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For Better, for Worse: A Novel

For Better, for Worse: A Novel

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The funniest book I've ever read
Review: This was one of the funniest and well-written books I have EVER read. Filled with hilarious and endearing characters, and mad-cap and suspenseful plot twists, I highly recommend everyone read this book, whether you like chick lit or not. An absolute gem of a book, taking place in New York City and London.

A quick plot synopsis: Josie finds out her husband is cheating on her with a woman in his office, and she flees to NYC to her best cousin's wedding. In the meantime, she meets a wonderful guy on the plane, and they end up spending a great day taking in the sights of NYC. Then Josie's husband back in London decides he wants Josie back, so he flies to NYC to try and get her. Hilarious chaos is the result.

I highly recommend this book.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: A Hilarious Chic Lit Book !!!
Review: I highly recommend you read this book if you like chic lit. This book is all chic lit is suppose be: light, funny, frothy!!

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Over The Top
Review: We meet Josie Flynn a soon to be divorcee, who is just starting to get over her divorce from Damien. For her winter vacation from work she is headed to New York for her cousin Martha's wedding. While on the plane, she is seated next to the charming and handsome Matt, the rock journalist, who is also recently divorced. They share their horror stories, and seem to becoming friends. Once they land in NY they decided to meet for an afternoon at the Statue of Liberty. After this point the book serisoulsy goes down hill. We are then treated to a cat and mouse game while Matt is looking for Josie. Throw into the mix an unbelievably lavish wedding, an affair (or 2 depending how you look at it), an ex husband who comes toting an expensive gift to win back Josie's affection, and a duck and it make a very unbelievable book.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Definitely different...
Review: This book started off good, and I really liked the way it was written - focusing on a bunch of different characters one by one and seeing what they were up to at that moment in conjunction with the plot. So that was cool. As the book went on, though, I began to get a little annoyed. Am I supposed to believe that after one great day, two strangers can think of nothing but each other and are going to such great lengths because they've both fallen in love with each other? I wish they'd either been together a little more at the beginning or at the end, as I didn't really feel any chemistry between them. It was an OK book overall - although the ending seemed rushed and I wish I could have known what happened after that, it wasn't very satisfying for me - but I'm rather disappointed that I bought this book at full price and am now stuck with it, since I'll probably never reread it. I'd recommend this to you only if you buy it at a used bookstore or check it out from the library and aren't expecting the best book in the world. Maybe if I'd set my expectations lower, I would have enjoying it more. :-/

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: The worst case of chicklit I have read to date
Review: This was a trite nightmare. Every cliche was thrown together for this book and it drove me crazy as I read it. How many more times are editors going to accept novels where the main characters serendipitously meet somewhere in NYC after missing each other everywhere else? Plus, I couldn't believe that halfway through the novel the author had the audacity to address me as the reader (and as "dear reader," nonetheless). It was the only instance in the entire book and it ruined whatever small amount of pace the author had going for her. With so much chicklit in the market, your dollars are best spent elsewhere.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Definitely For Better...
Review: I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to add a little humor into their life! I really enjoyed reading it and it was hard to put down! A fun British romantic comedy about fate, love and ducks!!! I found myself laughing out loud and waking my sleeping husband. I still can't stop laughing about the duck!
Overall, it was romantic and whimsical and funny all wrapped up into one.


Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The funniest book I've ever read
Review: This was one of the funniest and well-written books I have EVER read. Filled with hilarious and endearing characters, and mad-cap and suspenseful plot twists, I highly recommend everyone read this book, whether you like chick lit or not. An absolute gem of a book, taking place in New York City and London.

A quick plot synopsis: Josie finds out her husband is cheating on her with a woman in his office, and she flees to NYC to her best cousin's wedding. In the meantime, she meets a wonderful guy on the plane, and they end up spending a great day taking in the sights of NYC. Then Josie's husband back in London decides he wants Josie back, so he flies to NYC to try and get her. Hilarious chaos is the result.

I highly recommend this book.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: For Better!
Review: I think this book was AWESOME. I loved everything about it except Damien. But the fact that I hated him made the book even better. I wanted everything to turn out the way it was supposed to. I felt like I was there when all the action was happening. Carole Matthews is a guineus (though I am not because I can't spell the word). Awesome, Easy read!

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Loved it until the end
Review: The book was great, funny, and interesting! I liked the fact that it kept you hanging on until the end and was still a book about romance. There were some parts that i could do without like the duck chase, but it was good none the less. The end wasn't what i expected though. I felt it was left unfinished, maybe a follow up book could be good!?


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