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thatonereader_'s review
emotional
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
zefrien's review
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
eline_lovelyaudiobooks's review
4.0
I listened to the audiobook which is free in the Audible Romance Package and narrated by one of my absolute favorite narrators, Angela Rysk.
Going by some of the other comments, I think it's best to go into this story thinking of Bojack Horseman. I can't elaborate further, because spoilers. But... just keep Bojack in mind.
With that and the fantastic narration, I was very well entertained and would absolutely recommend this audiobook to anyone who's looking for a short, quirky story :-)
Going by some of the other comments, I think it's best to go into this story thinking of Bojack Horseman. I can't elaborate further, because spoilers. But... just keep Bojack in mind.
With that and the fantastic narration, I was very well entertained and would absolutely recommend this audiobook to anyone who's looking for a short, quirky story :-)
lsnack's review
5.0
I found this new take on the Adam and Eve story very interesting. I was glad Eve realized that she wasn’t happy with her life and chose to do something about it. Lilith doesn’t seem to be evil at all. She is more misunderstood and is just looking for love. I listened to this audiobook I enjoyed the story very much
corrie's review
4.0
Well... this is certainly different :-)
When Eve first meets Lilith on that park bench I was like ….erhm.. what?!. Took be a bit to digest that fact, but I trust Eliza Andrews enough to know she will give me an interesting story. And it was. It was quirky and different and it had beautiful lines.
Never has Adam had enough of her. It wasn’t enough for him that she was young and nubile; he wanted her thinner, smaller everywhere. He’d tried to play off his disappointment the first time they laid together, pinching her side like he was flirting and saying only, “Chubby bunny.”
Eve should’ve known then, but the comment only triggered insecurity, triggered that Catholic guilt that wanted only to please, please, please. She tried to make him happier, thinking his “happier” would come once she lost the weight, or got the promotion, or ironed his dress shirts. She starved herself in more ways than one, becoming less herself even as he demanded more. Never has he had enough of her.
She consented to marriage, even though she hadn’t felt herself ready. And once they married, she consented to children before she really wanted them — he argued that he was older and he worried he would be too old to enjoy them as they grew.
Never has he had enough of her, because it wasn’t enough simply to bear his progeny; no, he wanted her to give up her career and stay at home with the boys full-time. So she starved herself a little more, reduced herself until she fit the mold of his perfect suburban housewife. And even though she gave so much to him, he slowly stopped giving her anything except his money. His time and energy and attention fell into a black hole he called “work;” what affection he had left over at the end of each long day was reserved for his boys and not for his wife.
He has given Eve a well-built roof above a well-built house, a good school district, a green minivan. But Eve has given Adam so much more in return. Because she has given her self. So much of herself that by the time she met Lilith in the city park one fall morning, there was only a sliver of her left.
f/.. hmmmm… this is a tricky one ;-)
Themes: re-telling, biblical, an apple a day keeps the doctor away, different but very good.
4 stars
When Eve first meets Lilith on that park bench I was like ….erhm.. what?!. Took be a bit to digest that fact, but I trust Eliza Andrews enough to know she will give me an interesting story. And it was. It was quirky and different and it had beautiful lines.
Never has Adam had enough of her. It wasn’t enough for him that she was young and nubile; he wanted her thinner, smaller everywhere. He’d tried to play off his disappointment the first time they laid together, pinching her side like he was flirting and saying only, “Chubby bunny.”
Eve should’ve known then, but the comment only triggered insecurity, triggered that Catholic guilt that wanted only to please, please, please. She tried to make him happier, thinking his “happier” would come once she lost the weight, or got the promotion, or ironed his dress shirts. She starved herself in more ways than one, becoming less herself even as he demanded more. Never has he had enough of her.
She consented to marriage, even though she hadn’t felt herself ready. And once they married, she consented to children before she really wanted them — he argued that he was older and he worried he would be too old to enjoy them as they grew.
Never has he had enough of her, because it wasn’t enough simply to bear his progeny; no, he wanted her to give up her career and stay at home with the boys full-time. So she starved herself a little more, reduced herself until she fit the mold of his perfect suburban housewife. And even though she gave so much to him, he slowly stopped giving her anything except his money. His time and energy and attention fell into a black hole he called “work;” what affection he had left over at the end of each long day was reserved for his boys and not for his wife.
He has given Eve a well-built roof above a well-built house, a good school district, a green minivan. But Eve has given Adam so much more in return. Because she has given her self. So much of herself that by the time she met Lilith in the city park one fall morning, there was only a sliver of her left.
f/.. hmmmm… this is a tricky one ;-)
Themes: re-telling, biblical, an apple a day keeps the doctor away, different but very good.
4 stars
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