It reads like it was written by a robot who has never experienced human emotion. This book is written in only three chapters, which gives it a lovely "trapped in a never-ending nightmare" feel. Sally is convinced that men don't date her because she isn't pretty, never taking into account that she has the personality of an unsalted cracker. So basically, Romantic Comedy is about an ugly, divorced 40 year old woman (and at no point in the book does the MC let you forget how ugly and unwanted she is) who writes for SNL despite being the least funny main character I have ever had the displeasure of reading. Meaning we have not an over hyped book on our hands, but an over advertised one. To be honest, I've seen this cover bouncing around so much I could have sworn this had been released a year ago. And it's nice to root for Sally to get out of her own way and allow herself to be seen and loved the way she deserves. The novel is beautifully written, charming, incredibly smart and completely engrossing. They are brought back together during the pandemic and that's when the novel really takes off as Sally tries to believe that maybe her true love really is also a wildly hot and famous rock star. At an awkward after party, Sally sabotages an intimate moment with Noah and goes back to her life. And then the show is over and life goes on. Maybe, at times, too much inside baseball. The first half of the novel is the week leading up to the show's broadcast and is very inside-baseball. And then everything she thought she knew is upturned. And so when Sally Millz, a successful, Emmy-winning comedy writer on a late night sketch show comes across handsome and charming rock star Noah Brewster, who is guess-hosting, she is reminded that women like her never get the super hot guy. For one, it gives a behind-the-scenes look at how sketch comedy shows like SNL function and the story centers around a woman and takes up the notion of the outrageously hot woman who often will choose a funny, perhaps, but less attractive man and no one will accept such a thing as anything but the norm. And I particularly enjoyed Romantic Comedy. Once you start, you simply cannot put her books down. One of my favorite things about Curtis Sittenfeld is how she writes such satisfying novels. With her keen observations and trademark ability to bring complex women to life on the page, Sittenfeld explores the neurosis-inducing and heart-fluttering wonder of love, while slyly dissecting the social rituals of romance and gender relations in the modern age. And in real life, someone like him would never date someone like her.right? But this isn’t a romantic comedy it’s real life. Dazzled by his charms, Sally hits it off with Noah instantly, and as they collaborate on one sketch after another, she begins to wonder whether there might actually be sparks flying. Sally channels her annoyance into a sketch called the "Danny Horst Rule," poking fun at this phenomenon while underscoring how unlikely it is that the reverse would ever happen for a woman.Įnter Noah Brewster, a pop music sensation with a reputation for dating models, who signed on as both host and musical guest for this week’s show. With a couple of heartbreaks under her belt, she’s long abandoned the search for love, settling instead for the occasional hook-up, career success, and a close relationship with her stepfather to round out a satisfying life.īut when Sally’s friend and fellow writer Danny Horst begins dating Annabel, a glamorous actor who guest-hosted the show, he joins the not-so-exclusive group of talented but average-looking and even dorky men at the show-and in society at large-who’ve gotten romantically involved with incredibly beautiful and accomplished women. Sally Milz is a sketch writer for "The Night Owls," the late-night live comedy show that airs each Saturday. Romantic Comedy is a hilarious, observant and deeply tender novel from New York Times–bestselling author Curtis Sittenfeld. A comedy writer thinks she’s sworn off love, until a dreamily handsome pop star flips the script on all her assumptions.
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