I had to stop reading this book because it’s one tedious list after another, and I couldn’t read another list. . Skimming the rest of the book didn’t help either.

I could see the potential of this book but it didn’t deliver. An entire story told in the form of one man’s lists.

Dan has quit his job as a teacher and has opened up a bookstore. Dan keeps a lot of things from his wife, such as his plans on NOT getting her pregnant when she’s planning on having kids, how the bookstore is not making any money, draining their savings and how he really feels about his wife’s ex-husband who has passed away.

The one major plot point (won’t mention is because it’s a big spoiler) felt a little jarring compared to the rest of the story. It’s mentioned throughout the entire story but then all of a sudden it’s rushed and tied up too quickly without any consequence.

It was a cute afternoon read but it lacked.

Twenty-One Truths About Love is the first book I’ve read from Matthew Dicks. This contemporary novel is told in a story of lists. The protagonist uses lists as a therapeutic exercise. I had pretty high hope for this novel as Taylor Jenkins Reid (one of my favorite all-time authors) loved this book, however, I didn’t like it all. I liked the format, however, I found the main character to be extremely unlikable and couldn’t sympathize for him at all. He was just a bitter old man who could have made better choices in life. There were a few times where I wanted to not finish the book, but kept reading hoping it would get better. As I read, the story got progressive worse as it was getting pretty repetitive and dense. I ended up skimming most of it as it seemed like half the novel was fluff. I would definitely skip this book at all costs.