Dud Avocado (Serendipity) (Pavanne Books) (New York Review Books Classics) (VMC Designer Collection)

by Elaine Dundy

[merryfaith]

I picked this up because someone had described it as Bridget Jones' Diary's 50s spiritual grandmother, or something like that. Granted: I have never actually watched or read anything Bridget Jones' Diary (yet!), but there's still a global pandemic going on, and I wanted something lighter and maybe funny, and thought this would fit the bill. I almost abandoned it in part 1, but parts 2 and 3 fared much, much better.

Is there a plot? More than just Sally Jay just getting into and out of trouble gallivanting in Europe on her Uncle's money, not really. Were there some parts that aged horribly? For sure, especially the descriptions of the gay bars and LGBT+ characters - I cringed. Did I somehow end up liking Sally? Weirdly, yes. It wasn't that funny to me, but I still felt good when it ended? Go figure. I actually preferred this over most of the romance/chick lit I've read this year so as far as a mostly mindless pandemic mood read goes, it somehow fit the bill. I don't know if that actually makes it a good read or just good because I could escape some with it.