3.5 stars (#partner @randomhouse) • Fleishman is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner is a tough book for me to review. I hated basically every character from the get go, did not root for anyone, and yet really enjoyed the book? It was confusing. I felt like I was hate reading a little bit but also I was loving it at the same time.

Toby Fleishman, recently divorced from his wife Rachel, is doing surprisingly well on online dating apps. Everyone wants to date him. But, when Rachel drops off the kids and doesn’t come back, his new freedom is interrupted, and he spends a lot of time ruminating about what went wrong in his marriage.

I don’t want to say too much about this book because I don’t want to give anything away, but I will say I loved the ending. It was satisfying. The book is a quick read. The writing is digestible and smart. At the end of the day, I would recommend it.