aftereliza's Reviews (946)

I think this book was meant to find me at this time. I've had it on my TBR for the past few years but it took until now for me to actually start reading it. 

It was a fascinating narrative account of a woman working jobs that some may consider as "easy", but the more jobs she tries, she comes to the conclusion that in the end, there is truly not such thing as an easy job. 

I don't know if it's because it was a slow month for me but this book really dragged. I couldn't get into it for the longest time and I didn't enjoy the main character's narration too much. It felt like she kept getting piled on from everyone around her and blaming herself for her father's death despite not actually being to blame. There were some predictable parts and twists, but all in all it was a good cosy, spooky autumnal romance. 

Not interested in the subject

I really enjoyed this read but I did find the main character overwhelmingly pathetic at the start, she had no backbone. I thought the plot twist was surprising, but everything was tied off a bit too conveniently. 

I'm starting to think that Laurie Gilmore is the queen of miscommunication plots. I did not enjoy this much pining without communication about it. I preferred this to Pumpkin Spice Cafe but not by much. A very pent-up bookish girl and a bad-boy type have a fling with grand gestures and a mysterious book annotation plot. I liked it, but I'm not sure I'd read it again. Definitely gave me small-town fall vibes. 

The miscommunication was too much for me. Felt like the author leaned too far into tropes like grumpy vs sunshine, small town and the pining without being able to develop the characters fully. 

Finished audiobook instead