Charlotte Runcie’s Bring Down The House
I’ve read a lot of books lately that were just FINE, so I was psyched that this one grabbed me right away. It’s about a theater critic who writes an absolutely savage review of a show at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, then ends up picking up the show’s creator at a bar and having a one night stand, knowing full well who she is. And the next morning, she sees the review and realizes what he’s done, and reworks her whole show to be about him and what an asshole he is. And the whole thing is narrated by one of his colleagues who’s been on hand for the whole thing, and has her own stuff going on with her marriage and new motherhood and grieving her own mother. I really liked this—the end was maybe a little too meditative for me? But I read it all on one go and might add it to my book club list. A/A-.
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A review copy was provided by the publisher. This book will be released in July.
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