Every girl is looking for their Mr Darcy... The manager of a New York bookshop, Emily Albright loves nothing more than curling up with a good book....
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Nov 17, 2010
Chelsea
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On page 36, the main character, a well-read, moderately intelligent, 29 year old Austenophile, is walking through Heathrow, and wondering what on earth all these silly British people are talking about. "Snogging? Blokes? Crimey?"
And that's when I put it down.
And that's when I put it down.
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May 29, 2009
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Nov 02, 2007
Susan
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As an unashamed FOJ (friend of Jane) and a diehard fan of Pride and Prejudice in particular, I am often compelled to read contemporary retellings, spinoffs, and homages out of the same primal urge that leads other people to sneak a look at the car wreck on the side of the road. The end result is never pretty and I feel bad about myself afterward, but I do it anyway. This book brought no pleasant surprises, in spite of what initially seemed to be a fresh angle. What I thought was something quite
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Jul 17, 2008
Laura
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The best thing about this book so far is the dark chocolate bar I bought with it in the airport bookstore. Am about halfway through it and the words of the guy in the bookstore who sold it to me are haunting me ... "we've sold, like, a thousand copies of this book in the last week!" I am in mourning for my twelve dollars. I was an English Major and a huge Jane Austen fan, and this book is making me cringe, all the more so because I started it just after finishing Three Cups of Tea,
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Jun 06, 2011
mikha
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Im inlove with Mr. Darcy. ♥
Who isnt? :)
Who isnt? :)
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Oct 02, 2011
Claire
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I think I am going to be in the minority with this book. I ended up liking it. I thought the book was funny, enjoyable to read and really took the moral home.
As most know, Potter is English. At first, I thought Potter did a good job writing as an American. And overall, I don't think she did a very bad job. There were just some things where you could tell a Brit was trying to act American. After reading some reviews on the book, I think this fact bothered some readers. It didn' More...
As most know, Potter is English. At first, I thought Potter did a good job writing as an American. And overall, I don't think she did a very bad job. There were just some things where you could tell a Brit was trying to act American. After reading some reviews on the book, I think this fact bothered some readers. It didn' More...
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Oct 19, 2008
Lilyrose
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Believe me..I dont want to criticize this book, written by a fellow Darcy-lover and Austen fan..but sadly, the story doesnt leave much to desire.
Every woman wants Mr.Darcy,every woman likes to read a novel to do with Mr.Darcy-which is a sad thing, considering how many writers NEVER get it right.The story is predictable to the core.
And when the characters start using the same sentences that Mr.Darcy and Lizzie use, you know you've had enough.Which is again, a pity,because More...
Every woman wants Mr.Darcy,every woman likes to read a novel to do with Mr.Darcy-which is a sad thing, considering how many writers NEVER get it right.The story is predictable to the core.
And when the characters start using the same sentences that Mr.Darcy and Lizzie use, you know you've had enough.Which is again, a pity,because More...
Sep 08, 2008
Kiki
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I picked this up at Target the other day 'cause I was really annoyed with my husband. I finished it in one day when he took the kids away to play for a bit.
It's completely predicatable but it made for a funfilled few hours. Ms. Potter annoyed the hell out me with her use of gratuitous references to places in NYC. Who the hell says "Greenwich Village"??!!! NO ONE who lives there says that. It's just the 'village' unless you mean the east village then you say that, 'east vil More...
It's completely predicatable but it made for a funfilled few hours. Ms. Potter annoyed the hell out me with her use of gratuitous references to places in NYC. Who the hell says "Greenwich Village"??!!! NO ONE who lives there says that. It's just the 'village' unless you mean the east village then you say that, 'east vil More...
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Jan 30, 2012
Anica
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OK, so I would love to give this book 1,5 stars. It's not possible so whatever. Even though the beginning was funny and the ending was kinda cute on some level. The rest? Just forget about it.
