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3.73 AVERAGE
3.73 AVERAGE
2.5/5 for the whole series...
I'm just gonna talk about the whole series on this review. Maybe it was the fact that I listened to this series on audiobook, but my skin was crawling listening to the narrator constantly get herself into ridiculous situations. This series was recommended to me by a friend and I really loved Meg Cabot growing up (Avalon High was the bomb.com). I think I would have liked it a lot more if I was physically reading the book. The actress on the audio did a great job of acting the scenes, I just kept finding myself cringing at the unlikely situations and terrible decisions Lizzie made because she just couldn't stop talking. If there was some magical curse that made her that way then maybe I would have liked her more, but she just didn't think things through. I was happy with her character evolution in the final novel though. She makes some poor choices but sorts her life out eventually.
So not my favorite series by any means, but if you like some goofy chick-lit then this one is for you!
I'm just gonna talk about the whole series on this review. Maybe it was the fact that I listened to this series on audiobook, but my skin was crawling listening to the narrator constantly get herself into ridiculous situations. This series was recommended to me by a friend and I really loved Meg Cabot growing up (Avalon High was the bomb.com). I think I would have liked it a lot more if I was physically reading the book. The actress on the audio did a great job of acting the scenes, I just kept finding myself cringing at the unlikely situations and terrible decisions Lizzie made because she just couldn't stop talking. If there was some magical curse that made her that way then maybe I would have liked her more, but she just didn't think things through. I was happy with her character evolution in the final novel though. She makes some poor choices but sorts her life out eventually.
So not my favorite series by any means, but if you like some goofy chick-lit then this one is for you!
Well, I am sick enough to skip classes for a couple of days, and too groggy to read anything of substance. So I chose this trilogy because Meg Cabot has proven to be someone who writes just that - books with no substance. I needed something light and brainless, and that's what I got. In that sense, it was good...Well, adequate.
I'm giving it two stars because Cabot's main characters are indistinguishable from each other - Lizzie in these books is exactly like what's-her-name in 'size 14 is not fat'.
I hate formulaic writing, and I hate main characters who obsess about their weight while chugging down soft drinks and chocolates, and lusting after every single male human being's 'perfect ass' and 'luscious eyebrows' as if there's nothing more to men and women than what they look like and what they wear. And Meg Cabot cares WAY more than I do about fashion, to the point where her label-dropping loses and bores me.
Gah. Reading this is like watching the Kardashians or My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding - not something you're proud of doing. Not something you'd suggest your friends do. But perfectly acceptable to keep you from dying of boredom when you're stuck at home with a head full of mucus.
I'm giving it two stars because Cabot's main characters are indistinguishable from each other - Lizzie in these books is exactly like what's-her-name in 'size 14 is not fat'.
I hate formulaic writing, and I hate main characters who obsess about their weight while chugging down soft drinks and chocolates, and lusting after every single male human being's 'perfect ass' and 'luscious eyebrows' as if there's nothing more to men and women than what they look like and what they wear. And Meg Cabot cares WAY more than I do about fashion, to the point where her label-dropping loses and bores me.
Gah. Reading this is like watching the Kardashians or My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding - not something you're proud of doing. Not something you'd suggest your friends do. But perfectly acceptable to keep you from dying of boredom when you're stuck at home with a head full of mucus.
funny
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
3.5stars.
I found this book on sale... only this book, so... I skip the 1st and 2nd book and went straight to read this book. It is so cute! I learnt a lot about marriage from this book tho haha.
I found this book on sale... only this book, so... I skip the 1st and 2nd book and went straight to read this book. It is so cute! I learnt a lot about marriage from this book tho haha.
I have come to realize that I am just a sucker for all Meg Cabot books. I fell in love with Chaz, and I couldn't find myself to put the book down. I rarely ever read books twice, but this is one i might have considered.
