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Singles (2012)

by Meredith Goldstein(Favorite Author)

3.02 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

8820052954 (ISBN13: 9788820052959)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Sperling & Kupfer

review 1: This was a solid book, nothing special but good. I did find it interesting that each chapter was about one of the different single people in the book (that would be attending this one wedding) but in the end it kind of worked. I will say that I felt that there were a lot of holes in the story and the ending threw me off. I felt like the book ended very abruptly with no real wrap up to the story which bothered me a little bit. I almost think this would have made a better movie than a book and I rarely say that.
review 2: I was disappointed in this book. I know I'm not the target audience, but I read plenty of books that seem more appropriately targeted to 20-something singles. The characters were unlikeable. There were too many pop culture references, which, in ... morea book about fictional characters, felt more like the author was proving how knowledgeable and "hip" she is (and, of course--she writes for the Globe--I trust her knowledge-base!) I think this started with a pretty good idea. It had too many characters (for instance, we didn't need the pervy-seeming, but not pervy uncle or the mama's boy guy). Or the no-longer-single-or-loyal friend from college. Waste. I also don't like books that have to spend so much time explaining from the past, which could be called the "Emily Giffin problem of WAY TOO MUCH exposition" (due to all her sales, I'm guessing most people don't find this incredibly annoying, so maybe I'm just overly picky?). Plus, there there was poor editing here as things were often explained twice.Finally, there was a character that liked to cast people in the movie of her life. Fine. That can be fun. But, when the author's characters are so annoying that really annoying actors/actresses come to mind, that is a problem when reading. Especially when one of the characters calls to mind Lena Dunham. Now, she might be a genius (and I'm sure she is), but I think part of her genius lies in creating a real character (who is really annoying). less

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