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Dolly Alderton: Ghosts (Paperback, 2022, Vintage) 4 stars

Ghosts floated onto my radar earlier in the pandemic. I got it from the library and read 50 pages, telling myself "I want to buy this book." It took me something like 13 months to buy it and several more months to read it, but once I got into the thick of it again, I actually blazed through the story.

Ghosts just......works for me as a modern romance. Nina's observational wit presents a world I recognize and avidly want to hear her take on. The identifiable social satire of grown adults who start to sequester themselves according to relationship status hit me in the gut and nestled there. There was one plotline that I felt got somewhat bodice rippery, but I think I understand why she chose to take that relationship there in the end.

This one's special to me. Highly recommended.