Cause this was a book I really longed to read. And even after finishing it I feel so disappointed. This book is stupid and so boring I nearly pulled out my hair. The heroine is so annoying and stupid on a level I don't wanna describe here. I mean she works in a book shop, she loves Jane Austen and sh More...
Cause this was a book I really longed to read. And even after finishing it I feel so disappointed. This book is stupid and so boring I nearly pulled out my hair. The heroine is so annoying and stupid on a level I don't wanna describe here. I mean she works in a book shop, she loves Jane Austen and sh More...
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Jan 28, 2008
Samantha
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Emily Albright is a 29 year old New Yorker managing a family-owned bookstore she adores and has had just about the worst dating life a woman could possibly have. And so she swears off of men, choosing instead to focus more on her love of literary heroes, Jane Austen's Mr. Darcy in particular.
He is the epitome of manhood with is proud and haughty manner, his chivalry, and is just plain dashing -- all attributes she wishes she could find in the real world, but has given it up for lost an More...
He is the epitome of manhood with is proud and haughty manner, his chivalry, and is just plain dashing -- all attributes she wishes she could find in the real world, but has given it up for lost an More...
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Apr 24, 2008
Ana T.
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I've decided that life is too short for me to waste it on books that don't do anything for me... unfortunately this was one of them!
Dreams come true in this hilarious, feel-good fairy tale about life, love, and dating literature's most eligible bachelor!
After a string of disastrous dates, Emily Albright decides she's had it with modern-day love and would much rather curl up with Pride and Prejudice and spend her time with Mr. Darcy, the dashing, honourable, and passionate More...
Dreams come true in this hilarious, feel-good fairy tale about life, love, and dating literature's most eligible bachelor!
After a string of disastrous dates, Emily Albright decides she's had it with modern-day love and would much rather curl up with Pride and Prejudice and spend her time with Mr. Darcy, the dashing, honourable, and passionate More...
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Jun 05, 2010
32 pages in, and just...no. <<Bangs book shut with finality.>>
Poor Jane must be hurling with all the revolutions she's made in her grave over this farce.
Jane, I solemnly swear I won't read another book trying to ride the coattails of your glorious pen.
May Lady Catherine strike me dead if I do.
Amen.
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Poor Jane must be hurling with all the revolutions she's made in her grave over this farce.
Jane, I solemnly swear I won't read another book trying to ride the coattails of your glorious pen.
May Lady Catherine strike me dead if I do.
Amen.
****An Important Review Disclaimer:
Strictly speaking, pens don't possess coattails, but you're astute enough t
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Nov 17, 2011
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Kultiviert, weltgewandt, intelligent, zurückhaltend, geheimnisvoll - Jane Austens Mr. Darcy lässt seit jeher Frauenherzen höher schlagen und nicht selten ist er die heimliche Phantasie vieler Frauen.
So ergeht es auch Emily, der Hauptperson dieses Buches. Enttäuscht von der modernen Männerwelt beschließt sie, sich endlich ein wenig Ruhe zu gönnen und was könnte da besser sein, als eine Reise in das ländliche England?
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Kultiviert, weltgewandt, intelligent, zurückhaltend, geheimnisvoll - Jane Austens Mr. Darcy lässt seit jeher Frauenherzen höher schlagen und nicht selten ist er die heimliche Phantasie vieler Frauen.
So ergeht es auch Emily, der Hauptperson dieses Buches. Enttäuscht von der modernen Männerwelt beschließt sie, sich endlich ein wenig Ruhe zu gönnen und was könnte da besser sein, als eine Reise in das ländliche England?
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Jan 04, 2010
I read the awful reviews. And yet I wanted to read it anyway. Well, you know what they say about hindsight....[return][return]To be fair, I did read it with an open mind and expected a fluffy, funny story poking fun at the Darcy fantasy. Instead, the words "epic fail" flashed in my mind. I'm not even sure where to start. Let's try the plot, since there's at least a bit of that, although Potter has Jane Austen to thank for it, since her characters' actions somewhat mirror the literary l
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Jan 19, 2012
Maia
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Oh...yuck.
