Very funny at first, got a little repetitive ( )

Qué puede hacer Alison cuando, de repente, Tom la deja plantada en medio de una cena de amigos para volver con su antigua novia de la facultad, una mujer que, según él mismo confiesa, es “como una droga”? De entrada, no mucho, pero tras pasar por una profunda crisis en la que se cuestiona con gran ironía todas sus creencias sobre las relaciones, el sexo y su propia educación conservadora, Alison toma las riendas de su vida y sale en busca del “gran amor”.

My mom had passed this one on to me. Straight on fluff doesn't always do it for me. It was easy to read, but Alison was a bit flat and annoying and removed from her problems. I left it in a hotel drawer. (September 16, 2006) ( )

There was a lot to like and dislike about this book. I really enjoyed the chatty-Cathy voice it was written in. I think while it did get a little annoying and boring at times like the other reviews have stated, it was refreshing. It was a great representation of that type of character or woman - the one that will spill her guts the moment after you stop shaking her hand.

However, I think what steered this away from a Stephanie Plum (Janet Evanovich) type of feel was that the chattiness of the character made the book spend way too much time on backstory. There was so much telling, that nothing really happened in the book. And when something in the present would happen, it would happen really fast to give way to the character venting her feelings. I feel like there could have been more of a balance.

Likewise, I didn't enjoy the religious aspects of the book. At one point, the book states that Judaism doesn't believe in an afterlife which is completely false. I also felt that the gay characters were used as tokens rather than actual friends.

Overall, it was a nice, easy-breezy traveling read. Served me well on my trip. ( )

There was a lot to like and dislike about this book. I really enjoyed the chatty-Cathy voice it was written in. I think while it did get a little annoying and boring at times like the other reviews have stated, it was refreshing. It was a great representation of that type of character or woman - the one that will spill her guts the moment after you stop shaking her hand.

However, I think what steered this away from a Stephanie Plum (Janet Evanovich) type of feel was that the chattiness of the character made the book spend way too much time on backstory. There was so much telling, that nothing really happened in the book. And when something in the present would happen, it would happen really fast to give way to the character venting her feelings. I feel like there could have been more of a balance.

Likewise, I didn't enjoy the religious aspects of the book. At one point, the book states that Judaism doesn't believe in an afterlife which is completely false. I also felt that the gay characters were used as tokens rather than actual friends.

Overall, it was a nice, easy-breezy traveling read. Served me well on my trip. ( )