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138 reviews
Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin
challenging
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid
adventurous
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
The best TJR I've read so far. Malibu Rising and After I Do don't hold a candle to the brilliance of this book. I didn't know I could care about tennis so much. I didn't know a book would lead me down a youtube spiral at 3am watching Venus Williams teach me different types of serves. I adored this book so wholeheartedly. I want to live inside this story longer. I found Carrie infuriating - and her father moreso. I loved this book.
After I Do by Taylor Jenkins Reid
I think what bothered me was at the end of it all, I couldn't figure out why they loved each other. The one moment I saw it was when they both reading each other's emails - petty and messed up and hilarious and something that felt really real, something that makes you and your partner fucked up in exactly the right ways for each other.
I feel like the values of marriage were there. How to make marriage work, what marriage means, what life looks like in and out of marriage. How to make a partnership work and the importance of loving each other more than hating the stupid socks on the floor. The importance of compromise. The importance of time to yourself. The importance of continuing to find each other attractive and knowing that others find your partner attractive too. So much generic (but good) advice about marriage.
But at the end of it all, why stay unless you love them. Unless they are your best friend. Unless building a life with them feels you with giddy joy because they're just so much FUN to be around. Your values align and you must work hard at your relationship - of course. But if you're going to spend a life with them, why do that unless you just love each other's company? And honestly, I went through this whole book and learned a lot about how they could improve their marriage, but not about what they just loved about each other.
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
I think what bothered me was at the end of it all, I couldn't figure out why they loved each other. The one moment I saw it was when they both reading each other's emails - petty and messed up and hilarious and something that felt really real, something that makes you and your partner fucked up in exactly the right ways for each other.
I feel like the values of marriage were there. How to make marriage work, what marriage means, what life looks like in and out of marriage. How to make a partnership work and the importance of loving each other more than hating the stupid socks on the floor. The importance of compromise. The importance of time to yourself. The importance of continuing to find each other attractive and knowing that others find your partner attractive too. So much generic (but good) advice about marriage.
But at the end of it all, why stay unless you love them. Unless they are your best friend. Unless building a life with them feels you with giddy joy because they're just so much FUN to be around. Your values align and you must work hard at your relationship - of course. But if you're going to spend a life with them, why do that unless you just love each other's company? And honestly, I went through this whole book and learned a lot about how they could improve their marriage, but not about what they just loved about each other.