vanya

this took me so long to finish it's not even funny, i was so bored of this from the first 20 pages. everything kind of goes no where and the writing is so quirky that anyone can just counter argue that it's supposed to be all over the place as if what the author did was actually impressive. the writing is boring, i couldn't give a shit about any of the characters, the ending sucks. there's nothing good about this book apart from the idea but the main character is so boring, he's not even dislikable. he's just a boring dude saying how he finds a nice girl, emotionally manipulates her, then repeats 5 times over. I DONT CARE

man the start of this book was genuinely so good why did it have to get so bad, the ending is genuinely awful and it could've ended 100 pages early and made me feel more. the book starts off great and i was certain this would be something id enjoy thoroughly but some relationships in this book are so forced it's not even funny. it genuinely felt like i was trying to read an ai's depiction of what relationships look like that was just fed tv as a source. obviously the relationships are more exaggerated to make it more ‘entertaining' for the reader but everything in this book felt like it was pointless. i didn't need a happy ending, i didn't need healthy relationships, i just wanted random flashbacks and plot points to actually matter