Maybe the pace? I'm not sure

Too depressing, sorry babes

Due at the library & I didn't like it enough to actually try & finish it. Lucas is boring asf, I already hate the "jealous" aspect, I don't care if they hate each other or not I just think they need to shut up, FMC is somehow boring yet obnoxious; she's self-absorbed yet her entire personality is just her only ever doing things to help others (& we all know how fond I am of the whole people pleaser shtick -- hint: it's not at all)...also grumpy x sunshine only ever piques my interest if the grumpy = FMC because I keep thinking, "You're a man & you are hanging out with this beautiful, kind, positive woman & all you can muster up the energy for is a vibe so crusty & musty that you are universally known as the man who can only work behind-counters because of how rude he is to everyone? Shut up. Grow up. You're ugly. & you have too many muscles." Seriously, are women actually into the obscenely muscular bordering-on-bodybuilder look? Hmmmmmmm okay then... 
Lots of opinion from somebody who didn't read the book but before I go, I will say that there was most definitely a reason why this was set as a "skip the line" copy on Libby (cause it's meh) 

BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE! No but I just remembered that Izzy also mentions the pandemic every 10 pages which is not super slay of her at all (obviously it was a major thing, from a social/emotional & even historical perspective, but it's not my thing & gives me the book ick) so between that & the Lucas ick (& frankly, the Izzy ick too), this one's gonna be a naur from me folks.

I think I will have to read this either as an ebook or a physical copy. The audiobook is a bit hard for me to follow. I’m placing a hold at the library as we speak :-)

My hold was running out at the library, & tbh I don’t think it would ever be worth it to wait another 6-9 weeks for this as I did not like it. The author’s tone was weird — such a superiority complex; she is better than the others around her for not dancing at a crowded club during a pandemic, yet she’s in the crowded club in the first place. She’s literally traveling on airplanes & going to crowded clubs & bars, yet she draws the line at…dancing…? With the same people she’s been in the room with for over an hour? It just seems very hypocritical when she talks about anything involving the pandemic. She also seems quite judgmental when discussing the younger queer scene, thinly veiling her criticisms of their dress & behavior & culture by saying, “It’s so interesting to see how the generations change!” She chalks up centuries of queer nuance & experience by saying “All infighting is bad! We should unite as one!” Which is generally a true-ish statement, but as a cis & white queer, I think these words are generally quite invalidating. A large theme of the short portion of the book that I was able to stomach was, “Inclusion is great! Everyone is & should be invited!” Which is overall, again, a fine sentiment, but it very much rubbed me the wrong way. Gay men are constantly criticizing women for entering “their” spaces, they tell us we don’t belong, that we need to find our own place, they go so far as to verbally & physically attack us for taking up space; yet why are lesbian/queer women suddenly demonized for even expressing the desire for a space of our own? Again, it’s a very nuanced topic, but this  rubbed me weird. Idk. I  also realize that I’m probably giving up on it way too early to tell if it’ll change & I very well could enjoy it more if I were to continue reading. Who knows, I might pick this up again at a later date (I won’t), but for now the whole “woe is me because I couldn’t be openly queer as a youth, but I’m so much more educated & cultured than the young queers of the world, also discourse sucks but I’m going to ignore the fact that Black & brown lesbians & queer women exist & are so often excluded from queer circles” is getting old, & I’m only 23% of the way through. Not my thing, but I’m sure others will enjoy it. 

I don't know if it's because absolutely nothing is happening (as in, there is exactly no plot), but I cannot sit through this book any longer and pretend I don't hate it!

I just do not think this book was for me. 

itd been almost 200 pages and i couldn’t get into it. i feel bad! 

i liked it and resonated with it, but it was too informationally draining and made me feel exhausted. i dreaded picking this book up!

idk. it was kind of boring.