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Summary: Funny and enjoyable
Review: I liked this book! It's full of hapless romantics who can't seem to do anything right. It's about the desire to find our soul mate and then the insecurities that our "real" soul mate may still be lurking in another, greener pasture. Lots of comic relief. Is this a serious book? No. Is it a fun read? Definately!
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Summary: a bit of a let down...
Review: I really had great hopes for this book, especially as seeing how my copy has a "Reading with Ripa" picture on it - indicating that the new co-host of Regis & Kelly had read it for an on-air book club. I thought that this would at least ensure that it would move along quickly. The beginning and the end had a nice bite to them, were funny and endearing. However, the middle portion of the book - about the middle 200 pages, were a bit slow, and at times rather uninteresting. The ending was sweet, but it seemed to end at a time where I was just regaining my interest.
It seems to me that the author tries to cover too much ground and too many characters. She would have done better to try and focus on just a few.
Don't get me wrong, I did enjoy reading this book - it is a light, fun, summer read. The last 75 or so pages did make me laugh out loud a few times - I just wish that the voice that the author had in the beginning and end of the book had continued throughout the entire of the novel.
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Summary: Great Read
Review: Can't wait to read more by this author.
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Summary: Don't waste your money
Review: I had high hopes for this book only to be disappointed. The beginning of the story seemed promising but I found myself not caring too much for the characters, not to mention that many of the situations are not believable; especially when Damian tried to pull off bringing the duck packed in his bag through security at the airport. I can't even believe that he thought trying to reach down its throat would retrieve the ring! I don't think this story was well thought out.
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Summary: Dreadful!
Review: I am so disappointed! After reading The Boy Next Door and She Went All The Way, I thought Kelly might be on to something. After reading this book, I'm not so sure. This book was just flat out awful, and I'm ashamed (and irritated) that I actually read the whole thing.
It started off well enough, with The Cat Formerly Known as Prince (that was just plain funny) and Josie's conversations with her mum, made the book seem promising. Once she got on the plane, it went downhill. I could *almost* buy the instant attraction to Matt, and the fun day trip to the Statue of Liberty, but everything that happens after that is just beyond ridiculous. There was absolutely nothing to like about any of the characters. They are frequently drunk, occassionally high, and constantly stupid and self-centered. Nothing that happens in NY is even remotely believable and is highly annoying. Matt treats Holly abysmally (not exactly what you like to see in a 'hero') and what Josie's cousin does at her own wedding is beyond forgivable. The fact that her husband does forgive it just made me mad. Oh, and the boy band who weren't sure about who the Beatles were? Come on!
This book was terrible, and if I could give it no stars I would. Don't waste your time or money.
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Summary: could not put it down!
Review: What a GREAT story of being at the right place at the right time! Or well, at least trying to get to the right place at the right time! Very fun to read! It was very hard to put down. Each chapter was about a different character, so in order to read about what happens next to a particular character, you just HAVE to plunge on through! The only thing I would have liked is if the entire story were written in first person. But otherwise, whatta GREAT story!
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Summary: Must-read romantic comedy
Review: Ducks, diamond-rings, and a disaster wedding. Josie Flynn, a thirty-something divorcee with a "love stinks" kind of attitude, just left her narcissistic husband whose been shagging around. The Cat Formerly Known as Prince is her only flat mate and Josie just can't seen to avoid the calls from her eccentric mother. But the trip from London to New York to attend her cousin's wedding will make her forget all about her cheating husband and her mother's I-told-you-so's. She thinks...Two guys, one girl. One really charming girl, two really, really desperate guys. A wedding that turns into a fiasco, a stalker, an ex-husband, the bride shagging her best man at the wedding, an acne-infested boy-band, "the thing" with the leopard panties, the lilac chiffon bridesmaid's dress, the conversation termination sequence--and--laxatives (on ducks). For Better, For Worse is a fun British romantic comedy about fate, love and ducks. Carole Matthews created extraordinary characters in an enjoyable storyline that will amuse almost everyone who reads it. The juicy plot twists and turns, creating a completely unpredictable ending. This fast-paced novel will have you on the edge of your seat from start to finish. If you enjoy reading about unexpected passion, indestructible hairdos, and an unbelievable story, pick up a copy of For Better, For Worse at a bookstore near you.
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Summary: Quick and easy read.
Review: This book isn't going to win a Pulitzer Prize or anything, but it is just interesting enough and crazy enough for a good quick read. The characters are all rather screwed up, but that's okay. This book is a fun read (e.g. on the beach or a lazy rainy day).
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Summary: Passable at best
Review: "For Better for Worse" is a romantic "comedy" about Josie, separated from her husband and flying to New York to be bridesmaid at her cousin's wedding. On the flight she meets Matt and they hit it off and arrange to meet up again later that day. Sparks fly, but through a series of blunders and misadventures the two lose contact with one another. At the same time Josie's soon to be ex-husband is flying over from London to try to win her back, and her cousin is about to make a disastrous mistake... This is a quick and undemanding read. The plot has just enough twists to keep you interested - although you know where it is probably going to end up at times it is hard to see how it is going to get there. However the comedic part of it falls flat. It's just not funny and at times it's downright stupid. Also, the characters are all very one-dimensional. This means that you end up not really caring what happens to any of them. An okay read, but no more.
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Summary: Bridget Jones Diary--This Is Not!
Review: ... Big Mistake!! If I had read the five star review by the twelve-year-old, I could have saved myself some money (...) But, hey, we are all seduced from time to time by the promise of a fun read (as promised by the blurb on the cover by Victoria Frankel--whoever ...she is), and I fell into the publicist's trap. I ...went home and settled down for a carefree couple of hours. BIG MISTAKE! This book was the silliest, most inane, most trite, most poorly written. most humorless book I have read since I was fifteen years old--which was a long time ago. What this book offers is a mindless, numbing series of drunken trans-Atlantic encounters, followed by monumental hangovers which the main characters seem to overcome by sexual fantasies, real or imagined, that seem to defy the limits of human capability. A completely unbelievable wedding sequence--even in the wildest fictional mind is the heart (???) of the book. The author's feeble attempts at making the characters real or likable utterly fails. Done in, no doubt, by her attempts to sensationalize and and cash in on gulible readers. I confess I fell into the trap. If I could have given this book a minus fout-star I would have done so. If you really want to read some fun tripe (as my Grancmother used to call it) read "Forever Amber."
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