I've got to hand it to Rainbow Rowell. Even though her books tend to be a hit or a near miss for me, I think it's really neat how, across four books, she has managed to effortlessly capture what it means to live during four different stages of life – high school, college, working/dating young adult, and working/married adult. It’s really kind of cool if you think about it. And even though this was one of those near misses for me, it still was a really cute story. The writing in *Landline* is cl...

I saw a friend reading Rainbow Rowell's *Landline* just now and remembered I read it early last year. Since it won "BEST FICTION" on Goodreads in 2014, I figured then it must be worth the $1.99 I paid during a sale. It was 'fair' enough that when I saw my Overdrive library had it available, too, I thought it might be better as an audio book – after all, the name of the book is *Landline*. Well, reading it – or listening to it – I enjoyed this conversation (the story) for about as long as I do m...

\n \nor Fate, Time, Television and True LoveThe funny thing with Landline is that I didn’t even fully mean to reread it. I just started the first few pages and then bang I was flying through it in true Rainbow Rowell fashion (see: Why I Fangirl over Rainbow Rowell’s Fangirl (Spoilers: Levi)). It felt like I was at an all-you-can-eat buffet, filling myself with one more page, one more...\n \nSourceAs far as time machines go, a magic telephone is pretty useless.TV writer Georgie McCool can’t act...

"You don't know when you're twenty-three.You don't know what it really means to crawl into someone else's life and stay there. You can't see all the ways you're going to get tangled, how you're going to bond skin to skin. How the idea of separating will feel in five years, in ten -- in fifteen...She didn't know it at twenty-three." This book, you guys. THIS BOOK. I devoured Rainbow Rowell's *Landline* in just a few hours, in one sitting. Now I totally get why everyone raves about Rain...

`Landline` = Lame. Seriously, this won Goodreads Best Fiction Book in 2014? I beg to differ. This was predictable and boring. A landline to the past Georgie uses to contact her current husband who has decided to spend Christmas with his two daughters at his family's home in Omaha. Why? Because Georgie is a comedy writer and has to work on a show. I don't get the hype around `Landline` by Rainbow Rowell – wasn't worth the read, and I'm glad I didn't purchase it. As far as book reviews go, this on...

Rereading "Landline" again was so fulfilling. It made me feel genuinely content. I’d forgotten how incredibly imaginative and unique Rainbow Rowell’s writing style is. How wholesome her characters are, flaws and all, and how inviting and warm reading this story felt. It’s the perfect comfort read.It’s a love story. It’s about a marriage that is on the brink of divorce, and the characters are holding on to the remaining scraps of their relationship. It poses questions about how one can even begin...

I've adored all of Rainbow Rowell's other books, but "Landline" just didn't click with me. The core idea felt absurd, and honestly, I disliked nearly every character except Heather. Especially Neal – GOD, I loathed Neal! What a dreadful, pathetic person. I'm completely baffled as to why he's portrayed as appealing because he's not even given any redeeming features. He's described as unattractive, never laughs, smiles, or expresses his feelings in any way, apart from silently radiating misery and...

DNF'd around the halfway mark. As usual, I enjoy Rainbow Rowell's narrative style, but as a character study of a marriage, "Landline" didn't quite hit the mark for me – it wasn't sharp enough, funny enough, or emotionally resonant enough to truly grab me. I also found Georgie's profession a bit jarring; the portrayal felt unrealistic both in the specifics and in how it shaped Georgie's character. If I hadn't already discovered Liane Moriarty, who writes fantastic books that humorously dissect ma...

More like 4.5 stars... but yeah, I absolutely loved *Landline* by Rainbow Rowell <3. This is a book review where I can't help but gush!

Re-Read Review March 16, 2019: Still good, but not my fave of hers. Like, 4.5 stars. If I had to rate all her books, this one would be nearer to the bottom, just above Eleanor & Park, and that's purely personal preference speaking. All of the Rowells are Quality. (I have no idea what to expect for the forthcoming Pumpkinheads, but I am nevertheless excited in my ignorance.)This is definitely the most adult of her books, not a true romance, but a story of marriage and the hard work and heartb...