Guys, WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT? I just wanted to run my hand under cold water until it got chilly and slightly damp, and then slap the shit out of every single character in this book in order of appearance. I still want that. Can we just forget this book ever happened? My least favorite parts of The Marriage Plot in no particular order were:

1) When Madeleine (I think we’re supposed to be reading that sex scene through her character) uses the phrase “you-know-what” to describe her vagina. JEEZ. US. KEYRIST.

2) Every other sex scene.

3) The ending.

4) The character Mitchell, who I would rather push in front of a bus then listen to his insufferable, creepy whining about this BEAUTIFUL RICH WHITE GIRL WHO HE BARELY FUCKING KNOWS,

5) Madeline. I can’t even. Did you guys notice the part when she was pretty and rich? Oh you did? IS THAT BECAUSE THAT IS ALL WE KNOW ABOUT HER? Oh, I guess we also know she has Madeline wall paper, an important detail that literally made me have to hide my face in my book with PURE HOT LIQUID EMBARRASSMENT.

6) Just everyone and everything in this book. Ugh.

I’m going to rewrite The Marriage Plot, altering only the last page, when everyone chokes to death on a garbage bag full of saltwater taffy.

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    I’m glad other people are talking about not liking The Marriage Plot—I was afraid to admit my true feelings. I didn’t...
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    sobbing anyway. But,
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  6. michelledean said: Seems like a waste of perfectly good taffy, though.
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