Really, there are almost too many problems to even begin to enumerate them.
-the heroine (whose name I cannot recall, even though I finished the book yesterday) is a complete drip - when she's not being shallow, obnoxious, self-centered, and bitchy, like most other chick-lit heroines, she's reading Jane Austen and obviously completely misunderstanding it, because if she made too much of an effort her tiny brain would actually explode with the work it was doing.
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Really, there are almost too many problems to even begin to enumerate them.
-the heroine (whose name I cannot recall, even though I finished the book yesterday) is a complete drip - when she's not being shallow, obnoxious, self-centered, and bitchy, like most other chick-lit heroines, she's reading Jane Austen and obviously completely misunderstanding it, because if she made too much of an effort her tiny brain would actually explode with the work it was doing.
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Dec 04, 2011
Ummu Auni
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Despite being against the strong majority, I found this book is an enjoyable read. Maybe because I'm neither a Brit or American as they called it. This is such an easy read, so much humour, and such a realistic approach even though it may sound unrealistic for the fact that Emily found her true love within a week time but who cares?
The novel revolved around Emily who was trying to make an escapade from being dragged by her friend Stella, and she went for a book tour instead. Despite More...
The novel revolved around Emily who was trying to make an escapade from being dragged by her friend Stella, and she went for a book tour instead. Despite More...
Jul 26, 2011
Emily
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This is a quick read. It is a fun romp through the musings of a Jane Austen fanatic (well more specifically a P&P fanatic) and what it would really be like to meet and be courted by Mr. Darcy. It is fairly predictable because it follows the P&P plot but I have to admit that the little surprise at the end made me smile. The character Emily (great name choice by the way) is realistic, but at the same time the same women you see in books like this: late 20's, bad date magnet and so goes of to find
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Apr 02, 2011
Shy
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Ok, I'm a little ashamed to own up to actually spending money on a book like this, but it was very little money in a discount bookshop, and I really needed something light to read in the middle of a terrible week for a three hour bus ride on the way to a funeral.
And what can I say, it's horrible rom-com sugary fluff with a dose of either delusions or a touch of the supernatural. That actually added some unexpected spice to what I was expecting to be quite trite (and trite it was, j More...
And what can I say, it's horrible rom-com sugary fluff with a dose of either delusions or a touch of the supernatural. That actually added some unexpected spice to what I was expecting to be quite trite (and trite it was, j More...
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Mar 28, 2011
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Review at link : Me and Mr Darcy
Date reviewed : 27 March 2011
Emily Albright is an American and is Manager of a book store. She had a string of disastrous relationship with modern men. They just does not have the gentleman charm of the flamed Mr Darcy, a character from Jane Austen's book "Pride and Prejudice". She had it with all modern men. Her dream man is Mr Darcy.
When her best friend Stella invited to a weekend full of "fun" and men in Mexico, More...
Date reviewed : 27 March 2011
Emily Albright is an American and is Manager of a book store. She had a string of disastrous relationship with modern men. They just does not have the gentleman charm of the flamed Mr Darcy, a character from Jane Austen's book "Pride and Prejudice". She had it with all modern men. Her dream man is Mr Darcy.
When her best friend Stella invited to a weekend full of "fun" and men in Mexico, More...
Sep 20, 2010
Marianne
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Mar 11, 2010
Megan
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Sep 25, 2009
Miaoxiaoyan
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Mr. Darcy is in our fantasy
"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single girl in possession of her right mind must be in want of a decent man."
Do you agree with that?
That makes sense, doen't it?
But...hang on... Doesn't it sound familiar?
How about comparing it with the following words?
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"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single girl in possession of her right mind must be in want of a decent man."
Do you agree with that?
That makes sense, doen't it?
