Receive The Visitor (The One, #5) Developed By Dodai Stewart Available As Volume
least favorite Amazon Original story so far,
Whoops! This is actually nonfiction, so not sure what to think,
An immature, spoiled, selfish woman who has lacked for nothing her entire life decides to embark on a longdistance relationship with predictable results.
She also seems to have a drinking problem,
I found it superficial and a kind of Sex and the City on steroids,
It seemed unrealistic it's possible the narrator was unreliable, but she seemed mostly to act like a child.
I'm not sure where I expected this story to go, The conclusion feels bittersweet, to me, at least, But the author seems happy,
Poor Marco he obviously didn't see that coming, It sounds like he was making assumptions, and you know what they say about assumptions While the main character was slightly annoying, I will say that I appreciated how she stayed true to herself in the end.
All too often individuals will compromise who they are as an individual in order to maintain a relationship, Compromise is great, but not when it means sacrificing critical elements of who you are, What liked most about this read was the descriptive language utilized to describe New York and San Francisco having been to both cities the author was spot on.
I also really loved Marcos character and I wouldnt mind a follow up told from his perspective, É um livrinho bem interessante sobre encontrar ou não o amor de sua vida, ou ficar solteira e ser feliz assim mesmo.
Entendo bem o que a narradora sentiu com relação a relacionamentos à distância, sei como são complicados, Mas o que mais gostei foi o amor que ela declara por New York, um de meus lugares favoritos no mundo.
Muito bom. "Is he the One or do I want him to be the One because I want the One"
kindle unlimited short story
set in NYC a year after/
fmc is/
finds 'love' in another zip code through a dating website
I really don't know how to feel about this one.
It's set in NYC and the fmc is very passionate about city life which I could relate to, being a huge city girl myself but this came across so superficial and egocentric, sorry.
Like, not liking the guy because of his knock off sneakers Get a grip
She finds what she thinks is love though an online dating website, and he lives on the west coast San Francisco which leads to a very instalust, heightened, long distance situation.
It wasn't sustainable or realistic,
The main takeaway I got from this was that the fmc needed to stay single, She was looking for substance or something to fill the voids but ultimately needed to learn to love herself instead of having someone else fill those gaps for her.
Also wasn't a fan of the writing style and the use of three's: "ill ill ill", "kiss kiss kissing", "yes yes yes", "blah blah blah".
QUOTES:
"Instead of wading into the waves from the shore, I'd jumped right into a deep, unknowable sea.
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"I thought it was Love, It felt like Love, or something very close to it, But it was something else, Infatuation Folie a deux Distraction Temporary insanity Simultaneous limerence Or perhaps it was truly capital L Love, and the problem was that my understanding of that word, of that emotion, was flawed, unrealistic, delusional, and immature from the start.
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"I was expecting Love to magically lift me up and out of an emotional funk but that was work I had to initiate myself.
" Okay This one was interesting, and clearly had folks in their feelings lol, A very realistic look at the highs and lows of long distance relationships and the pressure of caving into the loneliness of being single.
Half of me feels like Dodai ruined a good thing with Marco, but the other half of me feels like her reasons werevalid.
I feel like she was ultimately afraid of leaving her comfort zone, and maybe Marco was better off with someone else who fit all the things he wanted.
Still, I could see how the relationship got exhausting after a while, I'll never be ageist or tell a woman to give up her goals and dreams for a relationship, But there was a hint of immaturity to her approach to it all, She's not the villain of this story tho, And neither was Marco. Finding You
A short book about figuring out who you are and what you want out of life.
When you know who you are, the things you want out of life falls right into place, A love of New York, a love of one's own potential and a love of a person on the other side of the country
At the outset of this tale sitelinkDodai Stewart has done what so many people want to do
She has found her place in New York.
She has friends, a career and she is moving things forward on all fronts, She interviews celebrities and other people, and writes about them,
She has a small apartment, but it is basically a place to sleep before heading back out again.
There is no complaints on her part about New York,
There is not even a line along the lines of 'New York was great, but it was wearing on me.
'
She loves New York, and loves her life, and wants to continue with both New York and her life.
That is it.
She wants one more thing though a partner,
And she finds a partner across the country
She is on a dating site and boom she finds the person with whom she clicks, physically and emotionally and mentally and everything else.
He lives in San Francisco though,
What follows is what happens when this happens,
The relationship moves forward, one visit at a time,
She visits him, he visits her,
And then, they have to make a decision,
Through it all, Dodai pays respect to New York, and her own potential
She loves New York, and can not give it up.
And I say she loves her own potential, rather than her own self because she has given us books like this.
We all benefit and get to read her words,
To paraphrase sitelinkMartin Amis
Accusing a writer of egotism is like accusing a boxer of pugilism
And yes, Dodai Stewart has a very strong sense of her self, and is not necessarily willing to push it away for a relationship.
A picket fence mean you have to give a few things up, and no she was neither willing to give up her beloved New York, nor her ability to write great tales like this one.
So I don't consider Dodai in love with her self, but rather in love with her potential because she's not just sitting around and eating sushi she is giving the world great tales like this one.
So we all benefit and whatever the case, I highly recommend this great tale, In Love with the Illusion, the Fraud of Reality
Dodai Stewart's pining memoir of her searching for and wanting to find "The One" in whom all happiness centers theth installment of "The One" short story series describes her own selfdiscovery of what she really wants from life.
This insightful true story illustrates how easy it is to not know what we really want and for what we are willing to sacrifice everything else to have.
