A review by carlymd93
Milostné pletky Nathaniela P. by Adelle Waldman

3.0

An ok, entertaining enough read. I wonder how this character would have been filtered or interpreted differently by a male author. I come away from this story with my notions and experiences confirmed about men of the young (ish) dating age, and I wonder if that is because the character and story was written by a woman. In the beginning, I was expecting to think that Nate was a total d-bag right off the bat, but I didn't feel that way. My dislike for him grew over the course of the book. By the end, I was thoroughly annoyed that

Spoiler

he was with Greer for so much longer than Hannah, yet still seemed to not actually be invested, in love, or anything other than indifferent to who she was. Especially since Greer was a character of almost mystical, unattainable, poster-child like presence throughout the book.

It just bothered me. Overall, the story had a lot of problems for my taste, but I was still entertained by it.