This book caught my eye because one of my favorite authors raved about it…so a good friend and I decided to read this one together…
The struggle was REAL with this one. It took a month to get through this one…I seriously thought about not finishing, but I stuck it out hoping the ending could save it…nope. **For what it’s worth, it took my friend a month too and she felt the same.
If you like reading about a newly separated/divorced man (Toby Fleishman) who finds himself on an app constantly talking about sex, this is a book for you. Seriously, the sex talk was over the top. We get it. You’re appealing to women. He walked around with the attitude of a martyr and kept up his poor me, poor me to everyone he talking to…I couldn’t like or support him.
His ex is no better…she ends up going “missing” and just leaves her life (and two kids) behind. It was hard to like her, even when there was a semi-sob story.
Then there’s this odd point of view of one of Toby Fleishman’s friends. I couldn’t quite figure out how she fit in to the story, honestly she could have been left out. It felt like maybe she was just writing about the Fleishman’s, but it was so bizarre and didn’t really add anything to the story.
2 stars. The ONLY reason why this isn’t 1 star is because I reserve that for the rare book I don’t finish. This book made me rethink my rating system. I don’t understand the rave reviews behind it. It was a book full of all unlikable people that I did not feel anything for. It doesn’t help when the ending does NOTHING. If you have read this one I would be real curious to hear your thoughts on it as well. Maybe I missed the whole point. Have you ever read a book like this??
Title: Fleishman Is In Trouble
Author: Taffy Brodesser-Akner
Genre(s): Fiction
Publisher: Random House
Release Date: June 18, 2019
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