So, as I’ve been complaining a lot about this series as a whole and how it would work so much better if it wasn’t a trilogy. And I say that because the third book is completely different from its predecessors in tone. The set-up of this perfect, fairy tale life with Luke is stripped away and you have Lizzie making seemingly bad decisions and starting to stand on her own, both professionally and privately.
I said in the last review that I was disappointed with Chaz’s storyline and basically forcing him into the love triangle role. While it still bothers me, I actually like Chaz as a love interest. He’s likeable, Lizzie’s comfortable with him, and you want him to win. And while Luke becomes almost pretty undesirable, he’s still someone Lizzie tries to love back. You see hints that he’s not happy with Lizzie throughout book 2—particularly at the end—but his behavior and actions become more unlikeable. The only thing I would have liked is that Lizzie confront Luke about the possibility of him cheating; it’s brought up twice, but doesn’t go anywhere.
To continue with Chaz, I do like him as a love interest. He likes Lizzie, and is supportive of her whenever she makes a bad decision. I also liked the fact that he’s not into weddings, but not opposed to marriage. Even the ending felt a lot more believable with him and Lizzie deciding to just fill out a form than her whirlwind romance with Luke.
One of the parts I really enjoyed is the expansion of Lizzie’s bridal team—I’ve almost always enjoyed the supporting cast in Meg Cabot’s books, and it really shines here. I like how Tiffany and Ava start off as know-nothing characters, but as the books go on, their real personality shows through. I didn’t like Ava at first, she felt too much like a Paris Hilton clone; but again, as the book went out, you got to see more of here.
Speaking of supporting characters, I’ve been neglecting to mention Lizzie’s grandmother for the previous books. In those, she felt more like a side character who shows up and sprouts off a few one-liners with a handful of good advice peppered in. While I liked her, I never felt like she played a huge role in the plot. However, I really felt her presence more in this book. You get a better sense of how close Lizzie was with her grandmother, especially during the funeral scene. It seems a bit forced, but you get to the heart of Lizzie’s feelings and how much she misses her ornery, drinking Grandma.
I mentioned that the series takes a surprising turn, and it does. Again, if the first two books had been combined, this would have been more of a shock, but I enjoyed …Gets Hitched at lot more than the first two, because it doesn’t go with the normal conventions of the first two books.
I said in the last review that I was disappointed with Chaz’s storyline and basically forcing him into the love triangle role. While it still bothers me, I actually like Chaz as a love interest. He’s likeable, Lizzie’s comfortable with him, and you want him to win. And while Luke becomes almost pretty undesirable, he’s still someone Lizzie tries to love back. You see hints that he’s not happy with Lizzie throughout book 2—particularly at the end—but his behavior and actions become more unlikeable. The only thing I would have liked is that Lizzie confront Luke about the possibility of him cheating; it’s brought up twice, but doesn’t go anywhere.
To continue with Chaz, I do like him as a love interest. He likes Lizzie, and is supportive of her whenever she makes a bad decision. I also liked the fact that he’s not into weddings, but not opposed to marriage. Even the ending felt a lot more believable with him and Lizzie deciding to just fill out a form than her whirlwind romance with Luke.
One of the parts I really enjoyed is the expansion of Lizzie’s bridal team—I’ve almost always enjoyed the supporting cast in Meg Cabot’s books, and it really shines here. I like how Tiffany and Ava start off as know-nothing characters, but as the books go on, their real personality shows through. I didn’t like Ava at first, she felt too much like a Paris Hilton clone; but again, as the book went out, you got to see more of here.
Speaking of supporting characters, I’ve been neglecting to mention Lizzie’s grandmother for the previous books. In those, she felt more like a side character who shows up and sprouts off a few one-liners with a handful of good advice peppered in. While I liked her, I never felt like she played a huge role in the plot. However, I really felt her presence more in this book. You get a better sense of how close Lizzie was with her grandmother, especially during the funeral scene. It seems a bit forced, but you get to the heart of Lizzie’s feelings and how much she misses her ornery, drinking Grandma.
