A review by lurker_stalker
Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth

3.0

I think my expectations were waaaay too high for this one. I don't know. I mostly sort of enjoyed the book but could have probably done completely without the contemporary component. I mean, it seemed overly long and I just don't get the point of spending so much time in the current era with the movie. And soooo many characters and twists. It was really too many for me.

I read the ebook and listened to the audiobook, sometimes together. Which reminds me about how much the footnotes irritated me. Having to tap and have the footnote pop up was irritating and the reading of the instagram posts in the audiobook - ugh. I know it sounds petty but there were so many.

I'm not sure if the time spent was worth the payoff for me.

We picked Plain Bad Heroines as the March book on Cocktail Hour and I'm excited to discuss it with Andy and Colette.