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A review by theengineerisreading
Green Dot by Madeleine Gray
3.0
Hera used to be an achiever in school but life was tougher after that. With three arts degree, she ventured on finding a job to earn money and make herself busy instead of staying still at her father’s house.
After carefully planning her interview answers through the help of a friend, Hera landed a decent job as an online content moderator and from there, her life will take a massive drift towards a finish line that seems so far.
Three art degrees, a married man, and a job she can’t stand - this sums up Green Dot by Madeleine Gray.
Thank you Holt team for sending me a finished copy in exchange for an honest review.
I added this book in my ‘adulting list’ as the synopsis promised a different take on mid-twenties trying to make things work and this time, we have an annoying main character.
It’s hard to describe Hera’s voice as main character but I can say that hers is one of the most realistic voice I ever read. To be fair, this book reads like a 300-page monologue of Hera and there are only few dialogues from the other characters (except Arthur) and it showed Hera’s thought process about the things that happen in her life.
This story is also a good test about how complex people are. For some things, we can easily categorize what’s black and what’s white but humans, being complex beings, are bound to make decisions that question morals and can’t be easily thrown in two sides.
Take Hera’s story for example - she lived a life full of romantic delusion and their relationship is 100% questionable but having that intense feelings towards someone make me also realize that there are things in life that we can’t control and these things can easily stain our image and/or reputation given the standards that we highly uphold in our society.
I guess I’m just blabbering here but read this book if you believe that “being delulu is the solulu.”
For me, it kinda worked because I live realistic and honest main characters but there are parts where I also kinda feel annoyed with Hera. Complex character development which I believe is the goal of the story. 3.5stars!
After carefully planning her interview answers through the help of a friend, Hera landed a decent job as an online content moderator and from there, her life will take a massive drift towards a finish line that seems so far.
Three art degrees, a married man, and a job she can’t stand - this sums up Green Dot by Madeleine Gray.
Thank you Holt team for sending me a finished copy in exchange for an honest review.
I added this book in my ‘adulting list’ as the synopsis promised a different take on mid-twenties trying to make things work and this time, we have an annoying main character.
It’s hard to describe Hera’s voice as main character but I can say that hers is one of the most realistic voice I ever read. To be fair, this book reads like a 300-page monologue of Hera and there are only few dialogues from the other characters (except Arthur) and it showed Hera’s thought process about the things that happen in her life.
This story is also a good test about how complex people are. For some things, we can easily categorize what’s black and what’s white but humans, being complex beings, are bound to make decisions that question morals and can’t be easily thrown in two sides.
Take Hera’s story for example - she lived a life full of romantic delusion and their relationship is 100% questionable but having that intense feelings towards someone make me also realize that there are things in life that we can’t control and these things can easily stain our image and/or reputation given the standards that we highly uphold in our society.
I guess I’m just blabbering here but read this book if you believe that “being delulu is the solulu.”
For me, it kinda worked because I live realistic and honest main characters but there are parts where I also kinda feel annoyed with Hera. Complex character development which I believe is the goal of the story. 3.5stars!