Instead she found herself attracted to many of the wrong types of men and every relationship she’d pursue would end badly. How to Fall Out of Love Madly is an honest and compelling look at female friendship, romantic relationships, and infatuation.

She made me think of the times when someone has said something little about my appearance or personality that have stuck with me forever; the half-truths and lies told that you’re only too willing to believe. Perceptive, mordantly funny, and full of heart, How to Fall Out of Love Madly tells the story of three women who believe in equality yet inexplicably tolerate terrible behavior from men, equating being desired with worth.It made Joy feel like Annie was just throwing everything away, or more accurately clearing it away like you would a dirty glass or a fogged windowpane. The traumatizing moments and the empowering moments that just come with the territory of being a woman.

The most fascinating of these belongs to Celine, a person who has to live with being so attractive that it’s all anyone can ever think about. They took a picture of the empty guest room, soon to be the home of a stranger, and posted it alongside the description.

But when an anonymous letter lands on her desk accusing her esteemed and supportive boss of sexual misconduct, she is forced to decide who and what she’s willing to stand up for. They spend a lot of time together and Joy ends up falling for him, only for him to show up a few weeks later with a girlfriend. I wanted to turn around and say, “Fuck you,” but my instinct was to just leave the party as soon as possible, so I did. The other thing that didn't really work for me was Celine, the third character, who has a lot less time on the page and whose whole purpose is supposed to be to show us that a woman who looks Instagram-perfect can also not be happy. I know it’s only January and I know this is only my 6th book of the year and I know I will read many, many more in the coming months, but I also know that no matter how many I read, this one will be among my favorites!

Joy starts spending a lot of time with Theo and ends up falling for him, only for him to show up a few weeks later with the most stunning woman Joy has ever seen and introduces her as his girlfriend. The purpose is not to move lit discussion away from r/redscarepod, general lit discussion can stay there. She dives into our deepest thoughts and pulls them to the surface, laying them out for the world to see.She wouldn’t know much more than that; she wouldn’t know that even though she’d told herself for ages that she didn’t mind being single and that she didn’t want children anyway and that turning thirty very soon meant nothing, somewhere it terrified her that at this age she’d never been in love with anyone and that no one loved her, no one at all, and coming off of this state, not too much later, she would meet Theo. Though he isn't present in every scene, he conveys each piece of the story leading up to the murder as if he were an omniscient narrator, capable of accessing every character's interior perspective.