Wednesday, January 29, 2020

British Chick Lit

I just finished Mariana Zapata's Luna and the Lie, and while I generally like Mariana Zapata's writing, this book was about 50% too long. While I get choosing your own happiness, there's a line between focusing on what you can control and willful blindness to your emotions and needs. Luna didn't seem to have much character development, which was disappointing–things just happened to her.

In contrast, I've been on a Mhairi McFarlane kick, because while the novels deal with the complexities of relationships and life like Emily Giffin's books, unlike Giffen, the heroines aren't all affluent blondes that do a lot of lunching. McFarlane's heroines are grittier and more relatable.

If you like Mhairi McFarlane, then you'd probably like Beth O'Leary's The Flatshare and Josie Silver's One Day in December. Of the two, I prefer The Flatshare as the romance seems more believable. Although Silver's Laurie and Jack are supposedly meant to be, we don't actually see the connection developing.

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