Please God, Find Me a Husband! by Simone Lia
My rating: 3/5 cats
this book is exactly what the title says it is and somehow still not at all what i was expecting. it’s not that my reading comprehension skills are weakening, i just didn’t think that the person who gave me all the things i squee over:
fluffy:
this worm:
chip and bean:
more fluffy:
would also write a religious comic about finding a man.
i bought it without even looking through it; i just said “simone lia has a new (in this country) book?? MINE!”
and then i got it home and read it, only to discover there was nothing cute at all in this book.
unless you think that it is cute when god plays operation
now, i have no problem with the deeply religious. it’s not something that is a part of my life, but if it gives other people solace, i’m not one of those nonbelievers who needs to sneer at them. however, while religion can be used as something to structure comedy around (mel brooks, life of brian), it is very rare for spiritual journeys to generate comedy gold. for example, repurposing the lyrics to old INXS songs (removing the saucier lines) and turning it into a song about god’s love is just…icky.
there’s just not much of a story here, cute or otherwise. religion aside, it’s also not very interesting to listen to a woman complain about not having a man in her life. and while Fluffy is a very loosely told series of episodes instead of a sustained narrative like this one, it somehow feels more satisfying. fluffy is an adorable bunny whose antics warm the heart, while this is just kind of…sad.
it gets a three star cat because i love simone lia, but it is on the very low end of the three.
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