moraggunn

"I am bewildered by positive reviews here. I made it to 30% and abandoned it on account of the wooden, cliché-riddled writing; zero character development; all the telling and no showing; bad, bloated metaphors… you get where I’m going with this. I ..." Permalink

"I loved this and am so impressed that it's a debut novel. It is very neurotically, self-centredly New York in well-observed ways that convey a real intimacy with the micro-culture and made me think of Bonfire of the Vanities. Brodesser-Akner digs ..." Permalink

"Reading this novel made me feel grateful to have survived 'the missing years'. The narrator makes a strong, if hyperbolic statement about middle age dating in this swipe left era. There are some great lines amid all the soft porn. The human condit..." Permalink