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A review by starbeans
How to Fall Out of Love Madly by Jana Casale
3.0
Annie and Joy are two (best?) friends living together. They’re each unhappy in their own way — Annie in her relationship, Joy with herself and the fact that she’s single. Enter Theo, their new roommate, and someone Joy falls hard and fast for. Everything is domestic bliss, with Annie moving out and leaving Joy and Theo to it, until Theo brings home Celine, his seemingly perfect new girlfriend. It’s a novel about women, women’s perceptions of themselves and of love, and the urge to be loved (by a man, specifically).
Every woman mentioned in this book is somehow miserable. And I mean every single one. From Joy to Annie to Celine to Myriel to Patricia to Beth to Erin to even Kathi, to all of their mentioned mothers. Except maybe for Joy’s aunt, who seems fine. I liked that the stories it tells are relatable to some degree, it might make one reflect about falling into certain relationship patterns. Personally, I’d have loved to see at least one example of someone not shrinking herself to fit a man’s needs in one way or another — before the end of the book.
Every woman mentioned in this book is somehow miserable. And I mean every single one. From Joy to Annie to Celine to Myriel to Patricia to Beth to Erin to even Kathi, to all of their mentioned mothers. Except maybe for Joy’s aunt, who seems fine. I liked that the stories it tells are relatable to some degree, it might make one reflect about falling into certain relationship patterns. Personally, I’d have loved to see at least one example of someone not shrinking herself to fit a man’s needs in one way or another — before the end of the book.
Content Warnings
Minor: Sexual assault