Note to Self
by:
Alina Simone (author)
Format: kindle
ASIN: B00ALKTXHU
Publish date: June 6th 2013
Publisher: Fourth Estate
Pages no: 288
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...