Maggie is living the life she s always wanted. Her career is taking off and, thanks to Japanese straightening technology, her hair is lying down. Commitment-phobic Maggie even has a funny, caring boyfriend but there sone he wants Maggie to move in. Maggie s not sure she s ready to move from me to we ... As she examines the relationships around her, Maggie has to is she ready to face herfears and embrace her own romancipation?
I got 140 pages into this book and just stopped reading it because I really did not care about any of the characters. I like all the other books by this author that I have read, but this was just boring.
Sigaloff's writing style was refreshing in comparison to the typical YA novels I find myself reading. The story itself didnt deliver anything refreshing or exciting, however. Nothing worth noting happened in this book until the last 100 (possibly less) pages. If you're okay trudging through 300+ pages of unnecessary events and scenes, by all means, be our guest. I cant say you'll finish the novel feeling good and like you hadnt wasted your time. If it weren't for trying to reach my book goal this year, I probably wouldn't have finished.
Pretty good story though I didn't seem to connect with Maggie through most of the book and towards the end of the story, her actions seemed to be out of control and not making alot of sense. Fortunately, the ending brought a twist that enabled all of the characters to have a happy ending.
This book was waaaaaaay too long. It could have been told with at least 100 less pages. It started VERY slow and and was very hard to get into. It wasn't until somewhere in the 300's pages that I finally felt like I had to finish reading just so I could find out what happened. There were completely needless plot points and I found it hard to care about several characters. I was not invested in them at all. I normally LOVE British authors but this story left much to be desired.
I would have to say this book I did like, but I found myself arguing with the characters in my head (but why do this, as this is a chick lit book?). Are we really that divided? Either we want to be in a long-term committed relationship or we want to be fiercely independent. Why can't we do both? But yeah, totally on the Red Dress kick right now. Something light and fluffy.
This was a fantastic book! I was very intimadated by the actual size of the book; but it turned out to be a great read. Nothing seems so far fetched in this novel because the author writes so well. The only downside is the ending leaves you wanting more!
I liked this even more than I expected. The blurb on the back made it pretty predictable, so I was surprised there was no startling twist at the end. Loved it anyway.