Book Review: Wedding Night

Wedding Night
Sophia Kinsella
Chick-lit, Romance
Publish Date: April 23^rd, 2013
4/5

                Lottie just knows that her boyfriend is going to propose, but then his big question involves a trip abroad – not a trip down the aisle. Completely crushed, Lottie reconnects with an old flame, and they decide to take drastic action. No dates, no moving in together, they’ll just get married… right now. Her sister, Fliss, thinks Lottie is making a terrible mistake, and will do anything to stop her. Lottie, however, is determined to say “I do.” For better, or for worse.

                Wedding Night is the first book by Sophia Kinsella that I’ve ever read completely through. I was delightfully surprised by the witty dialogue and her use of dual character chapters. I thought that both Lottie, and her sister Fliss had distinctive voices; which is something that is not always concrete in fiction. I believe that this type of writing style has grown on me greatly; I believe that ‘Wedding Night’ inspired me enough to believe that it is a possible plot progression point and that it adds value in terms of the story.
                I thought the heroines were both sweet and very honest in terms of their personalities. I definitely enjoyed Fliss’ character quite a bit more however, as I believe she was more grounded in reality and not desperate enough to eagerly reach other and grab whomever would help her attain the next chapter in her life. I thought that Lottie’s ideals of who she wanted to be were not relevant to how her life had turned out. I can however, identify with this quality as I believe when we’re all younger we have ideals that we’ve set in stone before there is any chance of knowing what the outcome might possibly be in reality.
                I really enjoyed Lorcan (despite thinking that this name is absolutely ridiculous) he had to grow on me however, much like Richard did, but in the end they were great supporting characters with believable personality traits and agreeable story lines. What I thought was mostly great about them was how completely and utterly human they were. I loved their flaws and they added so much in terms of the story, it made the romance and interactions more believable.
                I don’t read a lot of ‘chick-lit’ books anymore, and when I do I have some authors that I tend to stick too but ‘Wedding Night’ has allowed me to cautiously branch out and perhaps discover some more great writers and perhaps in the future I’ll even read a few more by Sophia Kinsella despite my initial reservations regarding her work.

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Story of my life

Book Review: I am not a Serial Killer

I am not a Serial Killer (John Clever #1)
Dan Wells
Young Adult
Published: 2009
4/5

 

            John Wayne Clever is dangerous, and he knows it.
            He has spent his life doing his best not to live up to his potential. He’s obsessed with serial killers, but really doesn’t want to become one. So for his own sake, and the safety of those around him, he lives by rigid rules he’s written for himself, practicing normal life as if it were a private religion that could save him from damnation.
            Dead Bodies are normal to John. He likes them, actually. They don’t demand or expect the empathy he’s unable to offer. Perhaps that’s what gives him the objectivity to recognize that there’s something different about he body the police have just found behind the Wash-N-Dry Laundromat—and to appreciate what that difference means.
            Now for the first time, John has to confront a danger outside himself, a threat he can’t control, a menace to everything and everyone he would love, if only he could.
           

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            This was surprisingly hilarious novel… I mean it was funny and you wouldn’t think that a book about a budding serial killer would be funny… Although perhaps presenting such a series matter in a lighthearted manner is the way to go because if this book was really dark I don’t think you’d be able to classify it as a young adult novel anymore.
            John Wayne Clever despite his obsession with death, and more specifically serial killers and why they are who they are is a very likeable character. Despite the fact that he is a sociopath he is likeable, flawed (Quite obviously) and very much in my opinion not what I picture a sociopath to be, even though he claims he doesn’t feel human emotion, and says that he has issues connecting with people it is very clear that there are people he does indeed care about even if the ‘monster’ hidden inside him wants him to do things he doesn’t want too.
            I thought the entire story flowed very nicely, I found it captivating and engaging. It’s a quick, fast read for sure however, as I believe it’s under 300 pages (could be slightly over that actually but it so, not by much) So it really won’t take long for anyone to read it if they are interested.
            I did not however enjoy the ‘twist’ that the book took… it really took away from the story for me, honestly it was easily a five star book rating for be before the author decided to head in the random and somewhat bizarre direction he took. On the back of the book it’s compared to the book series DEXTER (and the TV show) So I thought it would be more similar to that… more… grounded? But it wasn’t and because of that It’s probably going to take me a little while to gear up for the second book Mr. Monster.
            I do however recommend this book to anyone looking for a more ‘light hearted’ approach to a budding serial killer (Who I’m personally not really seeing as a serial killer)

            Interesting fact: 12 million Americans are Sociopaths.

The Lizze Bennet Diaries

So, this is kind of book related?
I stumbled across this sometime during the weekend and thought it was fantastic! It’s super witty and creative! (Wish there were more things like this out there) So in my spare time instead of doing a massive amount of reading I’ve been catching up on this wonderful, amazingly funny ‘Pride & Prejudice’ Vlog on youtube.
To all you Jane Austen fans out there, I recommend this to you, you’ll enjoy it as much as I had… unless you lack a sense of humour 😛

‘The Lizzie Bennet Diaries is based on Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. It was created and executive produced by Hank Green and Bernie Su.
More info at http://lizziebennet.com     <-Information was found on YouTube.com)