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A review by peripetia
Really Good, Actually by Monica Heisey
lighthearted
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
This book was absolutely terrible. I picked this up and finished it for an experiment on the most millennial books I can find. This did fulfill that purpose.
The main character is just horrible. Not a horrible person, exactly, but just so immature, self-centered, self-sabotaging, whiny overgrown infant. She does that "oh no I shouldn't be thinking about my stupid problems because some people have real problems and also climate change" and then feels bad about THAT without ever doing any real self-reflection or taking any action. Every chance for feeling empathy for the character was destroyed by her being obnoxious.
There was not enough material for a whole book. The only lesson I walked away with was "divorce really isn't that big of a deal". I think this book was written as the author's self-therapy. It does not make a good novel. I ended up finishing the audiobook at 1,5 speed because listening to her navel-gazing was sheer torture.
The main character is just horrible. Not a horrible person, exactly, but just so immature, self-centered, self-sabotaging, whiny overgrown infant. She does that "oh no I shouldn't be thinking about my stupid problems because some people have real problems and also climate change" and then feels bad about THAT without ever doing any real self-reflection or taking any action. Every chance for feeling empathy for the character was destroyed by her being obnoxious.
There was not enough material for a whole book. The only lesson I walked away with was "divorce really isn't that big of a deal". I think this book was written as the author's self-therapy. It does not make a good novel. I ended up finishing the audiobook at 1,5 speed because listening to her navel-gazing was sheer torture.