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brendalovesbooks's review against another edition
4.0
This is a cute book that makes for a very easy Sunday afternoon read. For the most part, I tried to pretend I wasn't reading their journals, especially when Jane was recording whole conversations as they happened. It made it much more enjoyable to just pretend I was hearing their thoughts on things (which is nice because you get in the heads of more than one character).
The problem came when, while having a conversation, one of the characters would say "would you put that book down?" As if Jane was sitting, writing the conversation as it was happening. First of all, nobody can write (by hand) that fast. Secondly, come on! We are supposed to believe that ANYONE would sit there with a journal in hand and write everything as it's happening, especially with other people right there talking to them.
But, if you can ignore all that, it's a fun book and I liked the story.
The problem came when, while having a conversation, one of the characters would say "would you put that book down?" As if Jane was sitting, writing the conversation as it was happening. First of all, nobody can write (by hand) that fast. Secondly, come on! We are supposed to believe that ANYONE would sit there with a journal in hand and write everything as it's happening, especially with other people right there talking to them.
But, if you can ignore all that, it's a fun book and I liked the story.
allisondenae's review against another edition
2.0
Pretty annoying and predictable. I loved "Size 12 is not fat" by Cabot, but this was just not good. I only finished it because I hate to leave a book unfinished. Warning: the book is all emails and journal entries. And the main guy's PDA. Because all men keep their diary on their PDA, right? Uh, no.
hmrx61's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
jnjackson's review against another edition
2.0
Better plot than the first one in this series, but I still don't like the format of telling a story through diary entries, emails, etc.
sarithebookworm's review against another edition
adventurous
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
lamom77's review against another edition
4.0
This was more like 3.5 - probably my least favorite of the series. Still cute, funny and a quick read.
daylightreading's review against another edition
4.0
I don't care what everyone says, I read this in two days, it's fun read even though I read it years ago I still remember the book from times to times which is a good sign. Book are not supposed to always teach us something, sometimes it can be just pleasure. And I just found out that it's from a series so I'm definitely going to read the other books too!
larissa15's review against another edition
3.0
I read this like 2 years ago when I didn't know it was part of a series. It was a cute fast read.
rebroxannape's review against another edition
3.0
Every Boy's Got One is another fizzy romance just like the previous two in the series. Again, it is written all in emails, and journals. I didn’t enjoy this quite as much as the first two. The use of the epistolary form was handled clumsily and lazily in this one, to the point that our heroine is transcribing a climactic conversation while it is happening and the hero is actually commenting on the font she is using. Self-parody on the part of Meg Cabot? Maybe. But if so, it was self-indulgent and maybe a whiff disrespectful to the reader? Maybe? I'll give her the benefit of the doubt.
It was seriously lacking much of plot. In the previous two, we had an almost murder mystery, mistaken Identity, quirky and funny secondary characters, vicious office politics, serious legal problems, and really bad people to root against. Other than the two protagonists misunderstanding and disliking each other at first and how they come to value each other and fall in love in the course of the book, there isn’t much to this one. All problems and conflicts are wiped away fairly easily and “off stage” albeit cutely. There was no anticipation of how a major conflict, conundrum, or misunderstanding was going to be solved. Also, the romance struck me as a mutual crush, rather than a great love. Ironically, this was based on Meg Cabot's real-life elopement with her husband of 25 years!
That all said, it was cute and amusing, and kept me reading, chuckling, and engaged.
It was seriously lacking much of plot. In the previous two, we had an almost murder mystery, mistaken Identity, quirky and funny secondary characters, vicious office politics, serious legal problems, and really bad people to root against. Other than the two protagonists misunderstanding and disliking each other at first and how they come to value each other and fall in love in the course of the book, there isn’t much to this one. All problems and conflicts are wiped away fairly easily and “off stage” albeit cutely. There was no anticipation of how a major conflict, conundrum, or misunderstanding was going to be solved. Also, the romance struck me as a mutual crush, rather than a great love. Ironically, this was based on Meg Cabot's real-life elopement with her husband of 25 years!
That all said, it was cute and amusing, and kept me reading, chuckling, and engaged.