Romantic Comedy (Reese's Book Club): A Novel

It was a cute easy read. Predictable but fun.

DNF I cannot think of a book I have disliked more. If you love incredibly long sentences that go on so many tangents you forget how it started, then I guess you’ll be fine. The MC is an insufferable wench who is ungrateful, bitter, and unrelatable. The authors is not coy about her political affiliations (as in she constantly shoves them down your throat to the point that even if you agree, you will will be begging the author to stop worshiping at the alter of politics and get a life). And I didn’t even get to the point where there is 80 pages of emails and long reminders of Covid. This book had me rooting for the love interest to take a hike and find someone better. Glad I suffered through the 15% I did read so I could learn I’ll never read anything by this author ever again.

The book was alright…took me almost a month to finish; that could be due to the fact that I’ve had less time at night, or the fact that the whole book was three chapters for 300 pages and stopping points were frequent. The first chapter was 128 pages long (YIKES) and felt very long and in -depth, but about very random things, so it was really hard to follow. I didn’t really start getting into the book until the emailing portion (chapter 2). It was a fun plot, but the main character was so self-deprecating that it was almost unenjoyable. The author was really good at capturing the awkwardness of a relationship’s beginning and I liked her conversational writing style, just not the overall organization of the book. Overall, the book was fine. Not the best I’ve ever read and not the worst.

Really liked this. Starts in a Saturday Night Live-inspired writing studio and takes a few joyfully unexpected turns. A great romance if you’re looking to stay away from the traditional Hallmark variety of romance stories. Witty and has a lot of emotional depth.

I don’t know when I’ll be ready to read books with the pandemic as a plot point, but I’m still not there. Didn’t expect this book to have anything to do with that so I was pretty disappointed.