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A Very Nice Girl
A Very Nice Girl: A Novel | Imogen Crimp
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A bitingly honest, darkly funny debut about ambition, sex, power, and love, Imogen Crimp's A Very Nice Girl cracks open the timeless questions of what it is to be young, what it is to want to be wanted, and what it is to find your calling but lose your way to it. "Tender, devastating, witty. And deeply true. Sweetbitter meets Normal People.Meg Mason, author of Sorrow and Bliss Anna doesnt fit in. Not with her wealthy classmates at the selective London Conservatory where she unexpectedly wins a place after university, not with the family she left behind, and definitely not with Max, a man she meets in the bar where she sings for cash. Hes everything shes notrich, tailored to precision, impossible to readand before long Anna is hooked, desperate to hold his attention, and determined to ignore the warning signs that this might be a toxic relationship. As Anna shuttles from grueling rehearsals to brutal auditions, she finds herself torn between two conflicting desires: the drive to nurture her fledgling singing career, which requires her undivided attention, and the longing for human connection. When the stakes increase, and the roles shes playingboth on stage and offbegin to feel all-consuming, Anna must reckon with the fact that, in carefully performing whats expected of her as a woman, she risks losing sight of herself completely. Both exceedingly contemporary and classic, A Very Nice Girl reminds us that even once we have taken possession of our destinies we still have the power to set all we hold dear on fire.
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DimeryRene
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Loved this book! Something about a chaotic and self-destructive young adult who wants love and also wants to be grown up, have a career, have friends, but chooses the love above all else to her own destruction. And yet, learns from it…..

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DimeryRene
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Sweetbitter meets Luster. Oh my gosh 💕

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Well this book wasn‘t very nice. It was just okay. I wanted to shake Anna and say, when an older guy starts off negging you, it ain‘t going anywhere good. Bonus tip: he probably has a wife.

HOWEVER, when I wasn‘t reading about the banal and totally predictable relationship, I got to hang with Anna at opera school and that part was cool and different than any book I‘ve read. Still, this is a low pick #BorrowNotBuy.

Cinfhen I‘ll file it under #MaybeOneDay 😛 2y
Megabooks @Cinfhen yeah, the opera parts were interesting for sure, but not one to rush out and get. 2y
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Hooked_on_books
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Anna is an insecure opera student who starts are relationship with a confident man, but she doesn‘t let go when things start to go a little sideways. I think this book is well done and disturbing, though I wouldn‘t say I liked it per se. I suspect it will be quite polarizing. It definitely made me think.

Megabooks I‘m so tempted by this one. 2y
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thewallflower0707
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So, This was nice but it has too many similarities with #CleopatraandFrankenstein and that one was better written. I did enjoy the London setting (as always!).
It‘s about a struggling opera singer student who starts a complicated relationship with an older, more successful man.

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️, 5/5

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FelinesAndFelonies
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This is an #arc I received from a Goodreads giveaway. I had high hopes but ultimately it wasn't for me. There were stylistic choices that I felt were distracting, such as not using quotation marks. Also, detailed descriptions of opera tryouts & I felt my lack of familiarity with operas was a disadvantage. It's a modern, coming-of-age book about a young woman trying to balance the demands of her career while engaged with a wealthy older man. ⭐⭐⭐

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Lauren.Archer
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This is a tough read at times, but then that just means Imogen Crimp was writing fabulous scenes and story. Stick with this one, it will be worth it in the end

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