The Bibliostar

  So this might be my favorite book?? I don't have words. I have so many words. The feminine urge to be a better man. The feminine urge to be a God. This book is so well written. Aoife's journey in this is so painful to follow. We find this girl who is only like 22 or so. I had to keep remembering that as I went along. Like, oh my god, she is younger than me. She ran away at 17 with Ugh Craig and apparently nobody cared????? So now she is living life as Ugh Craig's servant basically, working two jobs and doing all the chores and STILL getting yelled at because Ugh Craig is UGH. So like of course after they breakup she gets into a cult. She literally has nothing. At every point you, and sometimes she, are yelling at her to stop making these decisions. It is hard to watch. But at the same time you get it because this poor girl, you know? This book is about becoming more than what the world *cough*men*cough* want you to be, more than what they believe you can be. This book is ...

  Well, this wasn't great. I was really enjoying it until around halfway through. That is when the story, TO ME PERSONALLY, was no longer good enough to outweigh the poor writing. I have a feeling a lot of people will like this one, though. For me it went off the rails in a way that was so unbelievable it wasn't fun. For you, it may get crazy in a fun campy way. It is worth the time to find out; it is a short, fast-paced read. I love mixed media in books, so the articles were a nice touch. The writing was also better in them. I  think the authors do a better job at the short, punchy moments like those. Why was Leo there. What did he add. What did any of Naomi's friends add, actually? I feel like a lot of time was spent introducing them each time, and then they just do nothing and disappear. Also, the in-depth descriptions of what everyone is wearing and looks like got really funny to me. Like, we are at the very end, the truth has been revealed. But like we GOTTA know that ...