Amber uses a voice in this book that sounds like she is personally telling these stories out loud. She writes just as she sounds on TV, which gives this book enough levity for one to actually keep reading these stories that are intolerable and uncomfortably believable. Good quote: "I have never been able to understand why white people have such a low tolerance for hearing about racism. I mean, we have to live it! The least you could do is nod your head."

I often prefer historical romance fiction to modern ones because in the past unmarried people should not be alone together which builds tension in the story. Casey McQuiston manages to create that kind of tension in this present-day love story. The dialog is witty and there are laugh-out-loud moments. Her political alternate reality was delightfully satisfying, like fan fiction. Thoroughly enjoyable.

The information in this book is excellent and one can really tell the author has a passion for goetta. It contains great food and family history. I didn’t mind that the author used a familiar voice in his writing, but the book really could use some editing to tighten up the book’s narrative.

I really liked that the author did not shy away from examining scripture.

This book is nicely written, I just wanted the story to be more clever than it is. I found it a bit slow in the middle because I did not like any of the characters. The characters are developed, I just didn't like any of them as people.

I really wanted to like this book. I liked the setting and the idea to use real people. I also liked the mystery that unfolded. But the author failed in one of the essential obligations of writing fiction; she didn’t make me believe it. Also, her gushing about the work of Michelangelo grew tiresome.

This was a light read (I read it in a day) but I enjoyed how each character was faking something. Witty.

I wanted this to be lighthearted a funny, but it was not. I wanted the zombies to add something to the story; they did not.

Good story telling, but incredibly predictable.

The detailed writing that often loses my attention, in this book kept me turning the page. He made me yearn to know the fate of the characters. Best sentence: "How guilt refined the methods of self-torture, threading the beads of detail into an eternal loop, a rosary to be fingered for a lifetime."

A surprisingly modern tale.

I loved all the ways this book explored the aspects of "admission": admission to college, confessions, those we allow into our lives, and things we admit to ourselves.

Had an interesting collection of pictures and word painting to add to the story.