I didn’t care for this book. It wasn’t terrible, but I kept waiting for it to get started and go somewhere and it really didn’t for me.

Did anyone else read it? Who loved it? Tell me your thoughts on this one! I want to hear an alternate viewpoint.

From the beginning, it feels like it’s going to follow a typical narrative story, then BAM a marriage proposal plunks itself out of the blue with no real build up to it. I thought maybe I missed something and re-read, or perhaps the ARC I was reading from NetGalley was still uncorrected. I kept reading, and it seemed normal again and then BAM he’s making out with someone on a bench. “Okay, so it’s going to be that kind of book.” I love weird, so I keep going.

Eventually, some of this starts to make sense. Sort of. The idea/style Levy was playing with in this novel, for me, ultimately didn’t work out. I understood it as she helped slowly build the background and round out the story and characters. For a little bit in the middle, I started to like it. And I desperately hoped the end would help me see why all of it mattered. But while the story wrapped up in its way, it didn’t leave me in any way fulfilled or happy at having gone on this ride. To me it felt like an interesting concept, exploring the human psyche in a novel way. And it was was readable, almost enjoyable, but ultimately not fruitful for me.

I read this as advanced reader copy compliments of Penguin Books UK and NetGalley.