Every Girl is the End of the World for Me: Book Review
Sneha Jaiswal (Twitter | Instagram)
The weirdest thing happened while reading Every Girl is the End of the World for Me by Jeffrey Brown – or rather, during the process of reading it. I started on a Tuesday night, planning to finish it before bed since it’s only 104 pages long. But less than halfway through, the cluttered black-and-white artwork (too many lines!) made me dizzy, so I called it a night.
I picked it up again on Thursday (the day I’m writing this review), and my Kindle opened to page 45, that’s over 40% of the graphic novel. And yet, I couldn’t remember a single thing about what had happened so far. Absolutely nothing. Except that the book was about the girls in his life – but not because I had read nearly half of it, just because that’s literally what the book is about.
Basically, this was so dull, so forgettable, that my brain completely erased any memory of reading it. I’m not sure whether to thank my subconscious for an excellent filter or worry that this is an early sign of dementia. LOL. Well, anyway… I really didn’t want to start over, so I just continued from page 45, hoping some parts of the story would come back to me. That finally happened around the 64% mark, when I came across a long, furious email exchange between Jeff, the protagonist, and an ex-girlfriend. They run into each other, spend some time together, kiss – but then she hooks up with someone else the next day.
The rest of the book follows Jeff as he tries to get over his ex and navigates interactions with a few other women, none of whom are particularly interesting. Unfortunately, the graphic novel just doesn’t live up to its title. None of the characters are memorable, and there’s very little sense of romance in the air. Add to that, I wasn’t a big fan of the artwork either. If I had to rate this book, I wouldn’t give it more than a 1 star on 5, but I don’t know, maybe this was just not meant for me.
The book is also on Kindle Unlimited.
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