Jane's Reviews > The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P.

This book seems to be very well written. At times it put me in mind of Emma by Jane Austen -- the evocation of an inner life (Nate's inner dialogue is probably the bulk of the text) in tension with the third person narration. But there's nothing at stake here. It didn't matter to me if Nate matured or found love.

Faux literary, clever, and, for a short novel, it kind of drags.