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A review by justinerobinson
Made for Love by Alissa Nutting
funny
lighthearted
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
This book was painful for me. Tonally, I’d describe its humor as an X-rated version of the show “The Big Bang Theory,” which, unfortunately, I don’t actually think is all that funny, but I can acknowledge and respect that other people will love it.
This book had its moments, but they were few and far between. I found myself wanting the digressions to take me somewhere, to a deeper thought, but they mostly just stopped at being quirkily observational.
The writing is very much of-the-time and the world the author built is odd and original and a silly commentary on life today, so points for that.
Maybe my mistake was in listening to the audiobook; the narrator sounded like Siri, which makes sense for the premise of the book… but if you can listen to a monotonous, computer-like voice for hours and not find yourself spacing out, be proud, you must have an impressive attention span. That coupled with the train-of-thought style writing just made it difficult for me to stay focused.
In short, maybe not for my ADHD girlies, but I’m sure for someone!
This book had its moments, but they were few and far between. I found myself wanting the digressions to take me somewhere, to a deeper thought, but they mostly just stopped at being quirkily observational.
The writing is very much of-the-time and the world the author built is odd and original and a silly commentary on life today, so points for that.
Maybe my mistake was in listening to the audiobook; the narrator sounded like Siri, which makes sense for the premise of the book… but if you can listen to a monotonous, computer-like voice for hours and not find yourself spacing out, be proud, you must have an impressive attention span. That coupled with the train-of-thought style writing just made it difficult for me to stay focused.
In short, maybe not for my ADHD girlies, but I’m sure for someone!