tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5848235885325991975.post325235747753123521..comments2023-09-21T01:52:06.273-07:00Comments on Desperado Penguin: Review: Misfortune Cookie, by Michele GormanJessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00863541612357268834noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5848235885325991975.post-80312314781642356022012-09-20T17:47:50.760-07:002012-09-20T17:47:50.760-07:00Hmmm, I read this book recently and I found the st...Hmmm, I read this book recently and I found the story line a bit boring. And, like you, I felt that the main character was under developed, or maybe I should just say, the the main character was to dingy for me. Which to me, says something about the author. The fact that the character, Stacy, thinks that Hannah has grown and become something she clearly was not, really threw me for a loop. I couldn't figure out where or how Stacy came to that conclusion...so I just figured that Stacy was a ding bat too. I have read a lot of chick lit books and they are not supposed to be so poorly written that the reader is trying to figure out how 2+2=5. Chick lits a lot of times are escapist books and the story lines can be very much like a fantasy life, but they need to be written intelligently. Chick lit readers are not stupid, they just love to have fun and enjoy being women. I myself, read everything from The Art of War by Sun Tsu to fun romantic chick lit books. A book needs to be written with some literary competency and style, no matter what the genre happens to be.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com