Perfect on Paper
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3.5
Maria Murnane
"Meet the new Bridget Jones." --PopSugar Daily"A light and funny read. If you've ever felt like your life wasn't going the way you'd planned, then you can't help but connect with Waverly's tale." --Becky Lejeune for Bookbitch.comAnything can look perfect on paper. When her fiancé calls off their wedding at the last minute, Waverly Bryson wonders if her life will ever turn out the way she thought it would...or should. Her high-powered job in sports PR? Not so perfect. Her relationship with her dad? Far from it. Her perfect marriage? Enough said. To keep sane, Waverly makes a habit of jotting down "Honey Notes," her own brand of self-deprecating wisdom and a pipe dream for a line of greeting cards.As Waverly stumbles back into the dating scene (no stalkers or jean shorts, please), her personal and professional lives threaten to collide. Perfect on Paper reminds us that everyone has a bad date (or twelve), and that everyone eventually needs a best friend to tell them, "Honey, you are not alone."
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Author
Maria Murnane
Pages
311
Publisher
Amazon Encore
Published Date
2010
ISBN
0982555040 9780982555040
Ratings
Google: 5
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""I'm Waverly, have we met?" (A line used all too frequently in the book.) Yes. Unfortunately, we have. <br/><br/>I really wanted to like this book, really, I did. Unfortunately, I just couldn't. If you don't care about a flat character that constantly repeats herself (we get it, you feel x about something), or a character that gets hung up on things for the sake of upping the book's word count ("My publisher said 80,000 words was the minimum. I'll just add fluff...Oh I know, I'll have her act like a frigid spinster to this guy for no reason!!") then this book might make you happy. <br/><br/>Another thing, Waverly Bryson tries to be cute by saying what she thinks are cute phrases that she made up that she has to explain, example: it's raining puppycats. <br/><br/>Waverly, stop trying to make fetch happen! It's not going to happen!!! It's not cute, it's annoying and it makes you look stupid. <br/><br/>It's hard to find good first person writing, especially in chick-lit. Perfect on Paper perfectly illustrated why that is. When I set out to read chick-lit I know what I'm getting into. I'm not looking for the next great American novel, but I'm also not looking to bang my head against the wall for 300 pages. I'm looking for lighthearted escapism. This book fell flat for the most part. It started off fun and then got lost midway through. <br/><br/>I'm sorry if this is harsh, but I wish I had read the other reviews before trudging through 353 pages of knock-off American Bridget Jones. <br/><br/>It scares me that this character, Waverly Bryson, is now part of a trilogy. <br/><br/>Save yourself the $3.99 and find another book."
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