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A review by sydreadslots
Rachel Weiss's Group Chat by Lauren Appelbaum
3.0
This humor reminded me of Georgia from angus thongs and full frontal snogging which I loved as a teen. Brash, sexual humor and a wild and somewhat self centered protagonist but besides the first few chapters where I felt it was a little forced I really enjoyed this character.
It’s a pride and prejudice retelling and for the most part I like it! But it felt a little rushed at time as we sped through a year in the life and some plot points (like the #metoo movement) felt totally out of the blue. I didn’t like the mom’s character at all, her dramatics at first felt funny but then they kept escalating until I stopped enjoying them. This novel straddled the line between serious topics like climate change and diversity and the me too movement and over the top humor and they just didn’t full gel together in my mind.
It’s a pride and prejudice retelling and for the most part I like it! But it felt a little rushed at time as we sped through a year in the life and some plot points (like the #metoo movement) felt totally out of the blue. I didn’t like the mom’s character at all, her dramatics at first felt funny but then they kept escalating until I stopped enjoying them. This novel straddled the line between serious topics like climate change and diversity and the me too movement and over the top humor and they just didn’t full gel together in my mind.