How to Fall Out of Love Madly

Reviews

“Three relatable thirtysomethings drive this ode to womanhood. Learning the hard way to love themselves, the women teach invaluable lessons.”—People

“In subtle, exquisitely precise prose, How to Fall Out of Love Madly astounds with its insights about love and the search for meaning and self-acceptance. Everyone who loves Sally Rooney should be reading Jana Casale!”—Julie Buntin, author of Marlena

“Jana Casale is a master storyteller—observant, witty, sharp, and funny. How to Fall Out of Love Madly is an honest and compelling look at female friendship, romantic relationships, and infatuation.”—Jennifer Close, New York Times bestselling author of Girls in White Dresses and Marrying the Ketchups

“With wit, brains, and empathy, Jana Casale throws open the curtain on the inner lives of three young women and illuminates their pain and beauty. How to Fall Out of Love Madly is a literary triumph, and it’s also an absolute delight.”—Lauren Fox, New York Times bestselling author of Send for Me

“Jana Casale so intimately captures how these smart, capable characters talk themselves into living lives that they don’t enjoy. This book is funny and heartfelt—readers will root for all three of these women as they shake themselves off and start asking what might actually make them happy.”—CJ Hauser, author of Family of Origin and The Crane Wife

“Achingly funny, startlingly intimate, viciously familiar, How to Fall Out of Love Madly says every quiet part of being a woman out loud.”—Megan Angelo, author of Followers

“How to Fall Out of Love Madly fearlessly explores three women’s shifting desires and the systems that do—and do not—constrain them. Casale is a master observer, and she renders the frustrations and joys of everyday life in piercingly clear prose. She is also mordantly funny.”—Grant Ginder, author of Let’s Not Do That Again and The People We Hate at the Wedding

“Can a book resonate too much? Potent and poignant, How to Fall Out of Love Madly offers characters so lovable, and social commentary so sharp, that I have paper cuts from turning the pages and a special place in my heart for Casale’s unapologetic storytelling.”—Beck Dorey-Stein, New York Times bestselling author of From the Corner of the Oval and Rock the Boat

“Casale illuminates her protagonists’ inner worlds with a nearly alarming authenticity. These cis, straight women . . . [have] been on both ends of life’s most sensitive questions and know that a kind response and an honest one aren’t usually the same thing. Many readers will feel seen. It’s the excitingly, exhilaratingly tiny and true movements of these women’s hearts and minds that will move How to Fall Out of Love Madly solidly into readers’ own.”—Booklist (starred review)

“Casale’s narrative voice is deadpan, funny, and clean without being faux flat or pretentious. Casale is an American Sally Rooney, so smart about friendship and love.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Expand reviews