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I was surprised how much I enjoyed this one. Maybe because I relate way too much to Bernadette, not in talent and wit but in underachievement and misanthropy. 😆
Contains strong profanity.
Contains strong profanity.
What an amazingly fun book! Engaging, quirky characters with depth and feeling, twists and turns to keep you guessing, lovable protagonist, and a great resolution. The only thing keeping it from five stars for me is that I feel like the author really stretched the "found documents" idea in many cases, with characters supposedly relating detailed dialog in e-mails, letters, and faxes. But I also have to give an unreserved 5 stars to the audiobook performance by Kathleen Wilhoite! I wish every aud
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I honestly don't get the hype on this one. Interesting structure, but I didn't laugh once. Maybe a snicker or two, but it just wasn't my sense of humor. Overall, a little too clever for it's own good with a few decent moments. Pretty forgettable.
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Jan 04, 2014
Megan
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Wow, so this book was funnier than I expected! It's a great satire of tech culture, and upper middle-class suburbia. Bee is one of the most realistic teenagers I've seen in a while. It has things I love: unreliable narrators all over, plus it's an epistolary novel.
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A fun, fast read whose narrative style I at first thought was a gimmick. Then it all played out and you realize how clever it is. Perfect beach or summer read, for sure.
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