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A review by mattypallett
I Was Told There'd Be Cake by Sloane Crosley
reflective
slow-paced
2.25
I’m not familiar with Sloane Crosley so perhaps she’s famous for something and i’m just in the dark, but I’m struggling to understand how anything I read in this book was worthy of release. Each story was fine, but wholly unremarkable.
The stories themselves aren’t terrible but they just feel like the kind of stories you’ll hear from someone who’s cornered you at a party and won’t let you leave. I feel like an attempt was made at a Nora Ephron/Carrie Bradshaw-esque style which I don’t believe was pulled off successfully; the book lacked the humour or the sharp observation skills of the aforementioned women.
I feel harsh giving this such a tough score since it really wasn’t awful, but it was just so ‘nothing’.
The stories themselves aren’t terrible but they just feel like the kind of stories you’ll hear from someone who’s cornered you at a party and won’t let you leave. I feel like an attempt was made at a Nora Ephron/Carrie Bradshaw-esque style which I don’t believe was pulled off successfully; the book lacked the humour or the sharp observation skills of the aforementioned women.
I feel harsh giving this such a tough score since it really wasn’t awful, but it was just so ‘nothing’.