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** Justine. She had an unhappy child with an "asshole" stepfather, she has no hope for a better future, and her ex-boyfriend was emotionally abusive. Nate has sex with her [[PitySex only because he feels bad for her]].
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* HoYay: In New Year's, Aurit claims Jason has "some kind of homoerotic fixation on Nate." Perhaps that why he objects to Nate dating Hannah.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: In a novel about modern dating, [[TechnologyMarchesOn internet dating]] is mentioned exactly once (Eugene remarks "I'm thinking about going online" to find a girlfriend). This places the narrative within a span of years when internet dating existed but before the dating apps boom.
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* JerkassWoobie: We're not given a lot of reasons to like Elisa. She's a SpoiledBrat in Nate's eyes, but it's hard not to sympathize with her in her heartbroken state.
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Requires a 20 year waiting period. It hasn't even been 10 years yet because it came out in 201
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* ValuesResonance: It was published in 2013, when Tinder was still in its infancy. The dating challenges the novel chronicles (commitment phobia, the allure of other options) have only gotten worse. The book even begins with Juliet tearing into Nate for ghosting her, before there was a popular term for that behavior.
* ValuesResonance: It was published in 2013, when Tinder was still in its infancy. The dating challenges the novel chronicles (commitment phobia, the allure of other options) have only gotten worse. The book even begins with Juliet tearing into Nate for ghosting her, before there was a popular term for that behavior.
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* TheWoobie: To quote [[https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/love-actually this review by Sasha Weiss]], "It’s awful to watch a woman as lovely as Hannah shrivel under Nate’s appraising, unpredictable gaze."
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* TheWoobie: To quote [[https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/love-actually this review by Sasha Weiss]], "It’s awful to watch a woman as lovely as Hannah shrivel under Nate’s appraising, unpredictable gaze.""
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* TheWoobie: To quote [[https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/love-actually this review by Sasha Weiss]], "It’s awful to watch a woman as lovely as Hannah shrivel under Nate’s appraising, unpredictable gaze."
* TheWoobie: To quote [[https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/love-actually this review by Sasha Weiss]], "It’s awful to watch a woman as lovely as Hannah shrivel under Nate’s appraising, unpredictable gaze."
