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Summary: Very Funny and Fast Paced...
Review: It has the common used plot of a geek turned bad boy with his best friend a woman who makes him over and realizes she is in love with him, but I loved it. I read this book in a day. It is very fast-paced and full of real witty dialog that had me going til the end. I would've given the book 5 stars, but my complaint? Well, the female lead of Tracie (same name as me, so I thought this alone was cool, lol) was somewhat rude at times to the male lead of Jonathan, or Jon. She was his best friend and only friend and depended on him for support and his genuine friendship, but she kinda took him for granted in so many ways that I found myself cringing at times.
She continually pointed out to his face how inadaquate he was and how stupid he dressed and looked. She kept telling him how corny and boring he was and how he needed to get a life. I felt bad for Jon and wished he would've said to her that she was a lousy friend. But enough of the complaints, the book was fun beyond words and had me laughing and in the end biting my nails to find out what would happen(even though I already knew the typical plot).~Tracie Higgins is a writer and journalist and works for a sucessful newspaper in Seattle. She has a cool boyfriend that plays in a band and is a typical 'bad boy'. But she also has a best friend named Jonathan who is a guy and is definately NOT a bad boy. Her problem? He wants HER to make over HIM from geek to heartthrob! Can she do it? All bets are on and what Tracie dicovers makes her heart beat faster... Jon, is quiet and a good friend and son. Son to about 8 ex-stepmoms to be exact and friend to one. But Jon hasn't followed in his 'bad boy' father's footsteps. He works for Micro/Con, a company a lot like Microsoft. He has stocks and makes great money but works hellish hours. He looks forward to his nightly get togethers with his very best friend Tracie at the local diner on Sunday nights. He loves Tracie very much, but Tracie doesn't quite realize just how much he loves her... He finds himself fed up with his life at 28 years old and wants a change. Who to do this right? Tracie of course. She is notorious for dating 'bad boys' and knows what women crave. After convincing Tracie on bended knee and some begging, she has commited herself to making him a classic bad boy. But when she succeeds and half of Seattle's women are after him, Jon has no time for her. Tracie also sees what has been in front of her face all these years and it makes her stomach flip-flop. Tracie will have to take some inventory on her life and decide what she wants and what she wants is Jon... Worth the money, great book for the beach or a warm afternoon. This would be a great movie :) I am looking forward to reading more of Ms. Goldsmith's books... Tracy Talley~@
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Summary: nice weekend book
Review: I thought it was very funny and romantic book. Kind of man-cinderella story. I read it in 2 days; it was definitely worth of my time.
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Summary: another JUST COULDN'T FINISH IT, IT WAS SO BAD
Review: The cover was the best thing about this book. Just don't bother to open it. Tracy and Jon are two of the stupidest people I've stumbled across in the Romance world, and believe me there are plenty. The only thing you can say is "they deserve each other but why did they waste everyone's time getting there?"
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Summary: Where's the -1*?
Review: I don't know what the tape is like, but the book makes Whitney Houston's lyrics...sound good. And, I can't think of any lower praise than that. First of all, the author has never been to Seattle, and she should only write about things that she has intimate experience with, like the display table at Nieman-Marcus. Secondly, we would never allow anyone as stupid as Tracie to work at the Seattle Communist Times. Thirdly, any woman in Seattle would love to go out with Jon, because nice, rich guys at MSFT would look yummy compared to all the obscene Bad Boys that inhabit the underworld of Seattle, but no one from Hell-A would know that.
Glad I didn't finish the book.
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Summary: Bad Boy or just bad?
Review: I had never read a book by Olivia Goldsmith before and if her others are like "Bad Bay", I doubt I ever will. Okay, so like other reviewers pointed out, there are a few editing errors. I can forgive that. However, a books that is focused on the lives of two main characters that you can't stand creates a problem. Tracie is a newspaper journalist who is perpetually attracted to bad boys who will use her and loose her. All the while, she is telling her self and the world that when Phil calls her stupid, he means that he loves her. UGH!!! Jon is a successful computer geek. Or any women's dream. For seven years, he has listened to all Tracie's heartbreaks and can remember ever detail. Only problem, he can't get even get a date. So, he appeals to Tracie for help. She successfully transforms him into a jerk. When she realizes what she has done and of course, that Jon is who SHE really wants, will it be too late? Like I said, the characters in "Bad Boy" were just annoying. However, I will say that a decent plot line keeps this books going. I wanted to finish it, at least. It also served it's purpose of being a light, quick read.Maybe not so totally terrible.
