Gremriel reviewed Love by the Numbers by Karin Kallmaker
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4 stars
This book almost lost me at the beginning. The science and academia talk was hard to follow for me (english is not my native language).
But when the two very different characters started on their "road trip", it turned into an engaging book.
I really loved how each of them where in conflict with being around each other. Nicole trying explaining it all with several chemicals (called "whatever-tines by Lily), and Lily's hilarious discussions between Libido, Circumspect and Common Sense.
Nicole opening up during the trip was nicely done, and I found it funny to read both were sure about what they were feeling but had no clue how to deal with it. The failure of the so-called gaydar for both of them added to that.
The book has some subtle humor the remark from a nurse about a future president and a questionable birth certificate had me chuckling.
It …
This book almost lost me at the beginning. The science and academia talk was hard to follow for me (english is not my native language).
But when the two very different characters started on their "road trip", it turned into an engaging book.
I really loved how each of them where in conflict with being around each other. Nicole trying explaining it all with several chemicals (called "whatever-tines by Lily), and Lily's hilarious discussions between Libido, Circumspect and Common Sense.
Nicole opening up during the trip was nicely done, and I found it funny to read both were sure about what they were feeling but had no clue how to deal with it. The failure of the so-called gaydar for both of them added to that.
The book has some subtle humor the remark from a nurse about a future president and a questionable birth certificate had me chuckling.
It would have gotten five stars from me, were it not for the end. I can see how Nicole finally comes to decisions not influenced by her mother and world wide family, but the marriage proposal (if you can call it that, it was just a statement) seemed a bit too much for me. I just didn't see that coming from Nicole..
All in all, a very entertaining book