Rate this book

Save As Draft (2011)

by Cavanaugh Lee(Favorite Author)

3.31 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1439190690 (ISBN13: 9781439190692)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Simon & Schuster

review 1: I don't like to give negative reviews, and perhaps this one is somewhat unfair, because my expectations were rather low, but in good conscience I can hardly recommend this as anything other than a quick, mildly entertaining read.My issues do not stem from the fact that everything is written in the style of an e-mail/text/tweet, but rather from the weaknesses found in the characters. The story focuses on Izabell, a thirty-year old 'looking for love'. I don't like to deride this, but by the way she is presented, I gathered very quickly that she is already massively in love with her wonderful, quirky, fun-loving, risk-taking, AMAZING self. Izabell is not a mean person, she is just enormously self-centered. Everything is about her. All her emails to her friends are always conc... moreerning whatever is going on in her life and anything concerning her friends is more or less ignored. The man she comes in contact with through eHarmony, Marty, is similarly full of himself (though Izabell is more likeable). He actually has a points system for rating women and actually whines about the women he meets being so sub-par, too fat (yes, he seriously says this to another woman), too boring, uncultured, not 'fun-loving' or 'risk takers'; all in all incompatible with someone as flawless as himself. Needless to say, we, would not be friends. That being said, I am certain neither Marty nor Izabell would want to be friends with me either. some people and, as it happens, some books are just not made for one another and that's okay.Now, I know this all sounds very critical, but the book does have its merits. The story is light and, despite my annoyance with the characters, compulsively readable. Further, this is the debut book of Cavenaugh Lee and she obviously took a risk choosing to write in this manner, which is so relevant to the way we communicate nowadays and still rarely done in novel form.
review 2: Meh.I picked this up because it looked like a quick, fun read, AND because I found it at the dollar store. It was mostly quick, but it wasn't really funny, and after a while I didn't really care what happened to anyone anymore. I did think it strange that Marty suddenly started calling Izabell his girlfriend and everything so quickly; I really wished she would have set him straight from the get-go. Who knew he'd turn out to be so eager? There were a few typos throughout the book, but when it's a book written in email format, you never know if they're intentional or not! less

Download links for: Save as Draft

Advertising