Perfect-ish by Jessica Seaborn
☀️☀️☀️🌤️

▪️A light-hearted, thoughtful and timely examination of loneliness and personal growth that hits home without burrowing too deeply in its darkness 
▪️As someone who had a panic attack at my impending thirties, Prue is a wonderfully relatable character with a level of complexity and unattractiveness that I appreciated. Her flaws are cringe-worthy in the most accurate and believable way, and the growth of her relationships throughout the story was enjoyable to read 
▪️The supporting characters were all interesting and well constructed, though I would have enjoyed more detail on Prue's father, and their purpose in the narrative was always clear and succinctly handled. Personally I found the initial setup of Prue's romantic relationship a bit forgiving, though it found it's feet by the end
▪️The pacing of this felt too slow initially, due mostly to the structure of chapters by month in which the majority of the content is within the first few months, but it picked up well into the second act and onwards. I would have liked to see a bit more of the conflict resolution in the final two chapters, which felt a bit rushed over in comparison and lessened the impact of Prue's growth a little
▪️This was a book that was personally very relatable and touching to me and I liked the way Seaborn handled the concept with a good balance of dark and light. It speaks to my generation and our current dilemmas, and I'm sure many of my friends would enjoy this quick read for what it is able to deliver in a short amount of pages.