I remember this being incredibly cute but forgot almost everything else so 3 stars it is.

This is my favorite Talia Hibbert book I've read so far🥰 Thank you for the cover redesign or I would've never picked this up (outing myself as a superficial bitch who definitely does judge a book by its cover)!

Content Warnings don't apply to the relationship between the main characters 

i need some time to process this but it was good

Oh I love it when gay people in fiction are horrible human beings~

This is not a story about a cute friendship between a lesbian and a gay man nor is it really a murder mystery. It is, much rather, a story about life and relationships and queerness, including the real, ugly parts.

I think my favorite thing about this book is that instead of reading  like historical fiction it reads like a classic that was written during the time it is set. Except because it is actually contemporary it gets to be openly queer.

I bought this book on a trip to Berlin in a beautiful little bookstore (breaking my book buying ban for the special occasion). I had never heard of it before (even though I try to stay up to date with queer releases), so I chose to pick it up and I'm so glad I did, because I really enjoyed the experience and it's truly unique to other queer books on the market right now.

Frankly, kinda boring. 

I enjoy the effort that was put into designing this edition, it looks like the perfect gift for book lovers which is undoubtedly why it was given to me. 

It's certainly fascinating how Uzanne was able to predict the existence of audiobooks in a time long before even the cassette existed. 

The afterword adds some useful context as well and I mean it's short so I don't exactly regret reading it... 
but i don't think i would recommend it to anyone unless they specifically express that they want to read about a mind excercise at an after party that accidentally predicted audio books.

If you're curious about the content of this little book, gift it to a trusted book lover friend and have them recount the content to you. That's less boring and takes only 10% of the time that it takes to actually read it.