Such a Fun Age

Didn't enjoy the romance-ish part, or the way that all the woman characters seemed to compulsively drool over one other character. I also think it took too long to get going, but I made it through the audiobook without quitting, so it wasn't too bad in that respect. One other thing I disliked was the constant interruption of kid-dialogue.

The books is centered on differences between intention and reality(especially things no one can control, like happenstance), and includes a ton of remarks on subtle interactions and vocalizes a lot of thoughts that people would never actually admit to, usually. That's a large part of why it was entertaining enough to read(listen to) for me.

Kind of feels like a ‘book club book' if that makes sense. Lots of things to talk about with people that might spur discussion or sharing of similar stories, but beyond subtle racism and class, it also feels like the rest of it just isn't that deep. The rest of the main character's life feels like it didn't really matter at all, and I suspect the toddler may very well have been thrown in as a plot device that could add to the novel's word count.