This is going to be a short review because I don't have that much to say. On a completely unrelated topic, I need to write notes while reading.
This is a book who's love story is written as dictionary entries. It goes through their relationship this way.
I am a huge David Levithan fan, just putting it out there in advance. I actually saw him at Cheltenham last October and it was awesome. I loved Every Day and just DAVID LEVITHAN FAN CLUB.
So I read this book with anticipation. I'd heard it was his best work to date, it was clever, it was
funny.
It was just above average.
So this book is a less artsy version of Why We Broke Up apart from it focused on the relationship itself. The narrative hops about, which I suppose is because it's done alphabetically. A clever and very Levithanesque thing about this book as it never defines the genders or sexualities of the characters. You make it fit you.
I struggled a bit with some of the definitions as the words were just not in my vocabulary. I felt like that took away from the experience. Also the characters were quite distant. This caused me to not get emotionally involved with the characters, which is a shame as it would have brought a new level to the book which it lacked. It felt shallow.
Overall it was a three star book.
I would recommend this if you liked Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler or Every Seventh Wave by Daniel Glattauer.
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