Author: Jennifer
Smith
Publisher: Poppy/Little Brown
Publication
date: January 2nd 2012
Hardcover: 236 pages
Rating: 2/5 stars
Rating: 2/5 stars
For such a nice and appealing title, this book turned out to
be much of a disappointing read. I came across this book in the bestseller’s
list of a book store, and the cover, the title, the back description all seemed
nice to me, that I instantly downloaded the ebook when I got home. Boy, was I
in for a great frustration.
My first problem with this book is that it’s just so freaking
slow. For the first few chapters, NOTHING HAPPENS. Okay, I understand that
first chapters have to have that introductory feel, where we get the gist of
the character’s life and all, but the first parts bored me to death and it just
didn’t work. I get it that your dad’s marrying another woman and you don’t want
to go to the wedding but then you have to and then you missed your flight and
now everyone thinks you did it on purpose – it just didn’t have to take 2
chapters to establish that. Even when Oliver comes into the picture, it was
still so slow and we had to listen to them talk about mayo and pickles what
with Oliver following her around and lugging her suitcase. Imagining the whole
thing in my head and it really does look stupid. Their meeting was so
anti-climactic I didn’t even feel this “love at first sight” thing which is
basically the whole point of this story.
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