Filtering out false dreams from real dreams forces one to make choices that automatically make it impossible to pursue other dreams with less intrinsic value.
Perhaps accepting what we don't really want after all is what makes us mature, genuinely alive, and ultimately fulfilled, Still, having only one life means leaving the "other road" we might have taken, and all choices will always have questions and regrets if we allow ourselves to consider them honestly.
This quick, thoughtprovoking read will like create more questions than it answers, and the author's compelling storytelling is written to have only one plausible ending.
Still, I felt a sense of poignant loss from the author's haphazard validation of choosing path that might not end with the same jubilant exuberant with which she is now projecting herself.
But perhaps too for Dodai Stewart, it's more about the thrill of the chase, the unknowns of the journey, the shared experiences with other travelers, rather than the final destination if ever achieved.
Lots to think about with this short reading adventure, I did appreciate having the author's own narration in the accompanying Audible voice companion, Perhaps hearing the author's own word in her own voice is why it felt a bit too real, too haunting.
Well written, well performed, well worth considering, Though I've not had a coasttocoast long distance relationship like the author, I found so much of her story to be easy to relate to.
Or, maybe not her story necessarily, but her, I don't think society ever makes it easy for women who are single, and I don't think there enough stories about people feeling content and happy with being single, simply loving and living for themselves.
I want more stories, like Stewart's, that celebrates being in capitalL Love with our own lives, Not impressed. The love story of a woman and a city, It reminded me a bit of Carrie Bradshaw and Sex in the City at times though, I did like the ultimate message here though that being single is not something to be ashamed of and when you know it's not working with someone, own it, instead of just staying in a relationship that really does not fit who you are at that time in your life.
Stewart tells a story of how she met a guy via app and then started a long distant relationship with him.
He lives in California, she is in New York, And of course we get all the relationship highs and lows, but one thing comes shining through, how much she loves New York.
New York of course is always one of the cities that women proclaim to love and just get, But honestly, I have been there and besides doing the High Line and going to St, Patrick's Cathedral,Rock, and Times Square, I was pretty meh about the city, I think the cities that have resonated the most with me have been Pittsburgh, Alexandria, San Francisco, and Baghdad, That is something that Stewart gets exactly right I thought, when you find that city that calls you and makes you think home, it's a special thing.
Prime Read.star: I wish I had DNFd,
Heres why:
The writing was extraordinarily clunky and descriptive,
This is a very American story something which doesnt typically appeal to me as a reader: set in NYC a city which, apparently, is the best place in the world , love with a capital L like you see it in the movies, disgusting levels of internalised capitalism the love interest doesnt “get” the main character because he wears the “wrong” trainers and wants a LAWN not a PENTHOUSE, and an obnoxious attitude on a whole new level.
The central character is it a character I hope it is, and not a memoir was somebody who I just couldnt stand.
I know people like this exist in real life but I make a point of avoiding them, Obnoxious, selfrighteous, completely lacking in selfawareness, and honestly just a total snob,
I continued reading because Ive been in a couple of long distance relationships and so I was curious how this one might pan out.
I thought it might say something interesting or thought provoking about longdistance relationships, I also liked Marco and the moments of romance between the two characters were kinda sweet, so I wanted it to work out.
In case youre wondering what to expect: “Seeing him in NYC, with his bad sneakers and worse sense of direction, magnified how he ultimately didnt fit.
” amp “Marco was not in New York, not from New York, and he didnt understand, relate to, or value New York, at least not the way I did.
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Youre welcome, I saved youminutes of reading, Girl meets boy on internet, Girl judges boy for wearing knockoff Adidas shelltoes and not being from New York, like her, For real New Yorkers,
nothing is more important than New York, and this particular protagonist is superobsessed with materialism and “status,” such as getting into the right parties, photo shoots with Nick Cannon, vintage mink coats, and a bunch of other nonsense thats completely meaningless, if not outright offensive, to down to earth nonNew Yorkers like me.
For our New York loving protag, its NY night life and guest lists all the way and thats WAY more important than love! Bottom line, if youre super into New York and arent put off by selfimportant, shallow protagonists, this book might be your jam.
Otherwise, maybe watch a Sex and the City rerun and call it good, I struggled to relate to Dodai, I found her shallow ending a relationship because he doesn't know name brands or a city like you do is ridiculous teaching each other things and learning new things together is an important part of any healthy relationship and just didn't like her.
Her audio performance was lacking, There were so many awkward pauses within sentences that I swore there was something wrong with my download there wasn't.
Glad this was onlyhour, This one just didn't do much for me, Too much name dropping and use of words three times in a row was irritating irritating irritating to me, Super annoying and self centered main character, Dodai Stewart is a very talented writer, Her prose about NYC had me pining to go back to my home state for a visit to one of my favorite cities in the world her description of San Francisco reminded me of the city that I visited many years ago and how it is just so.
. . different from the rest of California,
and probably the whole US,
After a series of failed relationships, Stewart decides to dip her toes into the world of online dating.
Soon she finds herself entranced by the charismatic Marco obviously not his real name and soon she finds herself visiting him and wishing they weren't exactly polar opposites, living in polar opposite cities.
While The Visitor is a quick read, it seemed to drag on and on at times as Stewart managed to name drop as much as possible, and refused to even consider compromising with the man she professed to love.
There was a slight hint of materialistic things being extremely valuable, but that could just be my interpretation,
This wasn't my favorite of the four shorts that I've read so far in Amazon's The One collection of seven stories that are about different types of love that each author has experienced in their life.
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