I mentioned that the series takes a surprising turn, and it does. Again, if the first two books had been combined, this would have been more of a shock, but I enjoyed …Gets Hitched at lot more than the first two, because it doesn’t go with the normal conventions of the first two books.
I'm really sad this series is over now! I flew through it and loved it. My favourite character in the series is Lizzie's gran by far! A lot of reviews say that the last two books don't match up with the first one. I have mixed feelings on this, I agree in parts more in terms of the character of Luke, but really I
Think it's me not the books. They flow quite well together and Meg has the ability to
Focus on more than just a relationship but the happenings after the couple get together. I feel as a book series these books are really light and easy to read but pack so much in about young adult life, family, friendships, relationships. The books format is unique in terms of the sections about history of fashion, history of weddings etc, I really love this addition! This certain book brought tears to my eyes and made me laugh and smile :) my one doubt about it is the character I loved in the first book and was rooting for, doesn't match up to the guy I hoped would fail... If you have read it you may know what I mean. I have mixed feelings about that part of
The series. But overall loved this book and the outcome and the series in general!
Think it's me not the books. They flow quite well together and Meg has the ability to
Focus on more than just a relationship but the happenings after the couple get together. I feel as a book series these books are really light and easy to read but pack so much in about young adult life, family, friendships, relationships. The books format is unique in terms of the sections about history of fashion, history of weddings etc, I really love this addition! This certain book brought tears to my eyes and made me laugh and smile :) my one doubt about it is the character I loved in the first book and was rooting for, doesn't match up to the guy I hoped would fail... If you have read it you may know what I mean. I have mixed feelings about that part of
The series. But overall loved this book and the outcome and the series in general!
Yeah so I read the second half of book 2 and the entirety of book 3 all in about 12 hours, so...I GUESS I LIKED THEM.
I was really in the mood for a light chick-lit type novel and when I saw this audiobook available through my library I thought it might be a good choice but I really didn't enjoy it. The characters were not likable. They all treated each other really terribly and were constantly insulting each other and being just really rude and mean. I want my chick-lit to be light and enjoyable and this was filled with insults and unhappy characters. The main character's inner monologue is really awful. She's so mean to herself and has zero backbone. She never stands up for herself and lets people take advantage of her but then complains about how much she hates her circumstances. Ugh. Not good.
First off, let me say that I only read this book because the book club I'm trying to get into picked this as their read this month. I am only sticking with the bookclub after this book, because the person hosting sent out an email apology for how bad this book is. So I know I'm not going to be surrounded by women gushing about this stupid book.
Aaaagggggghhhh! Awful book. In the beginning I could only stand to read this one chapter at a time. As I got closer to the end, I read a big chunk at once, sort of like chugging something that tastes bad, so it'd be done sooner.
I detested Lizzie. What a hot mess! Chaz was more likable, but much less formed as a character. He seemed to exist only to be the object of Lizzie's lust/ hate/ confusion. (I say lust because I seriously don't think she was capable of loving, maybe other than her grandmother. When she thinks she's in love with Luke, she just gushes about how handsome and muscular he is. And when she's with Chaz, she talks about externals too.) Anyway, so I found no reason why Chaz would have liked her, much less loved her. She was an emotional wreck, incapable of realizing she didn't love someone she got engaged to anyway, or breaking it off, even when she realized she didn't love him, and she "loved" someone else, with whom she'd been sleeping for days/ weeks. I thought Lizzie was immature and selfish and undisciplined. Reading about her obsessive love of Diet Coke and junk food, and her resulting weight gain, and her embarrassment about it, resulting in fake stuff like Spanx and hiding her weight from her fiance...just wasn't enjoyable. I didn't like her. I didn't know why someone seemingly decent like Chaz would either. Or Luke, for that matter. then again, Chaz loves her, and his best friend is skeezy "perfect" Luke. so maybe he's not so nice as she likes to pretend he is either.
