Well she got me on this one. Happy tears, sad tears. All the feels. I hope everyone ends up loving this. And I really think TJR is on the road to greaWell she got me on this one. Happy tears, sad tears. All the feels. I hope everyone ends up loving this. And I really think TJR is on the road to greatness. I mean she鈥檚 great already but I feel like she鈥檚 getting better and better with each book. ...more
I鈥檓 having a very good run. Another book of my heart. I feel like this book was tailor- made for me. The New York City culinary scene, ghosts, food, tI鈥檓 having a very good run. Another book of my heart. I feel like this book was tailor- made for me. The New York City culinary scene, ghosts, food, the afterlife. I adored this book. I loved the unique premise and the lovable, schlubby main character. I loved how the scope was big and romantic and risky, but the author never took herself too seriously. Just my favorite kind of story. ...more
I enjoyed every minute of this book and had a hard time putting it down. Fascinating, complex, and thoughtful story of a young woman wrapped4.5 stars
I enjoyed every minute of this book and had a hard time putting it down. Fascinating, complex, and thoughtful story of a young woman wrapped up in her father鈥檚 ideology, forced to forge a path of her own. I could see how some people might be confused with a book like this that shifts the setting and maybe goes in a different direction than you think. But I loved it 鈥� it kept me reading and deeply invested in how things would turn out. Read this if you want to be completely immersed in another person鈥檚 story and life experience....more
Devastating, so well done. I feel honored to have spent more time with Haymitch. More Haymitch! Some of the characters and deaths in this one will haunDevastating, so well done. I feel honored to have spent more time with Haymitch. More Haymitch! Some of the characters and deaths in this one will haunt me for a long time, like little Rue in the first book. ...more
Well it doesn鈥檛 happen much, but I found a 鈥渂ook of my heart.鈥� A favorite among favorites. Jess Walters, I鈥檓 coming for the rest of your books!
I don鈥檛Well it doesn鈥檛 happen much, but I found a 鈥渂ook of my heart.鈥� A favorite among favorites. Jess Walters, I鈥檓 coming for the rest of your books!
I don鈥檛 want to go to deep into the plot; I just want to bask a bit more in the glow. Here are some words: hilarious, irreverent, unique, heartwarming, etc. ...more
An excellent, thoughtful thriller that balances character development and plot perfectly 鈥� victim centered, but still page turning. Can鈥檛 wait to readAn excellent, thoughtful thriller that balances character development and plot perfectly 鈥� victim centered, but still page turning. Can鈥檛 wait to read whatever else this debut author writes in the future !...more
Such a great book 鈥� funny, quirky af, super unique premise. Flahive鈥檚 writing was so lovely and evocative. I hope my final years on this earth are as Such a great book 鈥� funny, quirky af, super unique premise. Flahive鈥檚 writing was so lovely and evocative. I hope my final years on this earth are as wonderful as the portrait she paints here. Loved this....more
I loved this! Grabbed my attention and kept my reading on vacation. A smart, juicy influencer thriller that dabbles in horror imagery and takes a sharI loved this! Grabbed my attention and kept my reading on vacation. A smart, juicy influencer thriller that dabbles in horror imagery and takes a sharp left in the last quarter into a wild place.
Hand to fans of The White Lotus.
Also, influencer thrillers are rapidly becoming a micro genre. ...more
So. I liked this, I am always fascinated by memoirs, stories of other people鈥檚 lives, especially when they鈥檙e connected to restaurant life and the fooSo. I liked this, I am always fascinated by memoirs, stories of other people鈥檚 lives, especially when they鈥檙e connected to restaurant life and the food industry. Woolever worked for Mario Batali and Anthony Bourdain so of course I was interested. But wow, the story should have been subtitled 鈥渁 memoir of addiction,鈥� because more than anything, this book is a painstaking catalog of how much drinking and doing drugs ruled her life. It鈥檚 a strange reading experience tho, because she doesn鈥檛 really hit rock bottom as intensely as others have in addiction memoirs and she doesn鈥檛 seem sorry about how much of a functioning drunk she was. She also treated her partner like absolute shit and honestly wasn鈥檛 that sorry about it either. Woolever is super honest in this book and I can see why many people will be turned off. All in all, I read this with a mixture of fascination for the cooking adjacent stuff and disgust with all the booze and pot. I鈥檓 surprised at how stressed I was about her drinking. But there you have it. ...more
This was very sad and romantic鈥� beautifully performed on audio. I felt transported to another time and place while I listened to it. The narrator鈥檚 peThis was very sad and romantic鈥� beautifully performed on audio. I felt transported to another time and place while I listened to it. The narrator鈥檚 perfect British tone and delivery mesmerized me.
I didn鈥檛 realize how tragic and dramatic the story was 鈥� Atonement meets the English Patient vibes, except without World War II. Love triangles, passion, grief. Oof. What a story.
Definitely unique, a point of view I really enjoyed reading (Motherhood/pregnancy is wild and surreal and absolutely will cause you to have an identitDefinitely unique, a point of view I really enjoyed reading (Motherhood/pregnancy is wild and surreal and absolutely will cause you to have an identity crisis. Not wanting children is a 1000% understandable!!)
There is a section of the book that is thoroughly confusing and feels almost like you鈥檝e wandered into a different novel, but it didn鈥檛 take away from what I liked the most about this book: the female antihero pov and the clever way the author wrote herself in as a character. It鈥檚 a bit of a mindf*%k....more
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