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How Do You Like Me Now?
by Holly Bourne
I have mixed emotions about this book.
While the writing was terrific and the plot was promising, the idea that Tori is something of a self-help guru approaching her thirties (think if Cheryl Strayed were a self-obsessed metropolitan) and is realizing that maybe the convoluted message that you can be "brave" should have worked for me. Especially as a millennial who devours self-help books. But I just couldn't get on board with it.
The plot is poignant for a generation that is a bit too obsessed with presenting their perfect self on social media and is equally obsessed with actually becoming that perfect self in real life. It's raw and at times a little uncomfortable.
Holly Bourne's done such a wonderful job creating a female character with such depth. At first glance, Tori seems incredibly superficial and vapid, but as you read on, you learn just how complex she really is. The problem for me was that I had SUCH a difficult time reading on.
The reason I love chick-lit so much is that it's so easy to devour. In this case, it took me almost nine months to finish this book. For that reason, I can only give this book 3 stars.
While the writing was terrific and the plot was promising, the idea that Tori is something of a self-help guru approaching her thirties (think if Cheryl Strayed were a self-obsessed metropolitan) and is realizing that maybe the convoluted message that you can be "brave" should have worked for me. Especially as a millennial who devours self-help books. But I just couldn't get on board with it.
The plot is poignant for a generation that is a bit too obsessed with presenting their perfect self on social media and is equally obsessed with actually becoming that perfect self in real life. It's raw and at times a little uncomfortable.
Holly Bourne's done such a wonderful job creating a female character with such depth. At first glance, Tori seems incredibly superficial and vapid, but as you read on, you learn just how complex she really is. The problem for me was that I had SUCH a difficult time reading on.
The reason I love chick-lit so much is that it's so easy to devour. In this case, it took me almost nine months to finish this book. For that reason, I can only give this book 3 stars.