Rate this book

Mr. Love: A Romantic Comedy (2013)

by Sally Mason(Favorite Author)

3.26 of 5 Votes: 5

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Romantica

review 1: I started off hating this book. I wanted to quit and pretend I hadn't opened it. Not even give it the one star it didn't deserve. I'd just come off some dark, heavy dystopia, and I needed fluff, and... well, I didn't see that this was what I was looking for. It says 'A Romantic Comedy', but it was really pretentious farce, from what I saw.But I decided to stick with it. Yes, Gordon is an emotion-less arse. Yes, Jane is a desperate, ladder-climbing problem child. Yes, the writing feels like a Brit is trying to write an American comedy. It feels like an intellectual is at the helm of this... or maybe someone trying to come of as an intellectual, and really is just a shoddy replica. Yes, the secondary characters are all stereotypes. Yes, the author is a sex-o-phobe ... moreand skips all the juicy scenes.But then... I don't know. Something happens. The mother has heart. The obese brother has heart. Jane has heart. And even Gordon - I think something cracks, there. And I ended up thinking that maybe it wasn't as bad as I originally thought.Gordon is a scholarly intellect who wrote a massive tome about life and death, eulogizing his childhood friend, that nobody wants to publish. His sister tells him people want chick-lit, so as a sarcastic swipe at her suggestion, he re-writes his tome into a chick-lit version and uploads it to the 'Net... and it's a mega-hit. They want to make a movie out of it. But nobody knows who the author is, and when they find out it's a guy...Oh, it's not a fluffy, fun read like I was seeking. It's not even good writing. But I think it pinged a little, and that was worth slogging thru the crappy bits. If you want this done FAR better, try "Weekend with Mr. Darcy". But if you've got it free on your reader... you might just want to stick with it and see what happens.
review 2: I hope my review doesn't provide any spoilers for anyone. I'm unsure what the tone of this novel was really supposed to be. Was it supposed to be light and funny? Judging from the ending, it seems like it was intended to be written in the style of a Romantic Comedy movie. The problem though, is that "Mr. Love", Gordon, is pretty much a pretentious jerk and I didn't feel any chemistry between he and Jane at all. I saw no spark to make them interested in each other. The situation with Jane's fiance made this book darker than I think it was intended to be, and the situation with Bitsy was never resolved at all. Was that guy a con artist, or not? Did she do the smart thing and put a stop payment on that massive check? Her hasty departure made no sense - and Gordon never even bothered to worry about her. Everything between Gordon and Jane was tied up far too quickly, and I never felt there was real, complete character development here. Almost like this was a draft of a book that hasn't been completed yet. less

Download links for: Mr. Love: A Romantic Comedy

Advertising