14 - The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P., by Adelle Waldman
WHY I PICKED IT: Saw it in a book store and it seemed interesting
ELAPSED TIME: 3 days
RATING: Not Good
Nate is a smart guy. He broke out of his middle class upbringing and made it through Harvard and has (with work) started to make it as a writer. Nate is also a bit of a sexist prick. He finally breaks out of his mould and starts to date a woman who is his intellectual equal.
What follows is frustrating. He pulls away, he plays games, he acts like an ass... What the hell? Waldman writes well, but Nate is not a character whose life I would want to impose on anybody, and without any underlying value, why would you do it? This book is a portrait of an anti-feminist. It may be reasonably well written, but he's not a protagonist that I'd recommend.
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