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The Lost Painting: The Quest for a Caravaggio Masterpiece by Jonathan Harr
fast-paced
Thought it was fiction until like, 90% into the book. WHY is there so much information on Francesca’s personal life? She’s written like a manic-pixie art historian
Never Have I Ever: My Life (So Far) Without a Date by Katie Heaney
slow-paced
I bought this book in 2020, when I was 24 and still a virgin with almost zero dating experience, so i assumed I would be the very targeted audience for this book? It’s taken me nearly three years to get through and is more insufferable than ever. Maybe that’s because I’ve changed a lot, even though I still haven’t had a “”boyfriend,”” but I also think the description and title isn’t really indicative of what the book discusses.
Like, she had college makeouts and went to frat parties and had what seems to me like a pretty normal college experience without sex or a serious boyfriend, which happens to a lot of people.
Most egregious for me is the idea that she’d never had a date by 25…. A significant portion of this book was her talking about dates she had been on, which was annoying to me three years ago, and still annoying to me now, given the entire premise of the book.
Oh and she also says that something is the FIRST time she ever felt bad about herself - at age 24 - which is theeeeee least relatable shit I have ever heard in my life. Must be nice, though!
Like, she had college makeouts and went to frat parties and had what seems to me like a pretty normal college experience without sex or a serious boyfriend, which happens to a lot of people.
Most egregious for me is the idea that she’d never had a date by 25…. A significant portion of this book was her talking about dates she had been on, which was annoying to me three years ago, and still annoying to me now, given the entire premise of the book.
Oh and she also says that something is the FIRST time she ever felt bad about herself - at age 24 - which is theeeeee least relatable shit I have ever heard in my life. Must be nice, though!
The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter and How to Make the Most of Them Now by Meg Jay
Sucked
While We Were Dating by Jasmine Guillory
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
I was just… so bored. So bored. It was like 50% sex scenes and 50% Ben clowning for Anna, which is great, good for her, my dream!! But my god was this a toil to get through.
It could’ve been much shorter and I would’ve been marginally more satisfied, but I truly did not give a fuck whether these two ended up together or not. Have sex, make goo goo eyes at each other, be together, don’t be together! Who cares!
Dawn subplot was also unnecessary and annoying. I read the first two books in this series and really enjoyed, but this one was such a slog for me. :(
It could’ve been much shorter and I would’ve been marginally more satisfied, but I truly did not give a fuck whether these two ended up together or not. Have sex, make goo goo eyes at each other, be together, don’t be together! Who cares!
Dawn subplot was also unnecessary and annoying. I read the first two books in this series and really enjoyed, but this one was such a slog for me. :(
Lady At Last by Annabelle Anders
dark
emotional
sad
fast-paced
Yikes, yikes, yikes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood
Moderate: Sexual content and Sexual assault
Minor: Death of parent, Child death, and Death
Graphic childbirth
The Devil and the Heiress by Harper St. George
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0