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The Day I Shot Cupid: Hello, My Name Is Jennifer Love Hewitt and I'm a Love-aholic
Jennifer Love Hewitt
2.81 AVERAGE
40 reviews for:
The Day I Shot Cupid: Hello, My Name Is Jennifer Love Hewitt and I'm a Love-aholic
Jennifer Love Hewitt
2.81 AVERAGE
Funny and honest. I adore Jennifer Love Hewitt and found this true to her 'voice'.
funny
reflective
fast-paced
funny
relaxing
fast-paced
A breezy, humorous read featuring Jennifer Love Hewitt's trademark personality, makes for a quick, enjoyable little "Girl's Guide To Love" type of book.
funny, thought provoking and a great read. JLH holds nothing back and reminds you that turning 30 and dealing with love although it can hurt should not be scary.
My (not so) guilty pleasure is memoirs "written" by famous women I like. I've read so many of them, and while I have taken a bit of a hiatus from this particular genre the last couple of years, I want to dip back in this year from time to time and I thought I'd start with Jennifer Love Hewitt, whose movies and tv shows kept me lots of company throughout the 90s: Sister Act 2, Party of Five, I Know What You Did Last Summer 1 & 2, and Can't Hardly Wait.
This book is more of a self-help, dating and relationship advice type of book. Hewitt does allude from time to time to the scrutiny she has faced in the media, but she basically does not even acknowledge her acting or ::ahem:: singing careers. It's just all about dating and the dos and don'ts. None of the advice is groundbreaking or even very insightful - in fact it is downright basic and filled with platitudes and a complete lack of specific or new insight.
The good news is that Hewitt's voice comes through even on the page and she does manage to come through as her charming, bright, positive, and hopelessly romantic self. Not sure how much I trust the advice of a beautiful, millionaire, successful actress who has the pick of the litter of men at her disposal when it comes to the horrors of being single (I may be licking my wounds from my very recent divorce), but reading this wasn't awful. Just unsure if I would recommend this, but I also don't regret reading it.
This book is more of a self-help, dating and relationship advice type of book. Hewitt does allude from time to time to the scrutiny she has faced in the media, but she basically does not even acknowledge her acting or ::ahem:: singing careers. It's just all about dating and the dos and don'ts. None of the advice is groundbreaking or even very insightful - in fact it is downright basic and filled with platitudes and a complete lack of specific or new insight.
The good news is that Hewitt's voice comes through even on the page and she does manage to come through as her charming, bright, positive, and hopelessly romantic self. Not sure how much I trust the advice of a beautiful, millionaire, successful actress who has the pick of the litter of men at her disposal when it comes to the horrors of being single (I may be licking my wounds from my very recent divorce), but reading this wasn't awful. Just unsure if I would recommend this, but I also don't regret reading it.
Why exactly did I read this again? J-Love doles out advice on dating with plenty of exclamation points and unfunny jokes in brackets. Her writing style is similar to the one I use when I am writing fake parodied emails to my friends. I totally couldn't put it down though
I really, really, really wanted to like this book. Jennifer Love Hewitt has a distinct voice--and one that's entertaining and enjoyably sassy at that--but the content just made me cringe at times. In an age where sexuality and attraction has expanded beyond heteronormativity and that feminine girls need masculine boys or vice versa (with studies and studies and studies to prove it), I just couldn't get behind the old-fashioned notions and gendered stereotypes. There were times where she got soooo close to saying something super awesome and great, and then she'd drop right back to square one by changing her point just enough to throw her idea out the window.
Side note: I'm not sure who her guest narrator was (or maybe I just didn't pay enough attention) but I really didn't like that chapter at all. It felt like a last-minute personal email that was requested to add to the number of pages.
Side note: I'm not sure who her guest narrator was (or maybe I just didn't pay enough attention) but I really didn't like that chapter at all. It felt like a last-minute personal email that was requested to add to the number of pages.
So, yes, I checked this out from the library after reading a somewhat snarky review. As a "normal" book, it is...quite bad. As the book you and friends take turns reading out loud over bourbon, it is amazing. I can't really evaluate it as a straight-up self-help book, but if you are looking for a very (very!) quick read of something funny, there's nothing better out there.