Crushing

When I tell you my copy is drenched in red ink on the margins - at least the first 80 pages,because that's how far I've gotten. As a 28 year old woman who enjoys being alone often and being independent,I found this piece of story fairly difficult to digest. The main character was insufferable and infuriating with her constant whining,the inability to exist without relying on another person. She expects everyone to live her life for her,take the lead and just tell her what to do or distract her from her own problems because she doesn't have a personality. I understand that she needed a revelation and an arc. Despite this,it takes way too long for her to get her s* together and try,even after she acknowledged the red flags. Help me!Pay attention to me! She acted like a baby,learning to live from zero. Which would've been fun to watch if she actually put in an effort. I was hoping for a more sensible character development.

The love interest falls short for me,sadly,being just as pathetic because he'd be charming if he wouldn't be taken. This should be enough of an indication for our heroine to remove herself from the situation,but somehow she manages to convince herself ‘this is okay,this is normal'. We were faced with this in the synopsis alright,but instead of making it an exciting and cute whirlwind,it only paints the main character as the homewrecker. What's worse is that as I scrolled ahead,Isaac makes no steps to resolve this situationship for another one or two hundred pages. He shares very little information with her despite being “friends”. (Guilt?) How do you not see it,girl?? Somehow it couldn't bring me to ship them and root for them. The pacing is off,can't hold my attention. I'm sure Marnie's a ✨brand new woman✨ by the end of the book,but I don't have enough time for her to figure this out,I'm sorry. I wanted to like it,I really did. But she's,and everyone else,except for Kit (her boss/friend) maybe,are super annoying. The number of books about this age group of women is limited. We're still figuring stuff out,that's right,but I'm kind of offended being portrayed this way.

No stars since I didn't finish it.