Full review at Smart Bitches, Trashy Books 
 Rainbow Rowell is one of those authors who always seems to attack my emotions directly, when I'm not looking. I love her use of unconventional characters, and I love that even though the character's lives are imperfect, they get to find love anyway. Landline is not Rainbow Rowell's best book. But through a combination of skill and serendipity the book managed to turn me into a gibbering mess. I'm not sure I'd call it "good" but I'd certainly call it "effective". 
 Not a lie - I cried buckets because I loved the theme of romance in marriage and middle age. Also, there's a whole thing near the end that I won't spoil for you that made me shriek in delight - Georgie is all up in her own headspace when she's yanked into the WORLD due to hilarious and chaotic events, and it's just a huge breath of air in the middle of a ton of angst, and a total delight. Landline was insanely good at making me feel ALL THE THINGS, but it's uneven. Some moments seem pulled out of thin air. A lot of side characters aren't fleshed out at all, and Seth is just a bizarre person who seems to exist purely to mess things up for Neal and Georgie. It's all over the place and I'm not sure it's happy after all. 
 - Carrie S