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Minnie Chase Makes A Mistake
Think before you speak...
Minnie Chase is an ordinary girl and an extraordinary mathematician. She has a great job and a husband-to-be and loves them both. She is brilliant with numbers but finds people more of a challenge. She believes that if she can just master the art of being normal, her life might turn out right.
Ashton Greene is one of the most powerful and celebrated CEOs in business. He has the world at his feet and a glamorous fiancée at his side.
When Minnie meets Greene she has a sudden rush of words to the head and says something that she really, really shouldn’t have said. As a result, Greene’s perfect world is catastrophically turned upside down.
The subsequent fallout disastrously affects Minnie too. She sets out to correct her mistake, to put things right. She doesn’t know where to start or how to achieve this but she is determined to succeed.
She soon finds out that it is easier said than done.
Minnie Chase is an ordinary girl and an extraordinary mathematician. She has a great job and a husband-to-be and loves them both. She is brilliant with numbers but finds people more of a challenge. She believes that if she can just master the art of being normal, her life might turn out right.
Ashton Greene is one of the most powerful and celebrated CEOs in business. He has the world at his feet and a glamorous fiancée at his side.
When Minnie meets Greene she has a sudden rush of words to the head and says something that she really, really shouldn’t have said. As a result, Greene’s perfect world is catastrophically turned upside down.
The subsequent fallout disastrously affects Minnie too. She sets out to correct her mistake, to put things right. She doesn’t know where to start or how to achieve this but she is determined to succeed.
She soon finds out that it is easier said than done.
254 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 13, 2014
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April 10, 2017
An engaging light hearted story full of wry humour. This story speaks volumes for the old adages of think before you speak and once it is out there you can not take it back. I enjoyed this book from its proverbial cover to cover. The lasting impression is that good can overcome bad if you persevere.
I have rated this book 4.25 stars.
I obtained this book from Amazon in Kindle format.
Thank you Frank
I have rated this book 4.25 stars.
I obtained this book from Amazon in Kindle format.
Thank you Frank
July 26, 2014
Minnie Chase Makes A Mistake was one of the most delightful books I had the pleasure of reading. Not only is the main character a true gem, analytical but also having a big heart, but her thoughts and reactions were perfect. Perhaps some of the events she undergoes in this novel should be taken with a grain of salt, as they are not that realistic, but the story as a whole has a wonderful moral.
The characters are what make this entire book such a great read. I love the idea of a fiance trying to find a way to break up with Minnie, and using a tactic to do so. My heart ached for --but understood-- Minnie's determination to fix up the broken pieces. The entire novel revolves around a woman and her desire to right her wrongs, and although the story is a little far-fetched at times, it's hard not to love the main character. Her best friend is a great example of a great friend, along with the business-like man with Parkinson's.
The book has a lot of surrealistic, sometimes extremely unbelievable, plot-twists, but when you look at the story as a whole, it doesn't matter --the story was too lovely. There were times where Minnie was broadcasted on television, the whole media waiting to chew on whatever material they can find, and honestly, I find it a little hard to believe that somebody would record Minnie's mistake. The fact she flies across the world simply to fix her mistake... it's not something I would do. However, it's in her personality, along with her big heart.
Maybe that's why this book is so successful; even among the surreal, the things that cannot possibly happen, there is a glimmer of truth. Minnie Chase Makes A mistake is a wonderful novel I recommend for anybody in need of a light read.
November 17, 2014
That's spooky-just looked back at my review of her first book and I read it a year ago on pretty much the same dates !! I liked the first one and this one even more. Then why not 5 stars ? The same reason as before-the sloppy mistakes throughout. This lady writes great stories only to not get them proofread or edited properly and it's a real shame.
As before there were dropped speechmarks quite frequently, missing words from sentences like a/his then seemed used in place of seem, 11.45 was mentioned and I was totally baffled as I believe she meant 23.45, then year and not years used, to used in place of the....silly stuff that makes a great difference.
However, it was a great story that kept my interest and again some very funny lines in it as well. I liked the people Minnie made friends of during her story-they were great characters. I like Minnie a great deal, too. She has good values, rare these days.
I'll certainly read the next one by this author. This one didn't have quite as many mistakes as the first one so I'm hoping for third time lucky !!
As before there were dropped speechmarks quite frequently, missing words from sentences like a/his then seemed used in place of seem, 11.45 was mentioned and I was totally baffled as I believe she meant 23.45, then year and not years used, to used in place of the....silly stuff that makes a great difference.
However, it was a great story that kept my interest and again some very funny lines in it as well. I liked the people Minnie made friends of during her story-they were great characters. I like Minnie a great deal, too. She has good values, rare these days.
