Book Review THE HAPPY LIFE OF ISADORA BENTLEY
Thank you to Libby for an ebook of THE HAPPY LIFE OF ISADORA BENTLEY Opening quote: Turns out, smiling is hard. Three (or more) things I loved: 1. That birthday party scene is completely epic. I would never have imagined a jar candle sinking through the center of a birthday, but Loesch did, and it is glorious! Three (or less) things I didn't love: This section isn't only for criticisms. It's merely for items that I felt something for other than "love" or some interpretation thereof. 1. The first person narration is very witty! So are many of the characters. Incidentally, I don't find full casts of witty characters to be accessible-- I need at least a token casually awkward conversationalist. 2. The depiction of social isolation as supposedly experienced by the fmc feels inauthentic to me, at best. The descriptions are too pat to feel real. 3. This character/narrator navel gazes overly much. A great deal of the narrative is composed of inter...