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was a good read, Upgraded to.stars. I like a book that makes me think, and this one did, What a slog. There is no love triangle, nor charismatic professor, as promised, There is instead, unsatisfying conclusions and selfimportant writing,

I just went to look at the description of her previous book as I had marked that wanttoread as well.
After realizing it also focuses on one of this books main characters, I removed it from my toread list.
So, thats one helpful thing this reading did for me, I received an advanced readers copy from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review,

This was a fun read about three women's relationships with a crappy man,

I enjoyed Berman's references to other works of literature throughout the novel, and how she withheld details about Helen that kept the reader guessing.


TheLearningCurve NetGalley A hefty, juicy book by a skilled novelist who is in control, Berman gets women and the complications of lust, power, loneliness, and empathy aren't lost on her, I enjoyed sitelink Perennials, but I looooved this!
This will definitely be a favorite of the year! hard to care about literally anyone This was a novel aboutdifferent women, all connected in some way to one kind of awful in my opinion man, trying to find their way.
Although the novel was very well written, I found it so difficult to connect with any of the characters and that made it very difficult for me to get through.
I did really enjoy the way the novel referenced other works throughout, it made the content a bit more relatable.
I also found the parts that related to religion and the past interesting as well, The novel covered many themes that women face through coming of age as well as later on when they become mothers.
Thank you to Netgalley and Random House for the ARC, I received an advanced readers copy in exchange for an honest review,

This is a very enjoyable and well written book, and it is the rare book in which all of the various unlikable characters actually become likable as you get to know them.
I was sad to say goodbye to them at the end, It had been a nice year in their company

TW: Aboutinto the book a girl confides to her friend that she was raped, and the friend asked if she was just drunk.
Putting it in there now even though its not a big part of the story because some people may need to know that going in.
Thank you Random House for the free book, “The Learning Curve” takes an unassuming setup four friends beginning their senior year of college and spirals outward, drawing sweeping social changes into an intensely personal narrative.
THE LEARNING CURVE by Mandy Berman is a coming of age novel of today, though setyears ago.
We follow Fiona who we met in Berman's earlier novel, Liv, and Simone

as they explore their sexual selves, body autonomy, and their place in the world while their lives intersect thanks to a charming, yet disappointing, male Professor.
As a college story, I was immediately drawn in as those are my favorite types of coming of age stories.
The students were certainly going through valid and not often talked about concerns and situations as young women, and I really appreciated this book for that reason.


I thought the novel was intelligent, timely, and engrossing, I am such a fan of Berman's writing and this was one of my most eagerly awaited novels of the year.
Thankfully, it did not disappoint, My one issue is that there does seem to be a lot of offhanded fatphobic comments that took me by surprise.
I thought it may be all part of the character's development, but that didn't seem to be the case in the end.
Just a warning to those who may be sensitive to negative comments such as those, "Bad fiction is bad fiction, " I received a copy of this book for free in a Goodreads giveaway,

It felt like there was a lot going on in this book, and yet I found all of the chaos strangely enjoyable.
A book that primarily revolves around two college girls and a lonely wife of a college professor living in Berlin doesn't seem particularly appealing to someone like me on the surface, but maybe there's something intriguing about reading about relatively wealthy people whose lives are so different from yours.
This book covers such diverse topics as a shady visiting professor with a questionable prior relationship with a student, a father's alcoholism that causes an emotional strain on the rest of his family including his daughter's boyfriend, Monica Lewinsky, the Holocaust, being Jewish in Europe, losing a sibling at a young age and the effects of that that linger for years, etc.
etc. At times it's overwhelming, and it's often hard to see where the book is going, but I found a strange curiosity in seeing what random topic would come up next.
The ending was disappointing for me, though, At least two of the characters leave a lot of things unresolved, and despite them saying they wanted resolution, the book does not explore any of it before it ends.
This novel is truly a novel for the time, The novel follows mainly Fiona and Liv, If you read Mandys debut Perennials, you will remember Fiona, I think though that Mandy does a fantastic job of giving the reader all the information they need if they have not yet picked up Perennials.
In The Learning Curve we are presented with all of the complex issues that face us when we are in college and most importantly when we are in friendships.
You constantly want to be with your friends, safe and secure but you learn on this journey you also need to forge your own path.
We follow Fiona and Liv with their friends Lula and Marley through the final year of college for three of them you will learn more about Fiona in the book.
The final year for me was hard because I had a part time job, internship, classes and the prospect of moving to Los Angeles after college but it was also one of the best in terms of making things count.
I highly highly recommend this book and if you are feeling into it I recommend Perennials, You are in the capable hands of Mandy Berman, who will make sure that everything pays off and you have a sensory reading experience.


Please note that I received an advanced copy of this novel from the publisher and NetGalley.
I chose to write this review and all opinions are my own, .