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I struggled between 2 and 3 stars for this book, and I’m sorry to say I didn’t really enjoy it though the basis of the plot was good!
The problem I had with it was the story centred around Lucy, Merlin’s mother, and her struggles to get herself a man, her hatred of her ex-husband, who deserted Merlin and Lucy when Merlin’s diagnosis was announced..and men in general, plus the continual sarcastic jokes, whatever the situation. The one-liners got a bit tedious after awhile.
I felt extremely sorry f ...more
The problem I had with it was the story centred around Lucy, Merlin’s mother, and her struggles to get herself a man, her hatred of her ex-husband, who deserted Merlin and Lucy when Merlin’s diagnosis was announced..and men in general, plus the continual sarcastic jokes, whatever the situation. The one-liners got a bit tedious after awhile.
I felt extremely sorry f ...more
At first I thought this sounded like a witty recounting of a mother of a boy on the autism spectrum. As it continued, though, the laugh-a-minute one liners started to grate (it turns out more is not always better…), as did the speech attributions of “he punned…”, “she joked…”, “they bantered…” etc, as did her recounting of her sexual exploits interspersed with her antipathy toward men. When her antipathy turned into adoration, things took even more of a downward slide.
I did enjoy the insights in ...more
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This is a great beach read, you don't need to overthink the premise and there are some laughs, although not as many of previous books.
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I enjoyed it, I was educated some more into autism and Asperger's, but I found her constant man-hating diatribes to be wearing. And I do agree with Archie - she's been smothering Merlin.
By the way, if she dumps Archie again, can someone give him my address? :)
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By the way, if she dumps Archie again, can someone give him my address? :)
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Everything about this book is just so true.
Jan 06, 2013
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Apr 08, 2012
Gerry Huntman
marked it as to-read
Aug 26, 2012
Clare
marked it as probably-not
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Blue Eyed Vixen
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Chris
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