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Summary: Romance? Nah, this is real, real, real!
Review: If you are sick and tired of reading about foreign royalty, designer clothes, jaunts to Monte Carlo, and meaningless sex laden with tired metaphors, here is your antidote. Jenny Crusie writes about real people, characters I could recognize right from the people in my home town, and yet their story is told with such humor and sensitivity, such great understanding of the dark and the light, that I was riveted. This is an incredibly fun read, yet as right and true as any piece of literature. I am incredibly impressed with it; and I shut the world off and devoured it in a day.
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Summary: Crazy for You
Review: I originally reached for this book for the sheer fun and delight I knew this author would provide. I got that, of course, in Nick and Quinn, and Quinn's family and friends and even in her students, but it was the fascinating downward spiral into madness of her former boyfriend that had me riveted to the pages. Such darkness amidst such humor, each handled so skillfully by Ms. Cruisie, has cemented this fan's opinion that this author is one to watch out for--and enjoy--for years to come. I highly recommend this book (and it also had one of the best "love" scenes I've read in awhile!).
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Summary: Crazy for cocoa puffs!
Review: So, I'm trying to figure if the frequent references to pizza count as the trademark Crusie junk food fetish.I was really slow getting to this one, and boy do I feel guilty about it. And stupid. This was too fun to hold back on. The ethics of the Crusie universe are evident and appealing here.
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Summary: Love the snowballing effect!
Review: Enjoyable read with a cast of enjoyable characters, especially the hero. It was great to see an average-guy (a mechanic) as a hero. It was fun watching the ripple effect following the heroine's determination to make a change in her life and how it affected others around her, rose to a crescendo, and then ebbed again. I could've done with a little less of the stalker element and more with Nick and Quinn. A very good book, clever, and funny.
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Summary: Crazy about this book!
Review: I thought this book was fabulous and nearly perfect. I thought ALL the elements worked. The humor and romance were perfection itself and Bill's descent into near madness was one of the most compelling and logical I've ever read because it made so much sense to him. Every character in Tibbett rang true with genuine depth and charm. I didn't want to put the book down and when I did, I couldn't find anything else nearly as wonderful to read. This is my favorite Jennifer Crusie book to date! She's earned a lifelong fan with this marvelous novel.
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Summary: Loved it, loved it, loved it!
Review: Great fun! Great characters! Great writing
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Summary: She just keeps getting better!
Review: I've loved every single one of Jennifer's books and this one is no exception. Just when I think she can't top herself, she exceeds my expectations. Jennifer's delightfully wicked sense of humor (ex: every day was a beautiful day in the neighborhood for Bill) keeps me laughing with delight. Her technique with dialogue ranks right at the very top. Every time I think about the break-up of Quinn's parents I start laughing again. That and Darla's attempts to seduce her husband were an absolute hoot. Can't wait until the next one.
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Summary: Fun, fast, read...
Review: Just browsing I spotted the book and enjoyed it. Multiple developed characters, not just the main two. Everyone seemed real in this book; no bodies to die for, and Miss America looks. I'm checking other books by this author after I post this.
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Summary: Very Disappointed
Review: It looks like I'm going to be the voice of dissent here. But just coming down from the high of reading "Watermelon", I was sure "Crazy For You" would be the perfect choice for my next read. Wrong! For far too much of the novel the "villian" is too pathetic and lost to be the least bit threatening. When Crusie finally turns up the heat the end is already crystal clear. Great sex scenes....but I stopped reading romances just for those scenes around high school. The rest predictable and flat. I'm thankful I only invested in a trip to the library on this one. For a great break-up-and-change-life-for-the-better romance try Marian Keye's "Watermelon" and for a great romantic suspence with wonderful tension try Karen Robards "Hunter's Moon".
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Summary: Oh, Ms. Crusie, you are SOOO funny!
Review: Oh, Jennifer Crusie, I do love your books!! I first read TELL ME LIES and could NOT stop laughing. CRAZY FOR YOU had me snorting and giggling, too. I imagined Quinn to look like Lauren Holly and Nick to look like Jay Bontatibus who plays Tony Viscardi on the Young and the Restless. Their frustrating love story made me want to shake them sometimes but I knew they'd work out OK. Darla, Max and even the mother had lots of great one-liners. All in all, a great story by one of the best! Jennifer, you're right in the same league as my other 2 favourite "funny" authors: Susan Elizabeth Phillips and Janet Evanovich! Congratulations!!
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