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lighthearted
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emotional
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
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emotional
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emotional
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For fans of the Welcome to Night Vale podcast, Joseph Fink and Meg Bashwinner are names that would stand out to you.
This book tells their love story of the first ten years of knowing each other from the time they met up to now in alternating chapters told from their perspectives
I knew this book was going to be interesting, but I wasn’t prepared for how well this was written and how very intimate this look was into their lives from fears, goals, all the problems that come from growing from your 20’s through your 30’s and living in a committed monogamous relationship. What really stood out to me was how honest and unflinching real relationships are all the way through marriage and beyond. If you’re a fan of Night Vale or not there’s something for everyone to take home here.
This book tells their love story of the first ten years of knowing each other from the time they met up to now in alternating chapters told from their perspectives
I knew this book was going to be interesting, but I wasn’t prepared for how well this was written and how very intimate this look was into their lives from fears, goals, all the problems that come from growing from your 20’s through your 30’s and living in a committed monogamous relationship. What really stood out to me was how honest and unflinching real relationships are all the way through marriage and beyond. If you’re a fan of Night Vale or not there’s something for everyone to take home here.
reflective
slow-paced
This really didn't land for me. I probably should have DNFed it. I thought it was a really cool concept and the first hour or so was quirky and funny, but it got tiresome for me pretty quickly. It turns out this book is exactly what it says on the tin: two people musing about their own relationship over the course of ten entire years, and it's... kind of mundane and boring to read about another couple's life. It's possible that if I had ever been a listener of Nightvale, I might have been more invested in this. A lot of the stuff related to the first Trump regime also didn't age well, particularly reading this now in the first weeks of his second regime. It felt like an inordinate chunk of the book was taken up talking about him in a book that was supposed to be about their life and love story. Other than talking about how much they cried about it, neither of them really went into detail about how they personally were impacted by his policies, so it just felt oddly performative. The fact that they kind of smugly say at the end "at the time of this writing, neither of us have gotten our acts together to start therapy" after detailing their respective mental breakdowns really sealed the deal on this being a bit of a self-indulgent yikes.
medium-paced
A fantastic and realistic look into the beginning of a relationship in its early years. Seeing the growth and acceptance of another person through so much makes an excellent book.
REVIEW
3.5 stars!
✨ I’m not usually a nonfiction girl but I liked this book!
✨ The concept itself was brilliant. A love story from both perspectives. I think getting the inside scoop on an actual relationship was super interesting, but definitely a lot different than my silly little romcoms that have little to no issues.
✨ At parts I felt it drug on a bit & was repetitive, but I can appreciate that that’s the reality of a real relationship.
✨ initially 3 stars but bumped it up to 3.5 bc they have the cutest baby ever
3.5 stars!
✨ I’m not usually a nonfiction girl but I liked this book!
✨ The concept itself was brilliant. A love story from both perspectives. I think getting the inside scoop on an actual relationship was super interesting, but definitely a lot different than my silly little romcoms that have little to no issues.
✨ At parts I felt it drug on a bit & was repetitive, but I can appreciate that that’s the reality of a real relationship.
✨ initially 3 stars but bumped it up to 3.5 bc they have the cutest baby ever