The Catastrophic History of You and Me by Jess Rothenberg
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I'm not quite sure what to say about this book without making it sound completely vague. I had a lot of trouble with the tone of the narration. I did not know whether to take things seriously or if there would be a "just kidding!" at some point. The story has hilarious parts and very sad, depressing parts, and I just had a hard time facing both of them so closely intertwined together.
The premise is quite something. A girl dying of heartbreak? Really? Then, there's the characters. Brie was not easy to digest because she was extremely childish and self-centered. And Patrick never quite felt right either. It might be just me, since I've been seeing nothing but glowing reviews for this one, but Patrick's character was flat and unrealistic.
The writing was pretty good and I liked the uniqueness of the names of the chapters and Brie's love of 80's music and how that fit in with the plot, but everything else, including the overdone drama during the climax and ending, was hard to deal with for me. Its quite a shame that an author with such potential for wittiness and sass tackles such depressing and cheesy issues in an otherwise fun fresh read. They don't fit together...
The premise is quite something. A girl dying of heartbreak? Really? Then, there's the characters. Brie was not easy to digest because she was extremely childish and self-centered. And Patrick never quite felt right either. It might be just me, since I've been seeing nothing but glowing reviews for this one, but Patrick's character was flat and unrealistic.
The writing was pretty good and I liked the uniqueness of the names of the chapters and Brie's love of 80's music and how that fit in with the plot, but everything else, including the overdone drama during the climax and ending, was hard to deal with for me. Its quite a shame that an author with such potential for wittiness and sass tackles such depressing and cheesy issues in an otherwise fun fresh read. They don't fit together...
