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Summary: I've read worse
Review: I picked up this book because I loved the title. It's a quick read. Nothing very sophisticated or complicated about it. The ending is completely predicatable. You pretty much know exactly who she'll end up with by the end of the first chapter. But along the way, there are lots of funny dating disasters. Some made me laugh out loud. So it's not a complete waste of your time. But if you're going to read something, there are definitely better books out there. I'd highly recommend reading some titles by Jane Green.
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Summary: Charming Book
Review: I really enjoyed reading about Hannah's dating adventures. I found myself laughing quite a few times. Almost 30, Hannah realizes it is time to find "Mr. Right," so she develops a plan to find him. I thought the characters were well-developed and not the "fluffy" friends you normally find in chick lit books. Although I foresaw how it was going to end, I still enjoyed it.
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Summary: Like it was written by a child
Review: I tried several times to read this book with no luck. The writing is beyond elementary. It was absolutely impossible for me to read it without trying to edit it and raise the bar in my head. I kept stumbling over the childlike vocabulary and grammer. If it hadn't been an adult subject, I would've thought that I stmbled into the Intermediate Reader section by mistake.
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Summary: Dating Without Novacaine was a Numbing Experience
Review: I was drawn to this book because it featured a main character, Hannah O'Dowd, who lived somewhere other than New York or London. Even more appealing was the fact that she had nothing to do with the publishing industry. And I found her dental phobia kind of endearing.
Unfortunately, as I delved deeper into this book, its charm began to fade. I found the author's style flat, with too much reliance on tired cliches. While there were some funny moments I found that they lacked originality. I found this to be the book's major flaw. Content-wise, the book is for adults, but it reads like a Sweet Valley High novel from a stylistic point of view.
I realize that the writers of "chick lit" do not aspire to be Kate Chopin. However there are many books in this genre that manage to be light and clever and well-written. Dating Without Novacaine does not fall into this category.
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Summary: Who edits this stuff?
Review: I've read all of the RDI books, and this has to be the worst. I'll agree with the other reviewers who complained about the predictability, the homophobia, and the weak writing. And I'll up the ante with weak editing. Other RDI books have typos and spelling errors in them, but this one looks like no one even ran it through spell-check before they published it.But the best part:
"...we followed her swaying, tiered gathers of orange with pink bric-a-brac..."
Lovely as the image of a hostess at a Mexican restaurant with knick-knacks swaying from her skirt is, this is a book whose narrator is a seamstress. You'd think she'd know the difference between rick-rack (the zigzag trim I'm assuming she was talking about) and bric-a-brac (snow globes and collectible spoons from Disneyland).
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Summary: Totally Predictable
Review: I've read enough Red Dress books to know that I shouldn't expect a masterpiece. I enjoy reading these books while commuting and to relax at night after a long day. For the most part these books have served their purpose but I have to say that Dating Without Novicaine was bordering on insulting. When I read the back of the book I was intrigued by the Oregon setting. Working in the dot com industry I'm all too familiar with the Portland techie types and I thought it would be refreshing to get a slice of life beyond NYC. I swear that on Page 4, if not sooner, I knew who Hannah was going to end up with. I mean at least try to throw us off a tad. There were definitely some funny moments but all in all this book doesn't have much going for it, compared with the others in its genre. Up till now I've been a loyal Red Dress reader but any more books like this and I'll have to cut the cord. Oh well.
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Summary: Not nearly as funny or clever as the author thinks it is
Review: I've read many books in the urban-woman-looking-for-love category, but this is the first one that did not once make me laugh. The characters never transcend the few "quirky" personality traits given to them to seem real. The main character is, I believe, supposed to be edgy and witty, but I found her rude, whiny, and inconsistent. I'd picked this book up before but never purchased it; I'm really glad that someone lent it to me, because I would be really upset if I'd paid money for this.
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Summary: Fabio should have been on the cover
Review: Let me say that the only thing worthwhile about this book, and I mean the only thing, is that it has a cool cover. Lisa Cach, the author, is the sort of cheesy romance novelist who has guys like Fabio on the cover of her books. I don't know anyone my age (26) who would refer to her occupation as "mistress of the seam." People don't talk like that. Lisa, stick to Fabio. Milkrun by Sarah Mlynowski is a much better read.
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Summary: Pure laugh out loud reading.
Review: Meet Hannah the almost 30 year old seamstress who is trying to find the perfect man to marry or date by the age of 30 and she only has a few months to find the man..That is when she finds that placing personal ads on the internet is a good way to find the man she wants. She manages to convince her friends Cass, Louise and Scott to go along with her in this adventure. She manages to meet a lot of pumpkins along the way, from the man who wasn't too sure about himself to the man who painted his toenails... Her dates with these men is pure laughther and enjoyment to read. But the best part of the entire book is her date with the cop in the forrest. Get ready to laugh out loud with this part. Overall this was one of the funniest Red Dress Ink Books I have read and so far I've read them all and loved them all.. These books are just right for a person like me to love and enjoy.
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Summary: Good Read for the Train or Plane
Review: Obviously one of a now very popular "Bridget Jones" type genre, this book is very sweet and an easy read. Not particularly demanding of the reader, this book is easy light reading when one needs to pass time waiting for something, either arrival at your destination or whatever.
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