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A review by jjandherbooks
By the Book: A Novel of Prose and Cons by Amanda Sellet
3.0
It was okay I guessSSsSssSS...
Mary just kind of annoyed me sometimes- like I appreciate the nerdiness and the references to Austen/classics but the author just made her so quirky and half the time I was so confused why she had conflicts with so and so. And the book just kinda dragged along. The whole middle section just seemed so unnecessary by the end, and I feel like it was there to help develop Mary's character mostly. But in the end, I honestly had no grasp on who she was as a character. Like she was nerdy, and then she was the romantic, and then I don't even know.
It was still cute I guess, I think the idea just could've been pulled off in an even better way.
Mary just kind of annoyed me sometimes- like I appreciate the nerdiness and the references to Austen/classics but the author just made her so quirky and half the time I was so confused why she had conflicts with so and so. And the book just kinda dragged along. The whole middle section just seemed so unnecessary by the end, and I feel like it was there to help develop Mary's character mostly. But in the end, I honestly had no grasp on who she was as a character. Like she was nerdy, and then she was the romantic, and then I don't even know.
It was still cute I guess, I think the idea just could've been pulled off in an even better way.