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This book is bizarrely uneven. I really liked the first 2/3rds – the main character is interesting and she’s doing interesting things. It seemed like every page was passing the Bechdel-Wallace test. The work Billie takes on in the magazine’s archives was fascinating; Billie was a good friend to the people around her—aware, appreciative, and compassionate. The storylines were interesting and unfurling at a nice pace.
But the last 1/3rd of the book was a lot less enjoyable… Billie takes a sudden in ...more
But the last 1/3rd of the book was a lot less enjoyable… Billie takes a sudden in ...more
Blerg. This is pretty terrible. I would like to read one of Reichl's memoirs someday, but this is what was available via ebook at the moment I needed something easy to read. Generally a fiction novel revolving around food seems to cover a lot of bases for me, but the problems with this are two fold. Firstly, there is soooo much going on here. The themes are all over the place and all come to a nifty resolution with a bow on top. Unresolved problems are ok! Too many things get introduced. I felt
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loved! took me a few pages to figure out it was fiction, but quickly fell into the world of Delicious.
Oct 18, 2014
Aimee
marked it as to-read
