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Milostné pletky Nathaniela P. by Adelle Waldman

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This book was terrible. If I was describing it to friends I would say "Zero out of 10, do not recommend." Although I am normally a binge reader, I often had to take 20 minute breaks between chapters because Nathaniel P was such a despicable character. He's extremely misogynistic and justifies by thinking 'I'm a feminist. If I have these misogynist thoughts, it's not because I'm misogynist, it's because that's how women really are' as if he's some sort of enlightened God that women should just want to please. The book runs through all his failed relationships past present and future throughout the longer thread of his only relationship with a girl who satisfies his intellectual needs, but in the end he convinces himself she is neurotic and clingy like everyone else, although she is definitively not. In the end, you have to conclude that he likes having a high maintenance hot chick who is wild in bed, smart but not smart enough to challenge him, and demanding in a way that keeps him coming back. As the reader, I have to ask - is this what the thoughts of men are really like? If so, I will be single forever. If there was any thing to be learned, it was from Hannah and Aurit - never settle, and never let a guy make you think you're acting crazy.

P.S. I was really disappointed.