TRACY FLICK CAN’T WIN (Tom Perrotta) - August 8/22

 This very satisfying follow up did take a while to grow on me, admittedly. Perrotta introduces a whole mess of new characters and takes his time in establishing an actual plot, so for the first third I was mostly only engaged when it was about Tracy. But Perrotta knows what he’s doing and the second half becomes quite engrossing and the various characters all become extremely compelling. I feel like the climax was a little rushed but I wasn’t unhappy with how it ended. Good stuff. ***1/2 out of ****