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A review by brandidean
Never Have I Ever: My Life (So Far) Without a Date by Katie Heaney
3.0
I think I heard about this in some magazine review or something, and instantly wanted to read it, because I figured this girl and I had to have something in common. I didn't like it as much as I'd hoped, and I don't feel like I've really found a kindred spirit in Katie. In some parts she just came across as incredibly self absorbed (admittedly easy to do in a 25-year-old's memoir). And other parts made me suspect a big reason she's still single is because she's incredibly judgmental (the online dating chapters come to mind).
But I did really like what she had to say about how being steadily single had actually given her more confidence in herself and her own capabilities and opinions. And there were a couple of spots where she talked about how she just doesn't get how people accustomed to dating think there's some intrinsic value to dating, even if it's with someone you don't really like. Totally, completely with her on that. Why go to all that effort to spend time with someone you don't love being with? Surely that's related to the divorce rate somehow?
Anyway. Not my favorite book ever, and, though it's unfair and goes against the entire premise of the book, I admit it did feel like it needed to end with her having found The One. Or, it didn't have to be that, but more of a take away or lesson learned than was there. But it's not a complete waste of time, either. There are several sections I'd like to read verbatim to friends who just don't get it.
But I did really like what she had to say about how being steadily single had actually given her more confidence in herself and her own capabilities and opinions. And there were a couple of spots where she talked about how she just doesn't get how people accustomed to dating think there's some intrinsic value to dating, even if it's with someone you don't really like. Totally, completely with her on that. Why go to all that effort to spend time with someone you don't love being with? Surely that's related to the divorce rate somehow?
Anyway. Not my favorite book ever, and, though it's unfair and goes against the entire premise of the book, I admit it did feel like it needed to end with her having found The One. Or, it didn't have to be that, but more of a take away or lesson learned than was there. But it's not a complete waste of time, either. There are several sections I'd like to read verbatim to friends who just don't get it.