by Adelle Waldman, Nick Podehl
Well that sure was the least romantic book about love that I've ever read. This pretty much was a Woody Allen movie in book form. I suppose the author intended to make her protagonist loathsome and the women characters who were supposed to be mold-breaking not so mold-breaking. There were some s...
In the build up to the holidays and winding down of the year, I’ve basically stopped reviewing—too many books, not enough time. Instead of trying to cram them in, or ignore them altogether, I’ve decided to do a little summary post for the most notable books I read in November and December so I can f...
Merely adequate stylistically but worth reading as a cautionary tale. Highlights the important distinction between being general nice and a genuinely good person.
My August Rewind (up late, but better late than pregnant... Err, never. Better late than never. THE BOOKS: The Fairest of Them All | Carolyn Turgeon [review] Mansfield Park | Jane Austen (obvs) Among the Janeites | Deborah Yaffe [review] The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P. | Adelle Waldman [review] A...
Fantastic writing - such an accurate and ugly depiction of today's ivy league and feminism-wrought adults in the modern dating scene. Nate is a loathsome character; a single New Yorker in his early 30s, neurotic, hyper-critical, petty, jealous, and lacks any sense of selflessness when it comes to re...
Adelle Waldman is so spot-on, it's painful. I've heard this story many, many times (from the ladies' pov, occasionally from the men's) from my friends over innumerable cups of coffee. What sticks in my craw (just a little) is how sympathetic she is to her caddish anti-hero. Waldman seems to genuinel...
So the good folks at Henry Holt and Co. are pushing The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P. as a book with “the most (frighteningly) realistic male character of 2013” at its center. It's a marketing move, I get that; I'm not knocking the wise choice of catering to machismo men and jilted women with the sam...
"Nate had not always been the kind of guy women called an asshole. Only recently had he been popular enough to inspire such ill will." With this, readers are introduced to Nate Piven: an up-and-coming Brooklyn writer with a book deal in his pocket and a long history of failed relationships. Nate wea...
This book had potential. So much potential. Unfortunately, I got lost in looking up all the $5 words the author used in order to convey her point. I get annoyed when authors use a lot of overly fancy words to say what they want to say. I get that the main character was kind of a pretentious douc...
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