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A review by sarah2438
Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld
3.0
I think this had a really strong start. I wish that we had stayed with the setting that we had for chapter one, instead of doing a time jump into the 2020 pandemic. The emails were cute but it made for a weaker story. A common theme in this book is having good thing going and then pushing it too much. It was cheesey/cutesy but took that too far and became cringe. Our FMC was strong and independent but took that too far and became a bitch for no reason. The humor was taken too far and became forced and cringe like bad stand-up. The formatting was a bit odd as well-- it felt like the author was experimenting with some things that didn't entirely work for me and there was a lot going on-- divided into 3 chapters, chapter 1 divided into different times of day, chapter 2 being just emails, and chapter 3 being the closest to what I would consider normal.
Overall, this certainly had potential to do something cool and different, but it was just mid.
Overall, this certainly had potential to do something cool and different, but it was just mid.