{"id":1461,"date":"2019-05-02T15:00:02","date_gmt":"2019-05-02T21:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/?p=1461"},"modified":"2019-05-01T18:18:51","modified_gmt":"2019-05-02T00:18:51","slug":"book-the-bookish-life-of-nina-hill-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/2019\/05\/02\/book-the-bookish-life-of-nina-hill-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"BOOK: The Bookish Life of Nina Hill (2019)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"TheThe Bookish Life of Nina Hill<\/u><\/strong>
\nYear: 2019
\nAuthor: Abbi Waxman
\nLength: 352 pages<\/p>\n

***THIS BOOK WAS RECEIVED FROM A GOODREADS GIVEAWAY***<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not sure if The Bookish Life of Nina Hill<\/em> is a millennial romantic comedy or a hipster romantic comedy. Either way, I did enjoy reading it, mostly because the formula for this genre is relatively straightforward and predictable. It probably helped that I could relate to the main character, or at least her introverted nature. The supporting characters were a bit quirky and fun as well which just added to the entertaining nature of the narrative. At the very least, I could see something like this becoming a movie, even if it was only released on cable television.<\/p>\n

Since the copy of this book I read was an advanced reader copy, I\u2019m sure some of the errata like missing book images at several section breaks and a few backward quotes near the end will be fixed for the final product. Content-wise, I did find the \u201cgirl talk\u201d earlier in the book to be a bit more adult than the eventual romance that happens, which I suppose is par for the course with this type of genre: you can talk<\/em> about it, but leave explicit descriptions in the space between sections. Furthermore, there were many times where the POV shifted back and forth between two characters on a paragraph-by-paragraph basis that left me with a little bit of POV whiplash.<\/p>\n

There were plenty of themes and ideas explored in this book that I felt were well done, including descriptions of anxiety and the general feel of Southern California. Even with a large cast of supporting characters, most of the interactions felt natural and advanced the story (with an exception or two here and there). And while I could predict the majority of the ending from about half-way through the book, the few twists and turns leading to this conclusion were satisfying, if not merely delaying the inevitable.<\/p>\n

A charming hipster\/millennial romantic comedy, I give The Bookish Life of Nina Hill<\/em> 4.0 stars out of 5.<\/p>\n

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