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Summary: Don't waste your time with this one
Review: ...I bought the book because it sounded like a fun read, but I was more irrated than amused. I was all for the idea of giving the friend advise on how to dress - the shopping scene was the funniest part of the book. I was even ok with the idea that he needed a few pointers on what to say to attract woman and not bore them. However, it was entirely unbelievable to me that Tracie would tell Jon to deceive women about his interests and his life experiences (i.e. mountain climbing, a fictional dead twin brother, his job, etc.) in order to fool them long enough to get them into bed. What woman would seriously give this advise to a friend? Tracie's character was unappealing to me for this and many other reasons (lack of spirit in telling her boss to go to hell, allowing herself to be treated like a doormat by her "bad boy" boyfriend, writing a hurtful story about her friend because it would sell - it doesn't matter that she changes her mind later, she still wrote it knowing it was hurtful, etc.). Don't waste your time with this one - Goldsmith's other books are better.
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Summary: all the makings of a winner and falls flat
Review: i gave the book 3 stars because i bought it, i call it "the pick up" factor. this is a story about a young woman who loves bad boys.
her best friend is not a bad boy, so she remakes him into one.
we get the tour of stores and name brands and what or what does not make a nerd. it is kind of grating. the pace is uneven, he sleeps with more than a few women. the guy and girl hook up
and that is the end. not much to it.
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Summary: Did Anyone Edit this Mess?
Review: As someone who has enjoyed previous Goldsmith novels, I was seriously appalled and disappointed by this one. Others have written much about why it disappoints, so I'll try not to repeat all of those observations. However, I must reiterate the most glaring error in a book filled with errors (that reader review was written long enough ago that it's probably not read much now): Jon (who is being made over by Tracie from geek to hottie) goes to the SEATTLE-TACOMA airport to practice hitting on women (which is an odd choice to begin with). He reads the arrivals board and notices a flight has come in from...Tacoma! How miraculous. Really, all an editor would have had to do is look at a map, for crying out loud, to see that Tacoma and Seattle are too close together to fly from one to the other (and might have even found out that they share an airport). Not that Goldsmith couldn't have done so herself and saved the editor the trouble...There are numerous other Seattle-related mistakes, but that's the most preventable, unforgivable and ridiculous. Also worth repeating: Everything about the "newsroom" (fluffroom is more like it) was wrong, wrong, wrong. No respectable editor tells his/her reporter to include "as many advertisers as possible" in her story, no matter how fluffy that story may be. (Note I am talking about respectable newspapers. For all I know it may happen unapologetically at some "shopper"-type rags, but I haven't spent any time at those -- just in real newsrooms.) Another thing: When sexual harrassment occurs in this day and age, it's a little more subtle. Heck, people even get in trouble for the subtle stuff some of the time! No one who acted in the manner of Tracie's boss would last a week in a job like that. And even if he did, Tracie and her co-workers would be idiots not to sue him. But I guess depicting a sleazy boss with enough subtlety to make him believable might have required some effort -- and this book has "toss-off" written all over it. This book is so annoyingly bad that it doesn't even qualify as a "fun read." A few mildly amusing scenes do not a fun read make. Save your money and send the publishing world a message.
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Summary: Don't waste your money!
Review: I usually like Olivia Goldsmith's books, but this book was not even comparable to 'First Wives Club' or some of her other books. It was horrible! The plot was silly, the characters just plain stupid, and very predictable. Don't waste your money.
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Summary: A thoroughly enjoyable read!
Review: I'm surprised at all the negative comments on this book. I thought it was very entertaining and funny. A really good read.
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