This was a cute story about a man who wants becomes wrapped up in poetry and a reality series The Bachelor. I liked the way the story was written, almost like it was a memoir of his time. It kind of reminded me of Daisy Jones and Lillian Boxfish in the way it was telling about his life. But this had a lot less serious tones. Overall it was a cute debut and I enjoyed the characters.

Sadly, this book was just not for me. I begin to just wonder if it was ever going anywhere? Took days to get half through the book, and sadly it never made much sense. Just a DNF for me.

Simply put, there was not enough of The Bachelor and too much of the bachelor.

I LOVE The Bachelor franchise. This might show me to not be sophisticated enough for this book but that's ok. I'll take The Bachelor any day. I just didn't care about the characters or the plot (really the lack of plot). I didn't hate my life while reading it but it also didn't enlighten me.

Many thanks to NetGalley, the publisher, and the author for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I came into this book thinking it would be what the title was about “The Bachelor”. I think that was part of the reason I was quite disappointed. The book focuses more on the main characters memoirs of watching the Show himself (not a cast member). It had its funny and good parts that all of us Bachelor Nation can understand but wasn’t the storyline I was hoping and didn’t keep me intrigued for long.

Pleasant, a unique take on a broken=hearted soul. Not a fan of The Bachelor but this portrayal by Andrew Palmer of a man looking for answers make it a smashing read.

This book was not what I expected. Slightly based on the reality show The Bachelor, in the sense that the narrator was searching for the love he thought he wanted to find. He was dating many women he thought was the one he seemed to want, at the same time with each one. He was an author of sorts and was working on a biography of Berryman which took up much of the narrative of this book in his research. He confides in a friend Laura, about each love but doesn't heed her advice since he is not honest. He lies to each one giving advice to make himself look like what he is not. I felt this book could have been written with far less details and descriptions of events and exhausting facts that seemed to go on forever and lose the theme of what was definitely reality TV trying to figure out what is reality.

This one was really not for me. I'm probably one of the only women in America who have never seen The Bachelor (in my defense, Monday Night Football is usually on at the same time), so the comparison between the narrator and the Bachelor episodes was completely lost on me. I also needed to Google John Berryman.
I thought the first half of the book was incredibly boring, and I nearly gave up. I finished the book, but meh. It got kind of better, but not really. I didn't connect with any of the characters, and I didn't like the stream of consciousness-esque paragraphs.
I would not recommend this to others.

Thank you to NetGalley and Random House Publishing Group for the ARC!

After breaking up with his fiancé, the bachelor of this novel moves back to Iowa in order to housesit for a friend. He obsessively watches both basketball and The Bachelor on TV, pontification about the world of the show he sees playing in front of him and making connectinos to his own life. Can this TV show motivate him to move on with his life? This was a character-driven novel that toes the line between art and reality and explores the liminal spaces in between. I found myself pushing through some of the narration and I wouldn’t recommend this to anyone who is isn’t interested in reading a lot about the TV show, The Bachelor, as this took up more page time than I had expected. All in all, a good effort. Thank you to Random House and Netgally for the advanced review copy.

This was a cute somewhat different read for me. Let me just say this, I do not watch the Bachelor. I'm probably the only woman in the world who doesn't (I am out of my friends). So while this was a cute "Bachelor" book, I really couldn't follow along as our MC compared his life to the bachelor episodes.

Thank you so much to #NetGalley for the ARC

I couldn’t get into this one. The character was a bit dull and I couldn’t connect with him at all. I thought how the author wrote the story was interesting but unfortunately it lacked the drama I was hoping for (especially as a Bachelor fan)

I have been a huge Bachelor Nation fan since Season 1 of The Bachelor. I was immediately drawn to the premise of this novel because of the main character being the Bachelor. It was very easily identifiable which Bachelor was the inspiration for this main character. I am not a fan of that particular bachelor, *cough brad's second season cough*however I enjoyed the book. It is told in two timelines parallel to each other., which i did enjoy a well.

Thank you NetGalley4 and Random House for an advanced copy of this book.

Really enjoyed this book well written entertaining.A character obsessed with the Bachelor a book that drew me in kept me turning the pages will be recommending.#netgalley #randomhouse

The Bachelor by Andrew Palmer was much literary than I anticipated for book I thought would be soley about the show The Bachelor. Worry not Bachelor fans, this book does include a fair amount of Bachelor tie in. Much like the show this novel's central character goes on quite the emotional journey and finds himself a changed man in the end.

The plot was interesting and different. While reading, I was always excited to see what would happen next! The plot was very strong but unfortunately the characters were not. I was not interested with them at all. The main character was not compelling to me. It definitely took me out of the story. Fans of the Bachelor will enjoy this but unfortunately for me, it was a miss.

Although the title and the storyline intrigued me, I found it difficult to keep invested in this book. The writing is very simplistic and lacking any impact.. The Bachelor just wasn’t for me.
Thank you to Random House Publishing Group - Random House, and NetGalley for the opportunity to review this ARC..

As much as I was looking forward to reading this book (huge fan of the bachelor franchise), I was, unfortunately, and, quite honestly, bored. The main character did not hold my interest whatsoever, and the comparisons to his life and the life of “the bachelor” were disengaging and uninteresting. I also found the third character, John Berryman’s poetry, to add very little to the storyline. All in all, this book was not what I expected and I wasn’t interested nor entertained. Thank you, nonetheless, for the chance to read an advanced copy.

I received this book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Very unique concept, I thought the book would be about the main character wanting to go on a reality show after watching The Bachelor, instead, the book is styled like a memoir, and the main character's life is paralleled with his reflections of watching the Bachelor. I wonder when the book was first drafted, because the season the author used was Brad Womack's second season!

I love the Bachelor, so definitely identified immediately which season was the inspiration for the Bachelor portion of this book. I was expecting a different style of book than what this ended up being. I was expecting a light read in line with The Bachelor, but instead, this was much deeper than that. The Berryman portion of the story was hard for me to follow and grasp and I contemplated not finishing a few times at the beginning of the Berryman storyline. Overall, it was interesting, even though it was not what I expected going in!

It's a solid debut novel and I can't wait to see what the author writes next.

What an awesome book! This was simply great! Amazing characters! I just loved the way this book was written.

Will this book except my final rose? Absolutely love this book about a main character obsessed with the bachelor. An interesting touching story about finding yourself and love. I highly recommend this read.