Getting Rid of Bradley (Wheeler Large Print Book Series (Cloth))

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Summary: I love this book! :)
Review: "Getting Rid of Bradley" by Jennifer Crusie is one of my favourite books. I read a lot and I know what I like, and this is definitely it! The book is character-driven and both the heroine and hero are entertaining and endearing. Lucy Savage, previously Lucy Savage-Porter - which, according to her sister, made her sound like an angry bell-hop - is quirky and crazy. Between her ever-changing and often increasingly bad hair days and her lovable dogs - who are rounded characters in themselves :) - she keeps the pages turning. She meets the love of her life, Zack Warren, after mistaking the unsuspecting sexy cop for a mugger and beating him up in the street - although he maintains that he let her do it, of course. What with her obsessive soon-to-be-ex-husband on the loose, at least one criminal running around shooting at people and a mystery to solve, Zack decides that there is simply no other way around it than that he should move into her beloved house - which she likes more than her ex - with her. Lucy soon finds that Zack - who is in denial that he is in his thirties and could soon be *gasp* old - is a mix of mischievous little boy and mature sex-on-legs man, and Zack swings from commitment-phobe to realising quite quickly that he never wants to leave Lucy, the dogs and the house - heck, he's even loving her cooking lessons! - and just has to figure out a way to get her out of the divorce court and straight back down the aisle - with him! This book is fast-paced, well-written and just plain funny! Highly recommended for romance readers or anyone with a sense of humour.

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Summary: Really... get rid of Bradley...
Review: The ONLY reason I am giving this book a MARGINAL 2 stars is because it is entertaining in how bad it is. The plot is contrived, the characters are one sided and annoying and the writing is wretched. And no... it's not even funny. I didn't even crack a grin.

But probably the biggest annoyance with the book is how annoying the characters itself are. Lucy tries so desperately to assert her "independence" it's irritating... and the bad boy sexy mytery cop? The whole mid-life crisis thing made him not so mysterious... and defiantly not sexy...

Honestly there were times when I had to stop reading in the middle of a chapter and just walk away because it just raditated with... stupidity.

If you want to read about a smart, funny airhead, with not one but TWO sexy men than please check out Janet Evanovich Stephanie Plum series.

Trust me, you're wasting your time by reading the title.

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Summary: Great romance, lousy plot
Review: You don't read a romance novel for the plot which is a good thing for Jennifer Crusie's "Getting Rid of Bradley." All the defining elements of a great contemporary romance novel are here - an extremely sexy copy hero, witty dialogue, lots of sexual tension - and you'll really enjoy the book if you don't get distracted by the contrived plot. The hero, Zack Warren, is very well drawn. Thanks to Crusie's vivid prose, you really get a strong sense of his edgy energy and intense emotional reactions. The heroine, Lucy Savage, just got a quicky divorce, and lives in a great house with her rather unique dogs, including one who performs a dog joke. Even though she's suffering from a bad dye job that left her hair green, she is enjoying feeling independent and adventurous - handy since people are shooting at her and planting bombs in her house. Zack, a police officer, moves in to protect her, and there's lots of fun reading as these two strong personalities try to come to grips wih their strong attraction. A classic contemporary romance scenario. My problem with the book is that the unknown threat that brings them together doesn't work. The jumping off point for the back plot is Lucy's ex-husband, Bradley. Zack believes Bradley has something to do with the bombs, etc.; Lucy is adamant that her ex is too staid and boring to be involved in a crime. First, I couldn't reconcile the Lucy we see in the story with the doormat that married a man she always found extremely dull. Second, the crime isn't very interesting, and the bad guys' motivation for threatening Lucy just isn't believable. If you concentrate on Zack and Lucy and their relationship and ignore the rest, you'll enjoy this book.