misstumnus's reviews
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A 3 because I enjoyed reading it but I feel very dissatisfied after finishing. Why weren't people more upset about an adult man basically raping a 15 year old? I felt terrible for Drew throughout, poor neglected kid. I wish we'd gotten chapters from Devons perspective because she was basically a robot, not sketched out at all. Eric was a tool.

Bah but I'll probably read more by the author.

Sorry to everyone who recommended this to me! I just couldn't love it. I enjoyed the writing but perhaps my expectations were too high. Found it too flat and even the fairytale parallels didn't help.

I've read other books by Tyler and loved them. Did the author phone this one in?

The Taming of the Shrew could be retold in such a great feminist way — and has been — but this book does not. Don't get me started on Kate's

Cute, quick read. I liked Leon a lot.

A very pleasant 3.5. I wish the supporting characters, like the neighbours, had been fleshed out more, I wanted to know more about them. Won't be my last Anne Tyler.

Super fun and cute, and I literally giggled out loud while reading it.

Ugh. I had many thoughts but then I read this review and it's spot on.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/242814453