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The Setup by Lizzy Dent
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
This book is just not it.
This book is set over 3 summer months by the sea so it would be a good summer read if you're looking for something lighthearted. However....
The premise of this book is an interesting one though. The protagonist, Mara, let's astrology rule her life and when she's on holiday she ends up "accidentally" becoming a fortune-teller and tells this random guy that he's going to fall in love with her. But she just creates this creepy obsession with this stranger and its all just weird.
The main character is just not it. She is so tedious, frustrating and cringey. She stalks this stranger on social media and tells everybody that she's in a relationship with him. She's so obnoxious and rude about her only friend who was suffering with mental health issues after having a baby and also to her family and her flat mate Ash. She's so unlikeable, it's so frustrating!!!!
This book had so much potential but the protagonist was so unlikeable it made the book very cringey.
I felt that it ended very bluntly and there were plot lines left unfinished. It would have been great if there were a time jump at the end to show maras life a year on.
⭐⭐ 2/5
This book is set over 3 summer months by the sea so it would be a good summer read if you're looking for something lighthearted. However....
The premise of this book is an interesting one though. The protagonist, Mara, let's astrology rule her life and when she's on holiday she ends up "accidentally" becoming a fortune-teller and tells this random guy that he's going to fall in love with her. But she just creates this creepy obsession with this stranger and its all just weird.
The main character is just not it. She is so tedious, frustrating and cringey. She stalks this stranger on social media and tells everybody that she's in a relationship with him. She's so obnoxious and rude about her only friend who was suffering with mental health issues after having a baby and also to her family and her flat mate Ash. She's so unlikeable, it's so frustrating!!!!
This book had so much potential but the protagonist was so unlikeable it made the book very cringey.
I felt that it ended very bluntly and there were plot lines left unfinished. It would have been great if there were a time jump at the end to show maras life a year on.
⭐⭐ 2/5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Stalking
Minor: Mental illness and Pregnancy