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Mr. Perfect on Paper by Jean Meltzer

15 reviews

rochelleisreading's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

3.0

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shaunashares's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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shinypurplepants's review against another edition

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emotional funny
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
A very touching and grounded romance. Characters are all in their thirties and dealing with the realities of finding love after grief and fear have kept you from prioritizing your happiness. I loved how real everyone felt and the way GAD is depicted really resonated with my own experience
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btwnprintedpgs's review against another edition

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adventurous informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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author2223's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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bedtimesandbooks's review against another edition

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hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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ems_rxlibrary's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

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amberinpieces's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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creativelifeofliz's review against another edition

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challenging emotional funny hopeful informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Rating this book was honestly pretty challenging. While I loved the representation right from the start (although definitely not the same as my own lived experiences, they felt very authentic), Dara and Chris were both not super likeable. They definitely grew on me as the book progressed and they worked to be there for each other, but it took time to root for them. The end of the book was extremely beautiful though. 
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spinesinaline's review

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funny hopeful slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

An interesting premise but not handled well for me. Thanks to HarperCollins Canada for an ARC to review.

This one started out fun but I didn’t really like the main character. And as fun as the set-up seemed, it was odd that they were trying to make this literal millionaire relatable.

One point I was hopeful about is the inclusion of anxiety. Dara is very open about having generalized anxiety disorder and she is constantly managing it throughout the book. But each time she introduces it to people, she gives them dictionary definition and she does this very often. So much so that we got basically the exact same paragraph every few pages.

I would also be curious about Jewish readers’ thoughts on this one. All of Dara’s dates have to do with significant Jewish holidays and as someone who’s not Jewish I learned a lot about these holidays and traditions, which I really appreciated. However at times it felt like Dara looked down on people who were “bad” Jewish people, ie they didn’t follow all the traditions, and it was very uncomfortable.

Some spoilery thoughts on the ending.
I didn’t enjoy the ending much as it felt like the author had written herself into a corner. The main premise of the story is meant to be that Dara has a idea of who her perfect match is but attraction has different plans. And yet rather than just relying on this “perfect on paper” vs attraction, the author introduces a very significant flaw to Mr. Perfect, relevant to the paragraph above. And then they continue to refer to him as literally perfect! He was not perfect at all and this flaw made me really distrust him and dislike the match, which I suppose made the revelation for Dara much easier.
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