Landline

I really hate to leave a low rating like this. I got the ARC several months ago and have kept plodding away, trying to finish. I finally decided no payoff could be worth what I was reading and quit about 1/3 of the way in. Why?

Well, I liked the Georgie and Neal characters quite well, and was really wanting to know how they work through their troubles. But it was one character in particular who toatlly ruined it for me. I simply couldn't swallow any mores does of Seth–the egomaiac pottymouth coworker that has the brass to flirt with her and laugh at her problems like the world revolves around him. Rowell could have portrayed him as just as annoying without the filth of the words he uses every line.

I won't read trash, even when it's free, even when I'm curious about the decent main character. I'm really disappointed in this book, and I just wish the trashy parts weren't there so I could actually enjoy the good parts. :(