Goodreads Synopsis: "Hi, I'm the guy who reads your e-mail, and also, I love you . . . "
From the award-winning author of Eleanor & Park and Fangirl comes a hilarious and heartfelt novel about love in the workplace.
Beth Fremont and Jennifer Scribner-Snyder know that somebody is monitoring their work e-mail. (Everybody in the newsroom knows. It's company policy.) But they can't quite bring themselves to take it seriously. They go on sending each other endless and endlessly hilarious e-mails, discussing every aspect of their personal lives.
Meanwhile, Lincoln O'Neill can't believe this is his job now- reading other people's e-mail. When he applied to be "internet security officer," he pictured himself building firewalls and crushing hackers- not writing up a report every time a sports reporter forwards a dirty joke.
When Lincoln comes across Beth's and Jennifer's messages, he knows he should turn them in. But he can't help being entertained-and captivated-by their stories.
By the time Lincoln realizes he's falling for Beth, it's way too late to introduce himself.
What would he say . . . ?
My Thoughts:
- I didn't enjoy this one as much as Fangirl, but I still enjoyed it.
- Why aren't there more guys like Lincoln around? I know this is fiction, but come on!
- Jennifer and Beth were funny. Some of their comments cracked me up. I wish I had a friend to email and spill my life too.
- I could relate to Lincoln's geekiness.
- I LOVED the ending! It is completely unrealistic, but I loved it nonetheless. The tension about whether Beth and Lincoln get together is tangible, and the ending delivers!
- This is not a YA. It is an adult book. The only bad thing in it is a lot of f-bombs, but the characters are in their upper 20s. They have jobs and have graduated college.
- This whole book just wasn't believable. Guys don't talk to girls the way Lincoln does. Things like this just don't happen! Again, I know it's fiction, but it still has to be believable fiction.
I loved Attachments, but I loved Fangirl even more. The only weakness in Rowell's writing, for me, is that her endings are always either 5 pages too short or 5 pages too long for my taste. But it's not enough to ruin the rest of the story! Glad you liked this one as well!
ReplyDeleteI just finished this one last night, even though I barely logged it on my Goodreads as staring it today! Anyway, I do think Lincoln was awesome and he has made it to my favorite book boy.
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