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3.14 AVERAGE
3.14 AVERAGE
Grace: 
Seriously, Grace could totally be on the Teen Girl Squad. There are like, three or four potential love interests here because Grace thinks she has a chance with like, every guy she has an interaction with in her hometown. Where apparently every person she ever knew still lives, including a woman who is basically a caricature that Grace is INSANELY jealous of, but Grace has like, no confidence whatsoever, so of course she's always trying to outdo this woman who is in no way a real person.
But also GIRL. YOU ARE THIRTY-THREE. YOU DON'T STILL HAVE TO BRING UP HIGH SCHOOL IN EVERY INTERACTION. ALSO JUST BECAUSE YOUR EX-BOYFRIEND COMES BACK TO TOWN FOR WORK REASONS DOESN'T MEAN HE'S GOING TO MARRY YOU AND WHISK YOU OFF TO HIS MANSION IN HOLLYWOOD. STOP BEING SUCH A TRY-HARD.
I didn't hate this, but most of my thoughts about it are complaints, so I'mma leave this here.
P.S. There's some fat-phobic language in here.
Seriously, Grace could totally be on the Teen Girl Squad. There are like, three or four potential love interests here because Grace thinks she has a chance with like, every guy she has an interaction with in her hometown. Where apparently every person she ever knew still lives, including a woman who is basically a caricature that Grace is INSANELY jealous of, but Grace has like, no confidence whatsoever, so of course she's always trying to outdo this woman who is in no way a real person.
But also GIRL. YOU ARE THIRTY-THREE. YOU DON'T STILL HAVE TO BRING UP HIGH SCHOOL IN EVERY INTERACTION. ALSO JUST BECAUSE YOUR EX-BOYFRIEND COMES BACK TO TOWN FOR WORK REASONS DOESN'T MEAN HE'S GOING TO MARRY YOU AND WHISK YOU OFF TO HIS MANSION IN HOLLYWOOD. STOP BEING SUCH A TRY-HARD.
I didn't hate this, but most of my thoughts about it are complaints, so I'mma leave this here.
P.S. There's some fat-phobic language in here.
A perfect book to read on a warm spring day sitting by my lilac bushes. I liked this book because the characters felt real and honest, and like in real life, sometimes annoying, but in the lovable way.
I received a copy through a Goodreads Giveaway.
Two Stars - It was okay.
It was a clean easy read novel, for the most part. You get a few swear words in the last 100 pages.
Very easy to follow the writing.
The main character, Grace is self-absorbed, still acting like a teenager in her thirties, and has no depth. I realize she is supposed to be this way until everything is resolved in the last few chapters, but still. She bothered me. I couldn't be close friends with a person like this. She'd be someone I'd take the time say "hi" to in passing and maybe indulge in some light conversation, but then make my excuses to get going so I don't have to listen to her talk about absolutely nothing.
Grace does start to grow-up after the reconciliations in the end and you can see a glimmer of an adult blooming and a real life starting. I think I would much rather read about this new developing life than read this novel about her blundering idiocy. We all go through awkward times. However, I wouldn't want to read a novel about mine, let alone this one.
The worst part and the best part has to be all the people (including Grace, though I give her credit for being more subtle) mooning over the celebrities. I just can't stand it! Bravo to the author for making me loath these people in writing just as much as I do in real life.
Two Stars - It was okay.
It was a clean easy read novel, for the most part. You get a few swear words in the last 100 pages.
Very easy to follow the writing.
The main character, Grace is self-absorbed, still acting like a teenager in her thirties, and has no depth. I realize she is supposed to be this way until everything is resolved in the last few chapters, but still. She bothered me. I couldn't be close friends with a person like this. She'd be someone I'd take the time say "hi" to in passing and maybe indulge in some light conversation, but then make my excuses to get going so I don't have to listen to her talk about absolutely nothing.
Grace does start to grow-up after the reconciliations in the end and you can see a glimmer of an adult blooming and a real life starting. I think I would much rather read about this new developing life than read this novel about her blundering idiocy. We all go through awkward times. However, I wouldn't want to read a novel about mine, let alone this one.
The worst part and the best part has to be all the people (including Grace, though I give her credit for being more subtle) mooning over the celebrities. I just can't stand it! Bravo to the author for making me loath these people in writing just as much as I do in real life.
