14402 Followers
348 Following
oblue

Abandoned by Booklikes

Government drone by day and book lover and geek girl by night!

Currently reading

This Time Next Year
Sophie Cousens
An Extraordinary Union
Alyssa Cole
A Princess in Theory: Reluctant Royals
Alyssa Cole
Burn for Me
Ilona Andrews
Nocturnes
John Connolly
After I'm Gone
Laura Lippman
The Black Angel
John Connolly
The Ballad of Black Tom
Victor LaValle
Progress: 100 %
Flag Counter

Reading progress update: I've read 30%.

The Best of Adam Sharp: A Novel - Graeme Simsion

Tone is way different than the Rosie Project. Not funny, lead is not engaging. And the whole thing reads as morose as anything.

 

Also how in the world is this a romance? 

 

The lead character Adam talks about how when he was 26, he met an up and coming actress in Australia (of course) who he ended up losing touch with after their fling (love affair was up). When she contacts him 20 something years later, he's just reminiscing about their time together. I'm just bored. Adam's first love Angelina doesn't feel like a fully realized character, neither does his spouse/partner Claire. Adam reads like a ghost, a guy just making time til he dies. When Angelina pops up that's the spark to get him awake again I guess.