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    Will You Won't You Want Me?: A Novel
    Will You Won't You Want Me?: A Novel
    Will You Won't You Want Me?: A Novel
    Audiobook10 hours

    Will You Won't You Want Me?: A Novel

    Written by Nora Zelevansky

    Narrated by Amy Landon

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    Marjorie Plum never meant to peak in high school. She was queen bee. Now, ten years later, she's lost her sparkle. At her bleakest moment, she's surprised by renewed interest from a questionable childhood crush, and the bickering with her cranky boss at a potentially game-changing new job grows increasingly to resemble flirtatious banter. Suddenly, she's faced with a choice between the life she always dreamed of and one she never thought to imagine. With the help of a precocious eleven-year-old tutee, who unknowingly becomes the Ghost of Marjorie Past, and a musician roommate, who looks like a pixie and talks like the Dalai Lama, Marjorie struggles with the ultimate question: Who does she want to be? Nora Zelevansky's Will You Won't You Want Me? is a funny, often surprising novel about growing up when you are already supposed to be grown.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateJul 12, 2016
    ISBN9781515979043
    Will You Won't You Want Me?: A Novel
    Author

    Nora Zelevansky

    Nora Zelevansky is the author of Will You Won’t You Want Me? and Semi-Charmed Life. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, Elle, Town & Country, the Los Angeles Times, the Wall Street Journal, and Vanity Fair, among others. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two kids and their enormous cat, Waldo.

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    • 3/5
      Review based on an ARC provided by Netgalley.

      Madge has always had it easy in life or at least she used to. Since becoming an adult, she feels stuck or rather going downhill with a job going nowhere and a roommate who is about to abandon her and their decade-long friendship with only a few days notice.Without money, a house or even friends to count on, she needs to give up life in Manhattan for a room in Brooklyn and learn a new lifestyle. But when she has a chance of going back, maybe that was actually the best for her all along?

      This was amusing. The style has singular marks, which both entertains you and makes you think of the situations depicted. Moreover, the problems present are very real for anyone in their late twenties or early thirties. Being the same age as Madge, even though I wasn't any Madgesty at school, I could certainly identify her line of thought. It wasn't full on drama, it did ring true.

      Also, this story brings a love triangle. And the choice isn't only about the best man for Madge but the life that each of them means for her. None of them is the despicable character you'll immediately see as the one she should never go for, like so many books bring. I was actually as torn as Madge... Even though the author does eventually use some cliches to help you decide the best pick ("we don't share the same tastes!", "he never says what I need to listen!") I must say I was very glad at how she solved this. You'll need to read the book to know, of course.

      All characters were more or less enjoyable. I wasn't too keen on Madge, even if I did identify myself with her dilemmas. At the same time, I never thought anything bad of her, as the description led me to fear, with the tiara reference. The minor characters had life of their own, and I would look forward to some of them, like Belinda and Madge's father.

      The negative points: I repeat, I did like the style she used for the narration but her digressions would get too long and thus the book itself was longer than it needed (and I found myself skipping whole paragraphs). Contrasting, the ending was as sudden as a TV series given only one episode to close a 10-season worth of plot holes. (The author did manage to give closure, in my opinion, but all of a sudden everything was rushed out.)

      This chick lit to the core, entertaining and quick to read. More like a 3.5, and I look forward to more from this author.
    • 3/5
      Marjorie's life was supposed to change after she got laid off and her roommate moving out with a short notice. Okay, it did her life change a little. However, everything still seemed like all come too easily. Her parents found her the apartment even though it's in Brooklyn but cheap rent, the job literally just landed under her feet and her long time rich male friend kept chasing after her.

      It was a little hard to pick the book up at first. The author did a poor job introducing the characters into the story. She would mention this character's name then went on describing this particular character for the next 2 to 3 pages that do not anything to the main plot. Zelevansky even did it for a taxi driver and the doormen. Marjorie got in a taxi, alright there's a driver driving the taxi but readers do not need to know the driver's life story.

      The story does get better midway through the book when all the characters have been introduced. This is also when the readers finally get to meet Gus. Like most of the books in this genre, when a guy is added to the story, there might be a love triangle going.

      I really like the character Fred (Fredricka). Her scenes are usually funny and show what a good friendship should be unlike Marjorie's former best friend, Vera. Belinda's part is cute, she is like a mini-Marjorie.

      3.5 out of 5 stars

      Received free copy from BookSparks and Goodreads First Reads in exchange for an honest review.