I found this very lack luster…. And just because it’s about three thirty-something women, does not warrant the comparisons to Fleabag or Rooney it’s been getting. I found the ‘feminism’ dated, the characters dull, and just generally this didn’t seem to have anything new or interesting to say. It’s a shame, because the reverse love story idea is a good one….

This book was relatable, emotional and compelling! I loved the characters, I loved the writing, I loved the plot. I enjoyed every page and would love to read more about them!

3.5 stars

I guess I was expecting a break up or a romance to get over in How to Fall Out of Love Madly, but that’s not what you get. But I will say I feel like I got so much more than what I was expecting. 

This book is a little deeper and more profound than I expected. I could definitely feel Joy’s pain. She just wanted to be wanted and loved so she grasped on to the first person who showed her a little attention. And Annie wore rose covered glasses half the time masking the issues she was having in her relationship instead of confronting them. And then we have Celine, who on the outside is perfect, but her inside is a different t story. 

I love how this book is told from 3 very different women and you get to see that no one is perfect and that everyone has issues although they may not be the same as yours. It really was a very enlightening read. 

***Thank you NetGalley and Random House for an ARC copy in return for an honest review***

DNF. I kept hearing about how this book is so much like Sally Rooney or other millennial malaise novels, and it's nothing of the sort. As another reviewer mentioned, the three main characters are women and I'm not even sure it passes the Bechdel test. The unlikeable characters provided no new perspective and no intrigue to make me keep slogging through their bad behaviors from page to page. Like, it just wasn't interesting enough for me to want to know their thoughts. I'm so sorry. Huge disappointment.

Thank you Netgalley and Jana Casale for this advanced copy. This one really just wasn't for me. I think it was partially the pacing that threw me off. For the first 25% of the book I was more invested but I eventually lost interest the more that I read. I'm not the biggest romance fan, but I do enjoy it at times. I just think these characters and this story didn't work well for me.

I expected more romance then women fiction but still a stunning beautiful book. Thank you to Dial Press for the gifted ARC my honest review.

I love the cover of this so much! Can I get it on a tote bag?? The  book was good too, I liked the nuanced portrayal of all the women and wouldn’t mind seeing them again in a new book! 

I love roommate stories and career stories and this had both and done in such a realistic way.

This was a fun not so love story. I thought the birth control tie in aspect was a new twist, interesting and thought provoking.

First, I was drawn to “How to Fall Out of Love Madly” by the beautiful cover! However, I had a hard time connecting to the story and the characters. I didn’t like either of the main characters or their story lines. I feel that a younger millennial would enjoy this book but it wasn’t for me. 

Thank you NetGalley and Random House Publishing for my digital arc in exchange for my honest review.

This train of thought was hard to follow in the beginning but once you got the hang of it, made sense. It was a very frustrating storyline but was happy with the end result!

Not my cup of tea but a quick read. I was drawn to it originally because of the title. It’s definitely very timely, and if you’re disillusioned about dating your might enjoy it. I found the writing to be higher quality than most other books in this genre which is refreshing.

There was so much relatable discomfort in this book and I really enjoyed it. A sweetheart of a milennial book, i think this book was a hit!

3.5 stars! Received this ARC from NetGalley. I think this book is perfect for mid 20s to read, as you’re figuring out your life, mid way to 30s. It took me a while to get into, but enjoyed it  nonetheless! Definitely not a happy romance that I usually stray towards but it'll be a book I think about day to day. Love the book cover!

First of all, you have to love that cover on HOW TO FALL OUT OF LOVE MADLY by Jana Casale. It’s gorgeous, right? In some ways it’s a difficult book to describe, but it’s one I enjoyed as sort of a voyeuristic observer of a period of life that thankfully is far behind me. In it we meet three 30ish women all struggling in different ways to find their own power, their independence, their passions, and of course, love.

Annie has a job she thinks she should love, but doesn’t, and a boyfriend who never quite gives her what she needs. Her roommate Joy works in HR and is secretly in love with their third roommate, Theo. And Celine, Theo’s girlfriend, doesn’t really love him, but is comforted by his normalcy. Throughout the story we watch the three inch forward and backward in their individual quests to finally grow up and own their power. I found it sort of a treatise of the modern Millennial woman. For me the book started out a little slowly, but the further I got into it, the more I liked it. By the end, I was rooting hard for Annie, Joy and Celine. 3.75 stars

Thanks to @thedialpress for the beautiful finished copy of #HowToFallOutOfLoveMadly.

Unfortunately I couldn’t get into this book because I didn’t enjoy any of the characters! I thought the premise was promising, but ultimately I struggled.

Kind of a heavier read than I expected!
I did love how all 3 of the main girls were so different, yet so similar in relation to self-esteem & views of themselves. It mirrors real life SO well, because women always feel like the grass is greener, yet the women we envy often think the same way we do about ourselves.

This has got to be my new favorite book. I love a good romance, but the feeling of empowerment that these three women gave me was so much better. They showed true power and the raw side of every woman's life. They tore down the walls of perfection and they were messy. They were far from perfect and that's what I loved about them. Joy, Annie, and Celine will forever be held in my heart. I can't even think of how many people I've told about this book.

nsfw + conversations with friends + every millennial woman you've met in person and been like she needs to go to therapy
this is like the definition of millennial women's litfic but not written with any grace or understanding of what exactly makes it so alluring
the characters are all so infuriatingly useless and have no backbone whatsoever - joy grated every nerve in my body with her 'omg theoooooo' talk and sure that's the point but after the 19284th time i think i got the point pretty well
celine's perspective isn't balanced enough with the other two so it feels like an extreme afterthought on the author's part to be like "omg no i wrote about a not conventionally attractive white woman but i need to write about a conventionally attractive white woman's perspective too"
there are a few sections in this book that i felt flowed quite well - part 4 specifically, and the bits in annie's perspective when she talks about her work confidence and her shapeshifting for her boyfriend, but my god the rest of it was plodding and quirky and the ENDING was so,,,,
every person in this book needs extreme therapy and i feel like the author does too
also the way it felt like the author was using sexual harassment in the workplace as a metaphor for like,, women needing to break up with their lazy boyfriends was so weird and felt super icky to me to equate those two experiences
it's so WHITE too omg

Three women who believe in equality, but continually let the men in their lives walk all over them. While some of the story lines are relatable as a young woman, I found none of these women likeable. They all have very low self-esteem and none of them seem to value their female friendships at all. 

Thank You NetGalley and Random House for the gifted e-galley.

This book is so relatable and will be a must read for millennial women. It's a slow pace to start, but you become invested in the characters and the tough conversations they have and the situations they find themselves in.