But...hang on... Doesn't it sound familiar?
How about comparing it with the following words?
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Sep 19, 2009
Irisheyz77
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When I first started to read Me and Mr Darcy I thought that I was Emily Albright. There were many similarities....a love of Pride & Prejudice....the tendency to pack more books then clothes since you just never know what you might be in the mood for...among other things. I was thoroughly sucked in the first few chapters until Emily ran into none other than Mr Darcy - fictional character made flesh. That's when the book got a little weird and started to move away from something original to someth
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Jul 26, 2009
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Jul 14, 2009
Tucky
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Today there are so many novels that allude or include Jane Austen works. None more so than her more famous novel Pride and Prejudice . P&P is one of my favorite books, like many women I secretly wish that we were Miss. Eliza Bennett engaged in the heated sparing with Mr. Darcy. When Jane Austen created Mr. Darcy, she possibly unknowingly set the bar for dashing and oh so serious hero. In this book Alexandra Potter, we meet bookstore manager Emily Albright who has an unhealthy obsession with Mr.
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Apr 07, 2009
MrsPeel
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I have to say, I am surprised to see so many bad reviews to this book.... Ok, I am not an academic, I am a disabled, very ill and with many problems in my own life, 50 years old woman, who reads to get pleasure. And pleasure this book gave me. It also gave me the wish to read Austen, (I did not even see the movie or the BBC series) which I think it is an achievement for the author.... I liked other books by Potter a bit more, but still, I reckon the kind of fiction she creates is great, funny an
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Feb 12, 2009
Jennifer
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I enjoyed this book for the most part, but it could have been so much better. I am a huge fan of Jane Austen and of Pride and Prejudice, so I am always interested in another author’s spin on these classical characters. The beginning started off wonderfully, it was smooth, fast paced and an easy read, but the story slowed down a bit in the middle. It is character centered and does offer a few plot twists with the time traveling story line. There were many literally references to the original nove
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Jan 24, 2009
Carol
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I don't know why but I tend to read sequels of P&J and sometimes even like them. The best I've ever read and I believe the truest to Jane Austin's writing is "Honour and Humility" by G. Wimer.
I hesitated before I bought this book but it was after Christmas and I needed a light fun book to read. I was so disappointed with this choice. The author ruined Mr. Darcy for me for about two minutes, but then I decided I would remain true to Jane Austin's Mr. Darcy and dump this on More...
I hesitated before I bought this book but it was after Christmas and I needed a light fun book to read. I was so disappointed with this choice. The author ruined Mr. Darcy for me for about two minutes, but then I decided I would remain true to Jane Austin's Mr. Darcy and dump this on More...
Dec 19, 2007
Cheri
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This book was cute, pretty transparent but cute nonetheless. I liked the story and the main character wasn't as annoying as I have found others to be in this genre. I've never read Pride & Prejudice, and you don't have to to enjoy this book. The writing isn't spectacular but it's bearable. Not exactly a Cinderella story, but pretty close - there are no terribly romantic scenes that make your heart leap, which I feel could've improved the book, but still a nice break from the heavy stuff.
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Jan 08, 2012
CaterinaAnna
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As expected, very silly and good fun.
'What kind of people want to spend the vacations with a bunch of strangers, talking about books?' asks someone of the heroine as she plans to run away to England. Hmm, let me think? I know a few people who would do just that, and we, I mean they, aren't kooks either.
Anyway, off she goes on a literary tour, has some encounters with her fictional hero and, surprise, surprise, realises he isn't all that after all. However romance is on t More...
'What kind of people want to spend the vacations with a bunch of strangers, talking about books?' asks someone of the heroine as she plans to run away to England. Hmm, let me think? I know a few people who would do just that, and we, I mean they, aren't kooks either.
Anyway, off she goes on a literary tour, has some encounters with her fictional hero and, surprise, surprise, realises he isn't all that after all. However romance is on t More...
