A review by oatmilktea
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

Did not finish book. Stopped at 29%.
For the life of me I cannot understand why others describe this book as "light-hearted". According to a review on the cover it "sparks joy with every page". Except that as soon as on page 18, there is an explicit description of sexual assault. I kept reading because I liked the writing, in general, and I thought that this had to be going somewhere.

One third in, this book still hasn't sparked joy for me. Maybe I shouldn't have heeded those short blurb-reviews and instead looked up the TWs first (I'm new on StoryGraph, so it didn't occur to me).

Now that I've decided to DNF it, I looked up some critical reviews (from people who gave it 2-3 stars), and feel affirmed in my decision.
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