I read some, then skimmed some and then read the ending, and I do think Alderton did something really interesting here, but I just couldn't force myself through the incredibly depressing part to read the book as a whole.
Also, as with another book I read that was set right before lockdown, I found myself worrying about how the characters would manage with this horrible new challenge in front of them. Why do authors do this?!
#BookSpinBingo
pickSuper interesting to read about a break-up from the male perspective of a woman writer. To be in a similar stage of life I appreciated the honesty.
pickStruggling with how to rate this book. It's centered around a breakup, told 90% from the male perspective and his rollercoaster journey of how he dealt w/it. The writing was great. The subject was largely uninteresting to me personally. I have read multiple books from the female perspective of a breakup, so it was nice to have this out there choosing to tell the story in a different way-I don't think most guys are as emotionally 'woke' as him🤷♀️
pickPut this on library hold months ago - maybe I read a terrific review here? Was it on the #ToB_LongList? I admit, I was not fond of whiny broken-hearted Andy for the first quarter of the book, so I decided to read the ending (helped by someone who said we hear HER side of the story). Doing so entertained a conversation in my head of this book with both Liars and The Book of George.
#MenAndtheWomenWhoPutUpWithThem?
#ApplePie #FishPie #LitPie
eBooking this; said YES to it and took a few days to start and now have only a few days left on my library loan. It just feels far,far away from our current lives of watching the US govt/stuff becoming dismantled. #guygetsdumpedandfeelsSad #boohoohoo
pickFunny and very emotional essays about Whitney's life.
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so-soMaybe it's an "it's not you; it's me" situation, but I never really got into this novel. I laughed a few times, but it doesn't feel like "good material," I can't imagine it being a funny comedy show, and the MC---a man---doesn't read like a man to me. I finished it, so I didn't dislike it, I just didn't love it, either. A #tob25 longlist title that I don't mind not making the shortlist.
