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3.14 AVERAGE
3.14 AVERAGE
Wasn't sure how this modern day Taming of the Shrew would play out - a little difficult to update. The premise was pretty forced, but I enjoyed reading it.
I picked this up because our book club decided everyone should read a play, and I chose Taming of the Shrew. I thought it would be fun to read a contemporary version of that play - and it was. I enjoyed this a lot more than I anticipated.
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
funny
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The final third of this book is fantastic. Unfortunately you have to read the first two-thirds to get to it. The plot chugs along at a nice pace, but this is fluffy in a way that's not satisfying fluff.
I was hoping for something in the vein of Curtis Sittenfield's [b:Eligible|25852870|Eligible (The Austen Project, #4)|Curtis Sittenfeld|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1460477855s/25852870.jpg|26428236] in terms of updating a romance for modern times, but so many of the supporting characters in this book (outside the Shrew and her Tamer) are sketched so thinly and broadly that it's hard to root for any of them. Stick with it and once they largely go away the book picks up, nails the tone it needs to hit all the Taming of the Shrew marks remaining and end in a completely charming way.
I was hoping for something in the vein of Curtis Sittenfield's [b:Eligible|25852870|Eligible (The Austen Project, #4)|Curtis Sittenfeld|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1460477855s/25852870.jpg|26428236] in terms of updating a romance for modern times, but so many of the supporting characters in this book (outside the Shrew and her Tamer) are sketched so thinly and broadly that it's hard to root for any of them. Stick with it and once they largely go away the book picks up, nails the tone it needs to hit all the Taming of the Shrew marks remaining and end in a completely charming way.
It was a solid 3, and then it ended like that, and so I'm giving it a 1!