The Marriage Plot' by Jeffrey Eugenides, and hearkens to to both 'The Goldfinch' (but less enthralling) and 'The Unchangeable Spots Of Leopards' by Christopher Jansma, this was lacking something both seemed to add to make the other books readable, enjoyable, and un-put-downable.

Honestly? Couldn't make it more than halfway because of this main character's utter ineptitude and completely overwhelming amount of self-centered egoistic bull-****** made me want to kick him.

If you're looking for mansplaining, a portrait of the modern male (addicted to videogames, incredible amounts of rage and abandonment issues pointed at a parent that need to be re-hashed) you may find his relationship to his mother interesting.

If you're a 30-something year old female who is sick of meeting these men in real life or on dating apps, you will NOT like this book.

If you're looking for something interesting and complex that hasn't been done better a thousand times before and alluded to before the reader abandons it in a fit of boredom halfway into your novel? Pick a different tome.30:T65e,"People love each other for many reasons, not all of them good. They love each other because it's easy. Or because they're used to it. Or because they've given up. Or because they're scared. People can be a Nix for each other."

Think about all the people that you crossed paths with throughout your entire life and how they impacted you in some way. Maybe your relationship/friendship was easy, or maybe it wasn't. Maybe you didn't separate yourself from a toxic relationship because you become accustomed to the monotony and you're afraid of change. Overall, these relationships probably hurt you in some way. It influences your actions and who you become. People impact people- whether it is in a positive or negative way. This novel explores the idea that our decisions and who we become are shaped by others in our lifespan, as well as previous generations of people that we may not have met. The narration jumps to

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