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Magical Meet Cute
by Jean Meltzer
Well, if you want a book that starts out like the movie HOT FROSTY (2024) but then turns into the movie IMPERIUM (2016), have I got the "romance" novel for you. If, however, that sounds like two wildly mismatched tones to you, then read on.
I don't think this author was the right person to tackle this subject, especially not in a purported romance novel. And I don't think the editing team was up to snuff, either, starting with their rendering of the word "antisemitism" as "anti-Semitism" throughout the book, despite the long-standing practice of not hyphenating the word for reasons explained here: https://holocaustremembrance.com/reso.... The author also left several clues that she has probably not thought critically about the state of Israel, either, without articulating any real opinion.
Other than the major thematic and tonal failings, the book had a bunch of minor irritating details, as well, such as the fact that the author used the word "quip" eight times, incorrectly each time. At one point, she compared the protagonist's actions to Lizzie Borden, who famously–famously–killed her parents with an axe, not her boyfriend with a hammer. In addition to that, the protagonist credulously uses an "AI research assistant," and the author doesn't seem to think that's a bad thing at all. The protagonist also reads a self-help book that sounds suspiciously like THE SECRET; again, with the author not seeming to think there's anything wrong with that. And she also used the old second-blow-to-the-head-reverses-the-amnesia-from-the-first-blow-to-the-head chestnut.
This book is definitely not for me, and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone else, either. I won't be reading any more by this author.
Other than the major thematic and tonal failings, the book had a bunch of minor irritating details, as well, such as the fact that the author used the word "quip" eight times, incorrectly each time. At one point, she compared the protagonist's actions to Lizzie Borden, who famously–famously–killed her parents with an axe, not her boyfriend with a hammer. In addition to that, the protagonist credulously uses an "AI research assistant," and the author doesn't seem to think that's a bad thing at all. The protagonist also reads a self-help book that sounds suspiciously like THE SECRET; again, with the author not seeming to think there's anything wrong with that. And she also used the old second-blow-to-the-head-reverses-the-amnesia-from-the-first-blow-to-the-head chestnut.
This book is definitely not for me, and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone else, either. I won't be reading any more by this author.