finished reading

I liked learning details about prosopagnosia, which I know about from teaching psychology classes.  I had a hard time relating to Sadie, the main character who's diagnosed with prosopagnosia--she is not especially likable, self-centered, and whiny. The love triangle is a perfect example--because Sadie doesn't spend time getting to know the love interests on any kind of deep level, she isn't able to truly know them.

Even though I kinda rolled my eyes at Sadie, I loved Joe.  And I loved Parker being so evil and vicious.  The landlords, the Kims, were dream landlords.  And there's Peanut.  The star of the story!

From the publisher:

Love isn’t blind, it’s just a little blurry.

Sadie Montgomery never saw what was coming . . . Literally! One minute she’s celebrating the biggest achievement of her life—placing as a finalist in the North American Portrait Society competition—the next, she’s lying in a hospital bed diagnosed with a “probably temporary” condition known as face blindness. She can see, but every face she looks at is now a jumbled puzzle of disconnected features. Imagine trying to read a book upside down and in another language. This is Sadie’s new reality with every face she sees.

But, as she struggles to cope, hang on to her artistic dream, work through major family issues, and take care of her beloved dog, Peanut, she falls into—love? Lust? A temporary obsession to distract from the real problems in her life?—with not one man but two very different ones. The timing couldn’t be worse.

If only her life were a little more in focus, Sadie might be able to find her way. But perceiving anything clearly right now seems impossible. Even though there are things we can only find when we aren’t looking. And there are people who show up when we least expect them. And there are always, always other ways of seeing.