This took me forever bc I did it on audiobook and turns out I still don't like audiobooks but also this book is really not suited to it--there's several text conversations and they don't translate well to being read by one voice
I'm trying to name something good and struggling bc generally I like Curtis Sittenfeld, but this was a miss. There is a kind of fun, trope-y, element of "regular(ish) person dates celebrity" to it, and also there are some hints of "Pride and Prejudice".
But mostly I found these two main characters exhausting people so, I guess glad they found each other and won't be inflicting themselves on any other ppl haha. And a lot of it was an exercise in cringe (there are two "serenade with a guitar" scenes, which I could not receive with anything but second hand embarrassment).
Also, on the one hand I'm glad a lot of the plot didn't require hearing more of the character's comedy writing, but if you're gonna have a character whose job is writing at an SNL style sketch show, and is considered very good at that job then that character needs to actually be funny. I didn't think Sally was funny at all so I spent a lot of time wondering how in the world she'd get hired at a sketch comedy show?
Anyhow, I finished it and if you're looking for something low-tax for your brain, this would work, but other than that, not a lot here.