2.5 stars. Half full? Half empty? Who knows.
I would suggest skipping this book. The characters are self-righteous and unlikable. I’m not anti-establishment enough for this story. Having read this after Normal People I was hoping for some amazing love but this has all the torture of NP without the love, chemistry, or appropriateness.

Listened to this book on the drive from Georgia to New York with Mama. The whole time I kept saying, “She’s gotta be a type 4.” SHE IS!!! This will get you in all your enneagrams type 4 feels. Not really my scene but I appreciated so much of what she said.

This is a crazy story. I knew next to nothing about the Osage Indians and Native American history in general. This was a real eye opener. The world needs more law enforcement men and women like Tom White. I’m super excited for the film! Just wow.
This is a non-fiction history book written in a digestible way that kept this fiction-lover intrigued.

4.5 Stars! I really enjoyed this book, especially the musical aspects. It took me a while to get through it, because it's hard to read about a teenage girl who continues to make teenage girl mistakes, but that doesn't mean it's not an important story! Once I gave myself permission to not like Bri while still rooting for her, it was smooth sailing. I do like to read about disobedient girls, and appreciate how it pushed me out of my comfort zone.

Christina Lauren wrote another romance with somehow believable hot passion and relatable characters. There was a little over-dramatization of course that comes with the genre, but our leads stayed rational which I really appreciated. What I want to call BS on is the fire. Unless her glass was filled with pure ethanol and the rugs and walls were coated in lighter fluid, I have a hard time believing that’s how that scene would have gone down.

This book is so weird. I don’t think I’ll suggest it to anyone because it’s so odd, but I still enjoyed it. The first half was better than the second half-where it started to drag. It’s another unlikable, pretentious protagonist, but some of her thoughts just hit so close to home. It was intriguing, depressing, peculiar, and memorable. Also how I learned about the awful things Norman Mailer did, and then that randomly came up at dinner with my parents that night (thank you the Mary Tyler Moore Show), so that was cool!

Move over [b:The Husband's Secret|17802724|The Husband's Secret|Liane Moriarty|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1460577225l/17802724._SY75_.jpg|23986788], I have a new favorite [a:Liane Moriarty|322069|Liane Moriarty|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1459827224p2/322069.jpg] book! This is a charming family drama with several interwoven story-lines and a nice little mystery at it's center. The story moved swiftly, and as a reader I felt connected to and invested in all of the characters. This felt like a Netflix/Hallmark movie and has me wanting to move to my own Scribbly Gum Island!

What I most appreciated about this novel was the satisfying ending. Approaching the final act I was convinced there was no way this book could end with all my wishes for each character being met, but somehow it concluded in a believably imperfect way.

Wow. This is a heavy book y'all. I did not know what to expect. Some friends suggested I check out Colleen Hoover, and I somehow started with this one. From the beginning I thought I was getting into a flowery romantic novel with a charmingly likable protagonist and alluring, sexy love interest. What I did not expect was for themes of homelessness and domestic violence to be so prevalent. This love story certainly needs to come with a trigger warning, but it's an excelling window into empathy for victims and abusers and the complexity of those relationships. When all is said, I have to agree, everything is better in Boston!