I'll certainly read the next one by this author. This one didn't have quite as many mistakes as the first one so I'm hoping for third time lucky !!
April 14, 2014
Unexpected, surprising! Minnie Chase Makes a Mistake, by Helen MacArthur, has a fresh concept that drives the story line.
Minnie Chase, intellectually brilliant, lacks some necessary skills when dealing with people, whether they are clients, friends, or lovers. We meet Minnie Chase at work, being regaled with a list of her social mistakes. Her boss, a cold hearted business woman, declares Minnie a menace.
Unfortunately for Minnie, her boss is correct once again. At a business dinner with one of the worlds most highly revered venture capitalists, Minnie blurts out what is hoped to be a carefully kept secret by this powerful man. Her comments recorded, go viral, and all to soon the entire world knows too much, his life forever altered.
Minnie, immediately fired from her job, heads home in a state of confusion, trying to devise a way to make amends, only to stumble upon her fiancé in bed with another woman.
Minnie Chase Makes a Mistake is the journey of one woman trying to make right the wrongs set in motion by her blunder. Immediately she seeks out Ashton Greene, the injured party, to apologize. Her efforts take her from London to San Francisco, where she finally catches up with him. Here her quest expands from apologizing to helping him come to terms with a debilitating disease.
Helen MacArthur weaves into her novel the angst and frustration of seeing life unravel in ways that cannot be controlled, but must accepted. Minnie must accept that her fiancé does not love her the way she thought, Ashton Greene must accept that money, power, and savvy mean very little to his very human body.
However, there are things Minnie Chase and Ashton Greene can control, changes they can effect. This book is ultimately about learning that life can unravel, can be helter skelter, but with time it can be remade from very unexpected sources.
This book is unique in that while the tale is full of hope and love, it is not a romance novel. It is the journey of self discovery which leads to self acceptance.
Minnie Chase, intellectually brilliant, lacks some necessary skills when dealing with people, whether they are clients, friends, or lovers. We meet Minnie Chase at work, being regaled with a list of her social mistakes. Her boss, a cold hearted business woman, declares Minnie a menace.
Unfortunately for Minnie, her boss is correct once again. At a business dinner with one of the worlds most highly revered venture capitalists, Minnie blurts out what is hoped to be a carefully kept secret by this powerful man. Her comments recorded, go viral, and all to soon the entire world knows too much, his life forever altered.
Minnie, immediately fired from her job, heads home in a state of confusion, trying to devise a way to make amends, only to stumble upon her fiancé in bed with another woman.
Minnie Chase Makes a Mistake is the journey of one woman trying to make right the wrongs set in motion by her blunder. Immediately she seeks out Ashton Greene, the injured party, to apologize. Her efforts take her from London to San Francisco, where she finally catches up with him. Here her quest expands from apologizing to helping him come to terms with a debilitating disease.
Helen MacArthur weaves into her novel the angst and frustration of seeing life unravel in ways that cannot be controlled, but must accepted. Minnie must accept that her fiancé does not love her the way she thought, Ashton Greene must accept that money, power, and savvy mean very little to his very human body.
However, there are things Minnie Chase and Ashton Greene can control, changes they can effect. This book is ultimately about learning that life can unravel, can be helter skelter, but with time it can be remade from very unexpected sources.
This book is unique in that while the tale is full of hope and love, it is not a romance novel. It is the journey of self discovery which leads to self acceptance.
January 30, 2014
Minnie chase suffers from foot in mouth syndrome. For someone who is super intelligent, she has some seriously bad timing.
Her bad timing in tellung it as it is, make her unintentionally break up a power couple and destroy her career. To see her fiance in bed with another is the cherry on her disaster cake.
While the rest of us would have wallowed in self pity and drunk ourselves senseless, she is determined to solving this equation and setting things right again.
The story takes us from London to san Francisco where we see a classic battle between doing what’s morally right and doing what’s worldly right - a choice between moral and rational.
What I love about the book is a classic plot of good intentions in the face of difficult circumstances, with interesting characters that are believable and yet unpredictable. Minnie Chase is simple a super-intelligent mathematician with her heart in the right place. She is no foul mouthed avenger out to reform the world. She just wants to clean up the milk she spilt, which I realized, fewer of us are willing to do today. We’d either splash our unhappiness over social media or have long, rationalizing pity-parties. I’ll admit it - she is a better person than I am.
Some parts of the book are predictable, which makes this a light read and not a dark, sombre commentary on repercussions of taking on powerful people. While making its point, the book stays easy to read and totally lovable.
3.5 / 5. Totally recommended for a Sunday read.
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Her bad timing in tellung it as it is, make her unintentionally break up a power couple and destroy her career. To see her fiance in bed with another is the cherry on her disaster cake.
