I read this book over the weekend. It's one of the top books on NY Times list, so I assumed it would be good, don't assume just cause a book makes it onto a prestigious list it will be good. If you're looking for an alternative beach read to Harlequin or Cosmo, this might be the book. The plot is lace thin and predictable from the beginning. It's the writer's first novel, he has experience writing screenplay and it shows through very much in his writing style. Everything is laid out for you, no thinking or imagining necessary. My two biggest pet peeves about the book were:
1) His repetitive use of "pregnant silence", no one can just be quiet & they don't laugh or smirk either, they all "chortle". Very annoying by the time you get halfway through the book.
2) He wasn't even clever enough to come up with character names, in his acknowledgements he lists all the people he wants to thank, as most authors do. The names looked VERY familiar. Many of the last names he used in the book were names of friends and family he acknowledges at the end. LAME-O!
1 comment:
i'm glad you reviewed it. i probably would have read it otherwise. now i probably won't waste my time. the other one, the one i recommended, really was pretty good!
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