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mehitabels's review against another edition
4.0
"And you have to be pretty pleased with yourself to host a party. The subtext is, "I'm so interesting, I think you should all come to my home and bring wine."
"Like knickers, I believe your reading matter should be chosen for your benefit, not anyone else's. A good book is a friend to be made yours, to be dropped in the bath, smeared with chocolate crumbs, enjoyed.
"Like knickers, I believe your reading matter should be chosen for your benefit, not anyone else's. A good book is a friend to be made yours, to be dropped in the bath, smeared with chocolate crumbs, enjoyed.
emjay24's review against another edition
3.0
Anna Maxted, the chick lit author who always likes to take it darker with an issue. This book's issue was date rape. Our main character is a happy woman who always wears pink and runs a dating agency, when one night she is date raped. While also going through a divorce with another guy. Issues pile up and she keeps things inside. This book tries to sort out people's thoughts and guilt about whether date rape is real rape, and what bottling things up inside can do to rot your life. As you can imagine, it's a bit depressing and yet the ending, which i won't give away, seems incomplete. I did like this book, but I didn't love it to what I think it had the potential to be. Still, a good read.
midwinteraz's review against another edition
4.0
Another great read from Anna Maxted. Despite the creeptastic cover art, there's a lot to like between the covers. It's chick lit with less shopping and shoes and more heart. Characters are given time and space to grow, and instead of insipid magazine interns, you get businesswomen with enough quirks and flaws to make them intriguing and human. It's not a thrill-a-minute page turner, or a happily every after romance - it's more like hanging out with friends over a span of time. The subject matter is serious, but the tone stays light, which makes a potentially horrible topic into a compelling story.
bepettiford's review against another edition
1.0
Do yourself a favor and don't read this book. In fact don't read any of her books. You'll only be disappointed. I know I was.
librariann's review against another edition
A slightly more serious entry into the chick lit genre. Girl meets Boy is a (moderately) successful dating agency, with Holly, an energetic 29 year old at its head. When a date to make her still-living-with-her ex Nick jealous turns into rape, Holly's life spirals.
sharonfalduto's review against another edition
A young, optimistic woman who runs a dating agency has her world torn apart by a man gone wrong. This novel explores the havoc that is wreaked on her relationships with family and friends, as well as the changes in her own personality. The book unfolded in a twisty way, making it unpredictable and a good read.
amberleila's review against another edition
1.0
TRIGGER WARNING: RAPE/ SEXUAL ABUSE
I’m sorry, I have to DNF this book for my mental health.
Spoilers ahead.
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Within the first few chapters of this book, the main character, Holly (who runs a dating agency) is raped by the man she asked to a business party. Through a series of roundabout occurrences and alcohol intake, they wind up back at her place, where he begins aggressively kissing her and making it known that sex is at the forefront of his mind.
All of her protests are ignored and he proceeds to rape her in the middle of her kitchen floor.
Pretty startling to the beginning of what you may think is a cute romance, right?
As we continue, all we see Holly do is pair off completely inappropriate couples in her dating service, and wallow in the losses of her ex-fiancé. (With whom, SHE ended the relationship, and whom SHE asked to move out.) She constantly mopes and reminisces about the incredible times she had during her engagement and how, seemingly, it was only petty, trivial things that lead to her calling it off.
Briefly, the characters are incredibly unloveable. Hell, they’re not even like-able, or even tolerable. They’re boring, whiny, and exceptionally stupid. I found myself dreading my reading sessions with this book, and so I can’t take in another moment with Holly or her rapist, or her ex.
I’m sorry, I have to DNF this book for my mental health.
Spoilers ahead.
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Within the first few chapters of this book, the main character, Holly (who runs a dating agency) is raped by the man she asked to a business party. Through a series of roundabout occurrences and alcohol intake, they wind up back at her place, where he begins aggressively kissing her and making it known that sex is at the forefront of his mind.
All of her protests are ignored and he proceeds to rape her in the middle of her kitchen floor.
Pretty startling to the beginning of what you may think is a cute romance, right?
As we continue, all we see Holly do is pair off completely inappropriate couples in her dating service, and wallow in the losses of her ex-fiancé. (With whom, SHE ended the relationship, and whom SHE asked to move out.) She constantly mopes and reminisces about the incredible times she had during her engagement and how, seemingly, it was only petty, trivial things that lead to her calling it off.
Briefly, the characters are incredibly unloveable. Hell, they’re not even like-able, or even tolerable. They’re boring, whiny, and exceptionally stupid. I found myself dreading my reading sessions with this book, and so I can’t take in another moment with Holly or her rapist, or her ex.
pepper1133's review against another edition
3.0
Good overall, but it dragged in places and probably could have stood to be at least 150 pages shorter than it was.
izzy_bizzy's review against another edition
emotional
funny
inspiring
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape