Note to Self: A Novel
by:
Alina Simone (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780374534677 (0374534675)
Publish date: June 3rd 2014
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Pages no: 256
Edition language: English
I liked the concept / synopsis, but the story dragged for me. It felt like the author pushed too hard to make the dialogue trendy & funny... and when I feel like it's forced, you lose me as a reader. There also seemed to be an unnecessary heavy amount of profanity... which I tend to take as a cover ...
What's that old saying, "If you don't have anything nice to say, better say nothing at all." I'm not going to say anything here, except that the tone of this book just did not work for me.
[I won a free ARC copy of this book in a Goodreads "First Reads" Giveaway.]Anna Krestler is 37 years old and unemployed. Being unemployed is bad enough, but being unemployed in the New York metro (Williamsburg, Brooklyn) area presents extra challenges. It doesn't help matters that her roommate, Brie...
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