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Summary: Fabulous Fun
Review: This is such a fun and wonderful book that I tried to stretch it out as long as I could--but failed. I couldn't put it down!Another entry in the Brit Lit thirtysomething genre, this is the story of Libby, who, even though she has a trendy job (PR), wonderful friends, great clothes, and a terrific flat in London, wants to get married more than anything in the world. Libby wants the entire ball of wax: a rich husband who has a fabulous car, an even more fabulous house, and enough money to keep her in designer clothes forever. And then one day, she meets her fantasy! The story of how Libby tries to fit the fantasy to reality, and what she gives up on the way, is funny, frantic, touching, meaningful, and just pure fun from start to finish. I found it not only wonderfully amusing and true, but surprisingly moving as well, considering I am not a Brit, not a thirtysomething (and never had this much fun when I was) and not a single young career woman any more. And yet I loved every page!
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Summary: Fun romantic novel
Review: You never know what you want till its gone or till you have to make a descion before it's gone! Thats what i like about this book because that is so true. It about picking out of 2 different lifestyles to find one that you know will make you happy. In the end you always follow your heart. This shows that money and luxuries arnt everything and will never make you happy in the end.
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Summary: Mr. Maybe..
Review: "Mr. Maybe" by Jane Green is well-written and funny, but I think that I would have stayed single forever if I had only had a choice between the two leading men in the story! The book is light, British humor and revolves around Libby Mason - a career woman in her late 20's, who is more concerned about finding "Mr. Right" than anything else in life. The female characters in this book were great. I thought that Libby and her best friend, Jules reminded me so much of my best friend. Where I really had a problem was trying to care about the leading men. Ed is one of England's wealthiest bachelor's, but he is stuffy and a social misfit. Nick is great looking and great in bed, but on welfare as he tries to churn out the next great novel and he has crummy friends. Oh, and he dumps Libby because he fears "commitment." PLEASE. The novel IS very accurate about women, however, and I think that most women will enjoy "Mr. Maybe" as they wait for "Mr. Right."
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Summary: Well....
Review: I liked this book even though the main charachter is shallow and seems like a gold digger, well...we need books about them too!
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Summary: A Fun and Quick Read
Review: If I hadn't read Mr. Maybe over the holidays, I would join the crowd and say this a good summer beach read. (I say read, but actually my wife read the book to me while I recovered from an eye trauma--this book works well as an out-loud book). In the book, Libby Mason, a PR rep in Britain starts a fling with Nick, a not-yet-published writer who is "on the dole." She calls it a fling because Nick is not the type of man she wants to spend her life with. She wants a rich man from the proper social circles who does not spend his spare time at pubs. She meets just such a man in Ed, an investment banker. But sparks don't fly with Ed. So the book centers on the question of what a woman should do in such circumstances. Since this is a rather conventional plot, Jane Green's interesting writing is the only thing that keeps the book going. I found myself caring about the characters--including Libby's best friend and business clients, who have traumas of their own--much more than I should have, given the thin plot. However, the book loses one star from a four-star review because of an odd quirk to it. Libby will be thinking hard about an issue such as whether you should you be with a man who seems to love you but who does not kindle passion in you but then 30 pages later, Libby will say that she never really thought about that issue. It is as if Green did not look back over what her characters had been thinking when she wrote a new chapter. Still, this was a minor irritation in an otherwise enjoyable book.
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Summary: One of my favorites!
Review: I really enjoyed this book! It is one that you get into and don't want to put down. I have recomended to all my friends and they love it, too! One to pick up!
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Summary: Mr. Maybe - hmm...maybe!
Review: I like the book and how it was written. It's funny and light hearted and a fast paced read that makes you want to read more and more. The thing that really pissed me off it that the main charachter Libby is a little shallow. She wants a guy that's rich, has a house and a good car. And she practically wouldn't date if he doesn't have those things. But good thing she at least sees that there are things worth lowering your standards for.
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Summary: good!
Review: i'm 14 and found this good book good but it seemed to me they were always in bed maybe my age but i didn't really wanted to know every single time where he touched her up but saying it was rubbish or it was bloody good was ok, a predictable ending but it still gripped you with everything she did in her own little world but if i was her i would have dumped him if in couple of months they engaged this is a book to read on the sofa curled up with chocolate
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Summary: Deus ex machina (and a faux Ms. Jones) strike again
Review: It's been said before, but I'll say it again: "Bridget Jones's Diary" is better. If you're going to read a piece of light British chick-lit, read the one that basically invented the genre.
It's not that "Mr. Maybe" is terrible. It's just not very good, either. I'm feminist enough that I find it more than a little galling that Libby, attempting to find a wealthy man, settles on someone she's not attracted to and who isn't that good to her, just to attain that monetary status. A frivolous heroine (a la Ms. Jones and others) is fine, but one that is a money-grubbing social climber is not sympathetic or empathetic. She's just. . .you knew I would say it--pathetic.
Although Ms. Green admirably tries to go for a good moral message, albeit one that has been done many times before (love is more important than money, money doesn't buy everything, etc.), she ruins that by giving the poor hero the prospect of many banknotes in his future. Deus ex machina is fun, Ms. Green, but not always necessary.
Ms. Green also doesn't win points for story originality, either, with a plot line that reads like she cribbed from more popular books in the genre. Although she doesn't quite need to start running from Helen Fielding's copyright lawyers yet, she might want to get some ideas of her own soon.
And please, how many more "real women can't cook--no really, they can't" scenes do we need in these books? According to the genre, women will burn the house down if given the opportunity, a sentiment that I find appalling. As feminist and pro-woman as this book claims to be, it subverts that with every plot twist.
That said, Libby's relationship with her married best friend is very well-written and realistic. Her hottie does indeed live up to that nickname. Jane Green's wittiness is evident throughout the book and I wished that her characters and plot had lived up to that.
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Summary: The woman simply cannot write
Review: If _Mr. Maybe_ is any indication, I cannot believe that Jane Green's work makes to publication. I was constantly finding myself jarred by errors in basic grammar (most noticeably, using "I" when she should have used "me"; e.g.: "he decided to come along with my friend and I"). I can hardly believe this book got past the editors. Then there are the problems with the story itself. For some reason, Nick is supposed to fall madly in love with the main character's personality and spunk, but we never see the spunk, or personality. All we see is a shallow, greedy woman who is determined to find a rich man so she can become a "lady who lunches". What about this woman is Nick falling in love with? It just doesn't make any sense. I was especially disgusted when she kept the Gucci bag that Ed had given her; she should have at least offered to give it back. If she was supposed to have a personality it was well hidden.
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