sbhatnag 's review for:

Milostné pletky Nathaniela P. by Adelle Waldman

5.0

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Wow. It is almost as if Adelle Waldman crawled into the brain of every urban American male I've dated and used the data to create Nate. The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P. isnt "chick lit" - it's more "d**klit" written by a "chick". An amazing feat for sure. Hilarious (like literally laughing out loud in public places funny), smart, and sad - sometimes painful to read, maybe bc a lot of it is too familiar. In the end, he chooses the flighty one over the one who intellectually challenged him - what else is new? And I as the heterosexual single urban American female didn't feel bad or sad or really have any affection for Nate - the central character, and I never got the impression that I was supposed to. While I loved the book, my parting thoughts on Nate were - "good riddance" and doubt that he'll ever grow up.