The book wasn't even subtle about ANY of this. From the first few pages, you know exactly where this is heading, but you still have to listen to endless repetitions/ variations on "Chaz and Lizzie, sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G" and Lizzie screaming "no, no I don't. Take it back, or I'll tell Mom" or something immature like that. It's obvious who she liked and where it was going. Luke was barely a character, just an additional foil for her neuroses.
Her sisters were detestable. Her grandmother was a hot mess too. Her sidekicks--Monique and Tiffany and the rest--are annoying at best, and very trashy. I hated the constant name brand dropping--it's tacky, and unnecessary, and totally dates a book. Ava was annoying too. And I was completely annoyed and offended by her portrayal of Valencia, who is presented as detestable, for apparent crimes like self-control in public, being smart and accomplished, beautiful, and well groomed. Petty females like Lizzie are the worst. I went to college. I behave in public. I prefer to look neat and organized in public. I guess I'm the Devil too, in Lizzie's book. If she's so dumb she doesn't even read books, really, that's her fault. Not anyone else's. Her insecurities, and her pettiness because of it, drove me batty!
I really didn't like a single thing about this book (The wedding gown business/ her job was only mildly interesting.) I do not understand, based on this book, how this author is as popular/ well-published of an author as she is. I certainly doubt I'll ever (willingly) read anything by her again.
Aaaagggggghhhh! Awful book. In the beginning I could only stand to read this one chapter at a time. As I got closer to the end, I read a big chunk at once, sort of like chugging something that tastes bad, so it'd be done sooner.
I detested Lizzie. What a hot mess! Chaz was more likable, but much less formed as a character. He seemed to exist only to be the object of Lizzie's lust/ hate/ confusion. (I say lust because I seriously don't think she was capable of loving, maybe other than her grandmother. When she thinks she's in love with Luke, she just gushes about how handsome and muscular he is. And when she's with Chaz, she talks about externals too.) Anyway, so I found no reason why Chaz would have liked her, much less loved her. She was an emotional wreck, incapable of realizing she didn't love someone she got engaged to anyway, or breaking it off, even when she realized she didn't love him, and she "loved" someone else, with whom she'd been sleeping for days/ weeks. I thought Lizzie was immature and selfish and undisciplined. Reading about her obsessive love of Diet Coke and junk food, and her resulting weight gain, and her embarrassment about it, resulting in fake stuff like Spanx and hiding her weight from her fiance...just wasn't enjoyable. I didn't like her. I didn't know why someone seemingly decent like Chaz would either. Or Luke, for that matter. then again, Chaz loves her, and his best friend is skeezy "perfect" Luke. so maybe he's not so nice as she likes to pretend he is either.
The book wasn't even subtle about ANY of this. From the first few pages, you know exactly where this is heading, but you still have to listen to endless repetitions/ variations on "Chaz and Lizzie, sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G" and Lizzie screaming "no, no I don't. Take it back, or I'll tell Mom" or something immature like that. It's obvious who she liked and where it was going. Luke was barely a character, just an additional foil for her neuroses.
Her sisters were detestable. Her grandmother was a hot mess too. Her sidekicks--Monique and Tiffany and the rest--are annoying at best, and very trashy. I hated the constant name brand dropping--it's tacky, and unnecessary, and totally dates a book. Ava was annoying too. And I was completely annoyed and offended by her portrayal of Valencia, who is presented as detestable, for apparent crimes like self-control in public, being smart and accomplished, beautiful, and well groomed. Petty females like Lizzie are the worst. I went to college. I behave in public. I prefer to look neat and organized in public. I guess I'm the Devil too, in Lizzie's book. If she's so dumb she doesn't even read books, really, that's her fault. Not anyone else's. Her insecurities, and her pettiness because of it, drove me batty!
I really didn't like a single thing about this book (The wedding gown business/ her job was only mildly interesting.) I do not understand, based on this book, how this author is as popular/ well-published of an author as she is. I certainly doubt I'll ever (willingly) read anything by her again.