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some (of the many) things i love about @maryoliversdrunkcousin: her IG handle, we share the same birthday (may 3 taurus twins!!!), how she weaves humor and heart into everything she writes and packs PUNCHES in every poem, how she so deftly speaks the TRUTH and leaves you like YUUUUUPPPPPP as you read her words… she is GOOD and i love her so much and this book is a GEM. ✨

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️— amazing.

i really wanted to love this one!!! i mean, it opens with a girl reading a book at a baseball game, which is very me coded! she gets drunk and heckles a batter who hears her and has a breakdown... she later DMs him to apologize (and spill her feels) but forgets to paste over the actual apology part, so when they start messaging back and forth (an unlikely thing from jump) he doesn’t know she’s the heckler... and ofc she never tells him!!!

THEN she gets a job as a sideline reporter and has to interview him IRL all the time but he doesn’t know she’s the same girl he’s messaging/falling for...

it’s just so silly and unrealistic but in a way that didn’t even feel very escapist or fun? it just seemed half-baked tbh and it took me out of the enjoyment of the storyline. bummer!!!