Bad Habits

Plot Details:
This book jumps back and forth between two different timelines, current day and back when Claire aka Mac was attending “The Program”. She runs into her former friend/rival Gwen. Mac looked up to Gwen and basically wanted her life at the time. Now they have an awkward reunion rehashing the past.

My Thoughts:
I liked the concept of this book more than how it played out, I think. I was very interested in seeing exactly what happened between Gwen and Mac and why they weren't friends anymore and hadn't seen each other in years. The characters were fascinating, but to me they were too ingrained in academia to be relatable. I disliked all the focus on what the professors taught and it was difficult to understand what Claire was really doing in her life in the present day.

The ending was revelatory, but I still thought that both Gwen and Mac weren't really all that likable as characters, nor were any of the other characters really. I think if the setting had been more relatable, it would have made a lot of difference, but “The Program” was honestly too vague. Not a bad story, but just not really my thing.