Hello and happy Monday. I know I told you I wouldn’t write about books I did not finish. It honestly annoys me, and it’s probably the reason why this is the second time I try to write this post. That being said, this is a cautionary tale. If you are somewhat like me, if you feel represented in what you’ve read from me and you think we have similar ideas or maybe we could be friends, and especially if you’re a Millennial woman in her thirties please don’t read this book.

Honestly, You Between the Lines by Katie Naymon was a horrible waste of an Everand unlock that I honestly regret. This is written for those insufferable Gen Z women who are simultaneously overcome with impostor syndrome and incredibly entitled. You know the type, right? I know it and I despise it. I almost DNFed this book when the main character was shitting on Jonathan Safran Foer, among other authors because they’re too mainstream or whatever. Look, I’ve told you about how I’ve fought against only reading straight white men, and that can be backed up by the books I’ve actually read and reviewed in this blog, but I love Jonathan Safran Foer and his writing and I think the author was just showing her bitterness or something. He’s also a Jew, so I don’t believe he fits into the stereotype.

I kept reading because the mention of this author was probably in the first page, and I did so until the main character and her love interest have a *moment.* They both went to the same high school, college, and are now in the same MFA program, but he’s like a year older and actually a good writer whereas she’s mediocre and spending half her time questioning why she got into that program (which, totally valid, I’m also asking myself that) and being outraged the other half that people don’t get her trashy Taylor-Swift-inspired (plagiarized?) poems.

I didn’t get to know the guy enough to form a solid opinion towards him other than it does seem like he has his shit together in terms of his career. I also question the partners of people like our main character because, though they seem alright, there must be something wrong with them to be with such insufferable people, no? To me, I think it’s probably the need to feel useful and in control. Like daddy issues, but really, it’s them who want to be the daddy.