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From:Jane Green , Broadway ,
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Certainly a plot many women can relate to, 2008-09-13
The main character basically is faced with two men in her life and she has to choose ultimately who is the best man for her. On one side she has jobless, sporty, sexy and fun guy and on the other a responsible, quiet, wealthy nice man. I won't tell you who she goes for but I will say that most of us at one time in our lives have been in similar straights deciding who to go for. Then you are always left wondering what would have been your life had you taken the other path. An enjoyable read!
 Fabulous read!, 2008-06-24
This is my favorite book ever! It's exciting, thrilling, and 100% relatable! The wit and suspense makes you never want to put it down!
4.5 stars, 2008-06-15
Libby Mason's Mr. Right is wealthy, gorgeous, and willing to support her in the style to which she'd like to become accustomed. So when she meets Nick, who is gorgeous, but who's also a struggling unemployed writer "on the dole" (why does that sound better than "welfare" or "unemployment"?), she knows he can't be The One. But he's so fun and sexy that she can't resist spending time with him. They embark on a relationship that they keep reassuring each other isn't serious, but it turns out to be such a great relationship that Libby's starting to reassess her criteria, and despite her denial, she's starting to fall in love with him.
And then Nick breaks up with her.
Out with her girlfriend in an attempt to cheer up, she meets Ed McMann (I know I'm not the only one taken aback by his name--the PW review spelled it McMahon!), who's everything she thought she wanted. Okay, so he's not gorgeous, but he is sweet, and one of Britain's most eligible bachelors, and he's definitely willing to spend money on her.
And so maybe he gets on her nerves, and the sex is terrible, but it'll get better over time, right?
I had such a difficult time with this book at first. Libby is unabashedly materialistic--wearing designer clothes, going to the best restaurants and clubs, all in the search of her wealthy Mr. Right. And Nick wasn't much better--blame my Puritan American background, but I had a very hard time sympathizing with a young, healthy, intelligent person choosing to go on welfare rather than work.
But along the way, they grew on me. Mostly because they grew--or Libby did, at least. Nick redeemed himself in the end. Eh--the story is about Libby, growing, changing, learning--that's why it's chick lit (or women's fiction--I still prefer the chick lit label) and not romance.
I loved how Libby changed while she was with Nick, and then I loved how she tried very hard to make the relationship with Ed work. The format was great--she grew in the relationship with Nick, and those changes were evident in her relationship with Ed. And boy, could I relate to her determination to make it work, as well as to her decision that since it didn't work out with the man she loved, she was going to settle for the one who met her old criteria.
And unlike other stories with this plot, Libby did care about Ed and worried about hurting him.
I believe I have another one of Green's books in my TBR pile. I look forward to reading it.
great light fun read, 2008-06-04
This book was such a great light fun read. Anyone who is going through the trials and tribulations of the dating world will love this! I was laughing out loud at some points. Great beach read.
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the eternal dilemma that all girls face at some point, 2007-11-20
This oh-so-relatable novel depicts the eternal dilemma that all girls face at one point: do you choose the poor useless guy that you're in head-over-heels in love with, OR the smart, rich, handsome guy that's in love with you?
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