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A review by emmareadstoomuch
Searching for Love Online by Lily Fox
2.0
adghsahjdgsahj UGH. the cover of this is so cute???? i just assumed the insides would match but apparently you're not supposed to judge books by their covers, or something ridiculous like that.
this wasn't overwhelmingly bad, but it wasn't for me. truly it was a wildly flat version of Match Made in Manhattan. which i wasn't a huge fan of anyway.
i enjoy the occasional chick lit, and i like online dating a lot as a trope. so. i expected to like this. what i do not like:
- grammatical errors so constant that i would take on copyediting this manuscript pro bono
- repetitive plotline
- sh*t-talking women, online dating,
- inconsistent characterization
- a woman largely defined by her inability to find a man
i did like what the author was trying to do with the ending, and i think she was trying to subvert the whiney-sad-single-lady trope. but she didn't really. she actually made the assumption several times that every single woman in the world is unhappy about it and actively looking for a (male) partner.
traditionalized arbitrary gender roles central.
bottom line: none of this was abrasively terrible. but HOW WAS IT ONLY 156 PAGES LONG.
thanks 2 goodreads giveaways for the ebook. x's and o's
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PRE-REVIEW
i don't want to alarm anyone, but...
I'VE WON FIVE GIVEAWAYS IN TEN DAYS.
this wasn't overwhelmingly bad, but it wasn't for me. truly it was a wildly flat version of Match Made in Manhattan. which i wasn't a huge fan of anyway.
i enjoy the occasional chick lit, and i like online dating a lot as a trope. so. i expected to like this. what i do not like:
- grammatical errors so constant that i would take on copyediting this manuscript pro bono
- repetitive plotline
- sh*t-talking women, online dating,
- inconsistent characterization
- a woman largely defined by her inability to find a man
i did like what the author was trying to do with the ending, and i think she was trying to subvert the whiney-sad-single-lady trope. but she didn't really. she actually made the assumption several times that every single woman in the world is unhappy about it and actively looking for a (male) partner.
traditionalized arbitrary gender roles central.
bottom line: none of this was abrasively terrible. but HOW WAS IT ONLY 156 PAGES LONG.
thanks 2 goodreads giveaways for the ebook. x's and o's
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PRE-REVIEW
i don't want to alarm anyone, but...
I'VE WON FIVE GIVEAWAYS IN TEN DAYS.