[...] Fin dal primo periodo, La grammatica del cuore trascina il lettore incauto in un vortice di risate, suono cristallino e debordante dagli argini della serietà, reazione che, con alta probabilità, gli astanti non si aspettavano di ottenere immergendosi in tali pagine rese veritiere e concrete grazie alla narrazione incalzante che la protagonista adotta per descrivere le sue stupefacenti giornate, esacerbando al massimo situazioni fuori dall’ordinario, desuetudine che colpisce e atterrisce proprio per la sua troppa irregolare flessibilità, elastico allungato ben oltre il suo punto di rottura. Questa caratteristica, però, stride con delle debolezze non indifferenti che si possono trovare, abilità falconiere attivate, senza troppe svolte di pagina: in aggiunta a un inesistente approfondimento della presenza mascolina nel libro, una consistenza psicologica che, scomparsa già prima di venire alla luce, si manifesta acuita in contrasto allo spessore ben architettato di Grace, unico personaggio principale in tutti i sensi, si avverte la superflua partecipazione di un terzo incomodo che non contribuisce, in alcuna maniera, a levigare, col proprio intervento, i fatti raccontati, una sorta di parentesi anonima che introduce nessun elevato valore aggiunto, confine labile tra storia e fiaba, ritenendo l’esibizione in sordina l’elitario sbocco alla sua immissione. L’alto potenziale dell’opera di Mary Simses viene, perciò, edulcorato con aggressiva tracotanza, sopruso infervorato anche da un epilogo che lascia in sospeso, domande in successione che riverberano nel cuore del lettore, avido di notizie che non otterrà mai dalle righe se non adotterà l’immaginazione di cui è provvisto, una conclusione che però si focalizza su un fondamentale per la piccola Hammond, una corsa verso la libertà tanto attesa e vissuta da lontano, evasione da un ordine che tanto proclama con folle attivismo come testimoniano le spiegazioni in pillole all’apertura di ogni capitolo, minuti riferimenti all’esistenza dell’investigatrice in erba, battenti lancette che sanciscono la fine di un’era ovattata e l’alba di un’epoca aurea.
Per la recensione completa, qui: http://lanicchialetteraria.altervista.org/review-party-2-0-la-grammatica-del-cuore/
Per la recensione completa, qui: http://lanicchialetteraria.altervista.org/review-party-2-0-la-grammatica-del-cuore/
This was a fun read- the love storyline was cluttered and I saw the the end coming a mile away, but there was a nice sense of place. I some of my control freak self in the main character and enjoyed that she was a stickler for grammar, to boot.
*This book was given to me by the publisher*
I really enjoyed this. Perfect summer reading. Fun, with heart. Definitely good for anyone who cares about grammar, and anyone who is into bicycles. There are multiple hot men to choose from. I liked the parents and really enjoyed reading about her mother's work and I loved the idea of the "shrines." I would read a whole book about that story.
I really enjoyed this. Perfect summer reading. Fun, with heart. Definitely good for anyone who cares about grammar, and anyone who is into bicycles. There are multiple hot men to choose from.
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Personally, I was hoping she would get together with the movie star. He was the one who was actually always nice to her! I finished it, so 1.25, I guess.
I disliked Grace--every problem she had was of her own devising. Even after her epiphany, her behavior didn't change. I don't hold out any hope for her relationship with Mitch. Her dad was correct when he told her to grow up.
Shouldn't an epilogue take place some time later, not right after the previous chapter ended?
I disliked Grace--every problem she had was of her own devising. Even after her epiphany, her behavior didn't change. I don't hold out any hope for her relationship with Mitch. Her dad was correct when he told her to grow up.
Shouldn't an epilogue take place some time later, not right after the previous chapter ended?
Delightful! I liked the grammar hints at the start of each chapter. I took "modern English" and only learned a little grammar taking French- so was nice to learn all I missed!
I had enjoyed The Irresistible Blueberry Bakeshop & Cafe and how could I resist a book with this premise and title? It sat on my TBR for awhile though and last week I wanted something that I thought might be light and easy to read. This fit the bill.
After having lost her job and her boyfriend at the same time, Grace's ceiling falls in and needs repair. So she leaves New York and returns home to Connecticut to lick her wounds and celebrate her father's birthday.
I liked Grace, but I found her attitudes and behaviors more suited for a teenager, rather than a thirty-year-old. That she reverted back to high school level jealousy over her former boyfriend and classmate was annoying. I kept wanting to tell her to just grow up. However, the story flowed well and the secondary characters are what made it enjoyable. I laughed out loud at times.
I think the story had more potential than it reached, but this is light reading with a few heartwarming moments.
After having lost her job and her boyfriend at the same time, Grace's ceiling falls in and needs repair. So she leaves New York and returns home to Connecticut to lick her wounds and celebrate her father's birthday.
I liked Grace, but I found her attitudes and behaviors more suited for a teenager, rather than a thirty-year-old. That she reverted back to high school level jealousy over her former boyfriend and classmate was annoying. I kept wanting to tell her to just grow up. However, the story flowed well and the secondary characters are what made it enjoyable. I laughed out loud at times.
I think the story had more potential than it reached, but this is light reading with a few heartwarming moments.
I feel bad writing bad reviews but in my opinion, it was just fair. Lack of development and slow plot. Easy to read. I liked her blueberry book much better.