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3.22 AVERAGE
3.22 AVERAGE
3.5
Apparently 3.5 is my new favorite Goodreads score...
Frankly, I was a bit embarrassed about the whole thing. Picking up my ex-boyfriend for comfort, like a nubby old blanket. Only women who were babies did things like that. I had always prided myself on not being a baby-woman. In fact, I wasn't a baby even when I was an actual baby. My first full sentence, when I was eighteen months old, was "Don't pick me up." I have always been little and cute, my whole life; my whole life people have wanted to pick me up and cradle me and treat me like an idiot" (260).
Apparently 3.5 is my new favorite Goodreads score...
Frankly, I was a bit embarrassed about the whole thing. Picking up my ex-boyfriend for comfort, like a nubby old blanket. Only women who were babies did things like that. I had always prided myself on not being a baby-woman. In fact, I wasn't a baby even when I was an actual baby. My first full sentence, when I was eighteen months old, was "Don't pick me up." I have always been little and cute, my whole life; my whole life people have wanted to pick me up and cradle me and treat me like an idiot" (260).
This is everything I love in a book. Literary. Kind of bananas. A little bit of romance.
"It is a plot that could be—that should be—unbearably twee, oppressively quirky, in love with its own melancholy. Instead, Bonnaffons' (The Wrong Heaven, 2018) first full-length novel is a rare pleasure: a philosophical rom-com too weird, too bodily, too precise, too fun to get bogged down in trembling sentiment. Deep and deeply funny." -Kirkus
Genre: Literary fiction; Love stories; Surrealist fiction
Character: Well-developed
Storyline: Character-driven
Tone: Bittersweet; Explicit; Funny; Romantic
Writing Style: Candid; Lyrical; Well-crafted dialogue
"It is a plot that could be—that should be—unbearably twee, oppressively quirky, in love with its own melancholy. Instead, Bonnaffons' (The Wrong Heaven, 2018) first full-length novel is a rare pleasure: a philosophical rom-com too weird, too bodily, too precise, too fun to get bogged down in trembling sentiment. Deep and deeply funny." -Kirkus
Genre: Literary fiction; Love stories; Surrealist fiction
Character: Well-developed
Storyline: Character-driven
Tone: Bittersweet; Explicit; Funny; Romantic
Writing Style: Candid; Lyrical; Well-crafted dialogue
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This was a weird one with lots of sex but also fascinating and compelling.
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
I would've rated this lower but the last section of the book really brought things together. As a love story this would be terrible but I think there's something metaphorical to be read here.
dark
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
I wish this book was better than what it was...like maybe a bit more existential and a lot less horny.