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Loved it! As much as ai enjoyed the human characters, I think I enjoyed “Six-thirty” the most!
Surprisingly I didn't hate this as I thought I would. I mean in the beginning it's super frustrating as a woman to just have another woman share what it's still very much like to be a woman to you because a female audience doesn't really need their own situation explained to them but it was funny enough and the character of six thirty is so well done I'm not mad I finished it
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“The hydrogen bond-the most fragile….I call this the ‘love at first sight bond’ because both parties are drawn to each other based solely on visual information: you like his smile, he likes your hair. But the you talk and discover he’s a closet nazi and thinks women complain too much. Poof. Just like that the delicate bond is broken. That’s the hydrogen bond for you ladies - a chemical reminder that if things seem too good to be true, they probably are.”
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Jan 18, 2024
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I initially thought this book was a rom-com when I heard about it until my mom told me I had to read it. My mom does NOT read rom-coms. I read this book, and while it was a bit predictable in parts, it was a lot of fun to read and it made me really angry about how the main character, Elizabeth Zott, was treated. It made me wonder what life would have been like for my grandma, who was widowed in the early 60s. It was a lot of fun to read and while I got angry in some places, it had a nice, neat b
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5 stars for the dog..I wanted the story to just be about him.
I didn’t love this book. I have a hard time with books using 21st century culture and norms and assuming it was like that in the 50’s. It felt disingenuous. Elizabeth was too much of a caricature, and she was unlikeable, at that. Also, I guess I missed the humor? I’d give it 2.5, rounding up.
Six-thirty is the best dog character ever! Love, love him and he is based on Garmus'own dog. The experiences of Elizabeth Zott will hit home for many women.
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