I wish I could be sympathetic, but I am making signs that say TEAM COOL SENIOR MARK over here.
I really didn't like the way the book tried to shoehorn chicklit onto what was already a romance novel. And I super didn't like that in the framing story the guy's a douche and the chick's an idiot.
This is where lj-ing about everything I read comes in handy, apparently I wrote Complaint #2: Ms. Willig, this is your third book. LEARN WHAT POINT OF VIEW MEANS. Within one scene she'll jump from the heroine's POV to the hero's and back, with no warning. I had whiplash. I was frequently confused about what was going on and why, because I couldn't work out who was narrating. I know it's limiting to stick to one person's head per scene, but THAT'S HOW IT WORKS. My god.My review of the first one is "ehhhh" bordering on "blah." I really wanted to like them, and I just didn't.
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Date: 2009-08-26 03:57 am (UTC)I really didn't like the way the book tried to shoehorn chicklit onto what was already a romance novel. And I super didn't like that in the framing story the guy's a douche and the chick's an idiot.
This is where lj-ing about everything I read comes in handy, apparently I wrote Complaint #2: Ms. Willig, this is your third book. LEARN WHAT POINT OF VIEW MEANS. Within one scene she'll jump from the heroine's POV to the hero's and back, with no warning. I had whiplash. I was frequently confused about what was going on and why, because I couldn't work out who was narrating. I know it's limiting to stick to one person's head per scene, but THAT'S HOW IT WORKS. My god. My review of the first one is "ehhhh" bordering on "blah." I really wanted to like them, and I just didn't.