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Summary: This is a good one...
Review: I really liked Love: a User's Guide. I'll start off by saying that though the basic story line of single and looking for love is very ordinary, the lives the characters in this book live are not. People don't take exotic weekend vacations and are not surrounded by celebrities on a normal basis. Other than that, it's great! Really, it's a fun escape from the far-too-realistic books I've been reading. The story line here moves quickly, making it a light and easy read. You'll find yourself hoping that Amy, the main character, wins the respect we all deserve as lowly entry-level executives and finds her dream guy. Finally, this is a story where the beautiful, self-admiring male doesn't end up the womanizing monster other authors write about. That's right, normal looking women can win those men over too!
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Summary: While not Bridget, Amy's not bad
Review: My sister thought she'd found the perfect book for me- 'Bridget Jones Diary' and 'Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason' are some of my favorite books. So she decided that one that was compared to it (especially, she pointed out, as the leading lady and I share a name) would be perfect. Amy is quirky, and her search for glamour and fame through her marriage is entertaining. However, I found this novel to be a little predictable, and the writing to fall a little flat in times. Of course, if I hadn't been comparing it to 'Bridget Jones' the entire time, I might have enjoyed it more. So read the book- and don't let the other quirky love-starved Brit singleton enter your mind- and you'll enjoy it.
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Summary: Not as good as Ms. Jones, but equally entertaining.
Review: So she isn't "Bridget Jones." But who is? This book is a wonderful read for any woman who has at one time or another said to herself, "If I was in the right place at the right time, I could snag Nicholas Cage." It is for any woman who loves to fantasize about having a beautiful, strong, wonderful man (who just happens to be a famous actor) sweep them off of her feet and tell her that he loves her for her. I would recommend this book to anyone who liked the "Bridget Jones" books. The heroine is quirky and fun, yet insecure at times, which I am sure is a lot like any other woman. I was able to relate to her thoughts and though I am not dating a handsome actor type, I'd like to believe that I could if I wanted to.
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Summary: book review
Review: Book was in "ok" condition. Not like new like it said, but neither was it in bad condition. I was not dissapointed however, the book was sent immidiatly.
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Summary: A silly, fun and entertaining escapist adventure...
Review: Anyone approaching Clare Naylor's book looking for truth and reality will be sadly disappointed. Casting that aside, however, and suspending all disbelief makes Love: A User's Guide a lovely distraction, highly entertaining, silly, funny, ridiculous - all the makings of a perfect way to while away a few hours.Amy, a Vogue editorial assistant, has recently gone from gawky to gorgeous and, reveling in her new-found beauty, works her way through a series of adventures with her good pal Lucinda and not so lovely 'flat-monsters.' And yes, this is another book about a single Londoner looking for love, but to dismiss it outright on that basis would be to miss out on some fun. When Amy does meet 'Mr. Right,' she just slightly to self-absorbed to realize it, and it takes more misadventures and some real humiliating behavior on her part before she finds the right path again. The omni-potent narrator, who addresses readers directly, pops up at times to reassure us that all is not lost. There are no clues to human nature buried here, other than the obvious that shallowness and self-absorption and the media are bad, bad, bad. But that's okay, because the book has no pretensions of being more than it is - entertainment. And while Amy is presented with lots of good humor, she's certainly full of lots of flaws which makes her decisions and behaviors all the more enjoyable - it's certainly fun to sit back and look at someone else make tons of mistakes and a fool out of herself for once. For anyone looking for a well-written and fun book, I recommend this most highly, but if your looking for the meaning of life, I suggest you go elsewhere.
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Summary: Not as good as Ms. Jones, but equally entertaining.
Review: So she isn't "Bridget Jones." But who is? This book is a wonderful read for any woman who has at one time or another said to herself, "If I was in the right place at the right time, I could snag Nicholas Cage." It is for any woman who loves to fantasize about having a beautiful, strong, wonderful man (who just happens to be a famous actor) sweep them off of her feet and tell her that he loves her for her. I would recommend this book to anyone who liked the "Bridget Jones" books. The heroine is quirky and fun, yet insecure at times, which I am sure is a lot like any other woman. I was able to relate to her thoughts and though I am not dating a handsome actor type, I'd like to believe that I could if I wanted to.
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Summary: book review
Review: Book was in "ok" condition. Not like new like it said, but neither was it in bad condition. I was not dissapointed however, the book was sent immidiatly.
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Summary: save your money
Review: I should be sorry to say this, but I'm not: this is a HORRIBLE book. The style of writing was extremely hard to understand, and I had an easier time reading one of my economics textbooks than trying to read this. Not many books can give you a headache after trying to decipher a single page...and not succeeding. I even tried flipping through to see if the story got better, but it didn't at all. Aside from the writing style, the main character wasn't someone you *wanted* to read about. She just wasn't likable at all. I couldn't even finish one chapter before wanting to hurl it into the nearest trashcan, and that's saying a lot, considering I read pretty much everything. You're better off reading *Milkrun* or *Burning the Map* anything but this book.
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Summary: Avoid this book!!!!!!
Review: Based on the book's description and the many good reviews (and the fact that I love British chick lit) I thought that "Love: A User's Guide" must be a wonderful and hilarious book. Well, I was wrong ... not only that, I was sorely disappointed. To be honest, there is nothing good about this book. Right from the start, I didn't like the style of writing ... seems like the author couldn't make up her mind about how to tell the story. And also right from the start I didn't care one bit about the heroine, Amy. However, I know some books are a bit slow to take off so I kept reading. Well, let me tell you that about 100 pages later the book was still as stupid, unengaging, and dull as it was in the beginning. The dialogue is horrible, the descriptions are uninteresting, and the characters are boring. Really, don't waste your time!!! Personally, I sent the book back to Amazon for a refund ... and that's something I haven't done in a long time!!! If you want to read really great chick lit then try Helen Fielding, Sophie Kinsella (her "Shopaholic" trilogy will have you rolling on the floor), Josie Lloyd & Emlyn Rees, Elizabeth Young, or Allison Pearson!!! Those are all good.
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Summary: An insult to my chick-lit intelligence
Review: Despite her tendency to go off into daydreamland with everything going on in her life and some moments of superficiality, I was cheering on Amy throughout the book hoping that she'll land Orlando until they were discovered by the press. Instead of standing by her man's decision to keep their relationship low-key, she gets caught up in the notoriety aspect that comes with dating a famous person. Then I lost any motivation to feel for her. I got the feeling that she was in the relationship for the fame. When she was supposedly tired of it, she "begged" for his forgiveness and he quickly forgave her for spilling the beans on their relationship. She needed to grovel more and really show him that she understands that the hoopla isn't as glamourous as it sounds. I agree with one reviewer here who said that she fell in love with the character that he played in the movie and not Orlando himself despite what the narrator says. Furthermore, was the narrator even necessary? All the narrator did was flip-flop between praising the "heroine" and chastising her. I think this chick-lit would've been a lot better if the female character wasn't so superficial and lofty and if the narrator wasn't in the story.
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