’s relationship with her parents changing was something that was nice though. Even if I thought even that was... ridiculously slow. I did like reading nicknames like Anu and Kannu lol.
The intro scene WAS funny and I had decent hopes... but nope! Oh well.
This is an adult contemporary (I wouldn’t call it a romance, though the main characters relationships are part of her journey) about 30yr old Anusha, less than a year separated from Neil and mother to 5yr old Moana-loving Kanika when we meet her. Changing her understanding/treatment of marriage/romantic relationships and motherhood is part of her journey, introducing her like this has a point. This is a woman-finding-herself story, with bits of trying new things, meeting new people, a yoga studio, etc. All fine.
The character did grow somewhat by the end and I tried to be like “okay, she’s SUPPOSED to be irritating and sooo wrong and misguided right now, learning she’s wrong will be part of the journey,” but there was just too much. I get that stumbling a lot is realistic, but Anu kept having these “revelations” and I was just sitting here raising my eyebrows because there’s only so much of “this person is trying so hard to be an adult instead of just being an adult” one can take. Maybe it would work for a different person. I’m pretty sure I’m not the right audience for this!
Anu’s relationship with her parents changing was something that was nice though. Even if I thought even that was... ridiculously slow. I did like reading nicknames like Anu and Kannu lol.
The intro scene WAS funny and I had decent hopes... but nope! Oh well.