While the rest of us would have wallowed in self pity and drunk ourselves senseless, she is determined to solving this equation and setting things right again.
The story takes us from London to san Francisco where we see a classic battle between doing what’s morally right and doing what’s worldly right - a choice between moral and rational.
What I love about the book is a classic plot of good intentions in the face of difficult circumstances, with interesting characters that are believable and yet unpredictable. Minnie Chase is simple a super-intelligent mathematician with her heart in the right place. She is no foul mouthed avenger out to reform the world. She just wants to clean up the milk she spilt, which I realized, fewer of us are willing to do today. We’d either splash our unhappiness over social media or have long, rationalizing pity-parties. I’ll admit it - she is a better person than I am.
Some parts of the book are predictable, which makes this a light read and not a dark, sombre commentary on repercussions of taking on powerful people. While making its point, the book stays easy to read and totally lovable.
3.5 / 5. Totally recommended for a Sunday read.
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September 13, 2016
I procrastinated writing this review for a few days because words totally failed me in expressing just how much I loved this book. Original characters in an original well-developed story, Wow! Who ever would have thought that a mathematical genius but socially inept obsessive-compulsive Asperger's would be so darn loveable and entertaining, what literary courage, Ms. MacArthur! The author also displayed enough talent to follow the "show not tell" rule and allow the events, the characters' well-developed personalities, and the magnificent dialogue to speak for themselves. At first I was puzzled by the ending, and it took me about ten minutes of ruminating on the book as a whole to finally get it (hey, I'm old and I'm slow!). It was unnecessary for the author to tell the ending when we have been so clearly shown Minnie's strength, character, and determination to never let a mistake get past her without making everything right again--mistakes are just not tolerable to a mathematician and dare not be allowed to ripple unchecked through the ponds of time! When all is said and done what really matters except "I did the right thing" and that means morally right, not worldly right.
June 27, 2014
I picked up this book after reading a claim by the author that it was a well-written Fifty Shades of Grey. I'm not a fan of 50, but I always thought the concept behind it was intriguing and that with the proper team, it could have been brilliant. Alas, this was not as advertised.
The writing was decent enough, imactful in some ways but overwrought with unnecessary words and phrasing. The story, barring having a CEO of a multi-billion dollar company, was as close to Fifty Shades as Pluto is to the Earth; one isn't even a planet anymore. Had I not gone into the story expecting something completely different, I would have given this three stars. The plot is captivating, thought it mostly doesn't amount to anything, and the characters, though a tad exaggerated, are relatable and diverse. I did root for Minnie, which is why I didn't give the book one star, even though I abhor false advertising.
The writing was decent enough, imactful in some ways but overwrought with unnecessary words and phrasing. The story, barring having a CEO of a multi-billion dollar company, was as close to Fifty Shades as Pluto is to the Earth; one isn't even a planet anymore. Had I not gone into the story expecting something completely different, I would have given this three stars. The plot is captivating, thought it mostly doesn't amount to anything, and the characters, though a tad exaggerated, are relatable and diverse. I did root for Minnie, which is why I didn't give the book one star, even though I abhor false advertising.
February 17, 2014
Minnie chase.
A Good book that kept me wanting to keep reading this story and find out what Minnie would do next She is a funny lady who opens her mouth too many times and it gets her into trouble
A Good book that kept me wanting to keep reading this story and find out what Minnie would do next She is a funny lady who opens her mouth too many times and it gets her into trouble
February 17, 2014
This was a good book! The story was fun and quick-moving. The message behind the story was also very good and thought provoking. Since I know someone with this disease, I was interested in "Minnie's" thoughts of the future.
March 4, 2014
Loved, loved, loved this book. And loved Minnie Chase. It's a story about a mathematical genius with Asperger's. She kept making mistake after mistake but never gave up until she got it right. I would love to read more about her!
July 5, 2015
Good strong storyline & characters. Did not like that Minnie was sometimes flippant about herself. And really did not like the fact she wanted to go back to fiancee. Enjoyed the read had an unexpected ending.
February 5, 2014
A quick read (completed it on a plane ride). I found Minnie endearing, but the plot was rather implausible. So suspend your disbelief and enjoy a quick read with a quirky heroine.
February 10, 2014
It was good not brilliant. An easy, quick read
February 14, 2014
Out of all the Kindle ebooks books that I've downloaded from amazon for less than $3.00 this is the best by far.
December 13, 2015
lots of fun. only a couple of moments that seemed forced
May 3, 2016
I was pleasantly surprised while reading this book ... it had a nice array of semi quirky characters, an interesting and different storyline. Great book.
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