Rating: 3/5
Review:
Well written but ultimately a bit tedious
This is a well written book which I found amusing for a
while, but I'm afraid it didn't really keep me engaged for all that long.
To be fair, I am not the target market. This is a sort of Bridget-Jones-alike, aimed
pretty squarely at twenty-something women, so as a man who hasn't been
twenty-something for a number of decades I may not be the best of critics for
it. I did enjoy the scattered nature of
the narrative, with Claire's first-person story reading rather like diary
entries with random observations of the minutiae of life thrown in. She has resigned from the job she doesn't
like to try to take stock and choose a direction in life, and we get the story,
her relationship with her parents and her boyfriend (which is refreshingly
good, even if it gets a bit strained at times)…and so on.
It's well enough done and I liked its tone and amusing
asides a lot for the first third or so, but there really wasn't enough content
to keep me interested and by half way I was beginning to struggle quite badly. It all felt terribly familiar somehow, and I
began skimming as I lost the will to engage with Claire's little angsts
again…and again and again.
Others may enjoy this more than me, but I'm afraid that,
despite some good moments and decent jokes, I just got bored with it in the
end. I've given it three stars because
it is well written and I enjoyed it for a while, but I can only give it a very
qualified recommendation.
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