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A review by buntyskid
Losing It by Helen Lederer
1.0
Had to abandon this. Kept waiting for the laugh out loud funny (which I needed at time of reading) and it never happened. What kept me going was the glowing review from Stephen Fry who said it was 'desperately funny'. Got to page 258 then did an obligatory skim to the end.
Writing very choppy, with declarative sentences, one after the other. Meant to be a deadpan style, I guess. But it just didn't work, the way, say Brigitte Jones Diary did.
Wasn't sure how I was supposed to feel about the main character, Millie. Was she empty-headed, smart, or what. It bounced around, never really settling into a believeable character. She swallowed the Feng Shui thing whole, plus read self help books and The Secret without questioning, yet was meant to be a fairly successful writer and adept poet. Nobody else in the book made up for Millie's lack, either.
Writing very choppy, with declarative sentences, one after the other. Meant to be a deadpan style, I guess. But it just didn't work, the way, say Brigitte Jones Diary did.
Wasn't sure how I was supposed to feel about the main character, Millie. Was she empty-headed, smart, or what. It bounced around, never really settling into a believeable character. She swallowed the Feng Shui thing whole, plus read self help books and The Secret without questioning, yet was meant to be a fairly successful writer and adept poet. Nobody else in the book made up for Millie's lack, either.