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A Girl Like You
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bookshelves: not-as-good-as-i-expected, not-worth-the-hype, protagonists-i-want-to-laser-face, sugar-spice-n-everything-nice, typical, when-sparks-don-t-fly, would-make-great-chick-flick
Jul 08, 2014
bookshelves: not-as-good-as-i-expected, not-worth-the-hype, protagonists-i-want-to-laser-face, sugar-spice-n-everything-nice, typical, when-sparks-don-t-fly, would-make-great-chick-flick
EDIT 7/5/2015: Lowered rating to 2 stars. I've been thinking it over and it doesn't deserve a three.
You know 'em, you love 'em, welcome to the stage Nice Natalie and Cynical Natalie!
Nice Natalie: It's been a while since we've been called upon to do a review.
Cynical Natalie: Because Ms. Monroe was a lazy ass and didn't take notes. So now we have to do her dirty work.
Nice Natalie: Oh, come now. It's only because she doesn't know what to feel towards A Girl Like You.
Cynical Natalie: Well, I know exactly how I feel: Abigail deserves to burn in hell with Nora Grey and the rest of them.
She's in her late twenties, but acts like a ditzy high-schooler.
Nice Natalie: Becky from Confessions of a Shopaholic is immature too, but we love her. A lot of chick-lie heroines are like that; it makes them relatable.
Cynical Natalie: Are you kidding me? I don't want to relate with her. I don't want to be the same species as her. She has no idea what the fuck she's doing. We're 21 and we have a better grasp on life than she does.
Nice Natalie: For now. What happens when we graduate and can't find a job? Or hate our job? Abigail's situation resembles real life.
Cynical Natalie: Whatever. And she keeps going on and on about Desperate Singleton. We spend so much educating women that getting a guy isn't the most important thing in life, and Abigail won't stop whining about it.
Nice Natalie: Please, don't tell me you've never thought about Desperate Singleton. It's not anti-feminist to want a man. It is anti-feminist to stifle literature about different kinds of women, including those romance-based.
Cynical Natalie: Yeah, but it doesn't mean I have to like. Look at the writing, for God's sake:
Nice Natalie: Okay, fine, that's a bad sentence. But the rest of it is quite good.
Cynical Natalie: Her inner monologues make me want to drown her, save her, then drown her again.
Nice Natalie: Right... So 3.5 stars?
Cynical Natalie: I repeat, her inner monologues made me want to drown her, save her, then drown her again. I'm not going above two.
Nice Natalie: This isn't a poker game!
Cynical Natalie: Like you know how poker works.
Nice Natalie: Neither of us knows how poker works! Let's just mark it a three and call it a day.
Cynical Natalie: 2.5.
Nice Natalie: That's so mean!
Cynical Natalie: Mean is my middle name. Now fold.
Nice Natalie: STOP USING POKER REFERENCES!
Cynical Natalie:
Nice Natalie: FINE. But no putting it on top. And the star rating stays three.
Cynical Natalie: Fine by me. For those of you still reading, it sucks.
Nice Natalie: It really doesn't.
Cynical Natalie: Let them decide who to believe: the honest, unapologetic reviewer? Or the spineless, let-me-give-you-a-consolation-star reviewer?
Nice Natalie: Hey!
Cynical Natalie: Check-fucking-mate.
Other Nice Natalie/Cynical Nataliebrawls reviews:
The Fault in Our Stars
If I Stay
Dreams of Gods & Monsters
The Martian
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Catching Fire
All The Rage
An Ember In The Ashes
Harry Potter & the Cursed Child
The Hammer of Thor
The Ship of the Dead
Caraval
Warcross
The Last Namsara
You know 'em, you love 'em, welcome to the stage Nice Natalie and Cynical Natalie!
Nice Natalie: It's been a while since we've been called upon to do a review.
Cynical Natalie: Because Ms. Monroe was a lazy ass and didn't take notes. So now we have to do her dirty work.
Nice Natalie: Oh, come now. It's only because she doesn't know what to feel towards A Girl Like You.
Cynical Natalie: Well, I know exactly how I feel: Abigail deserves to burn in hell with Nora Grey and the rest of them.
She's in her late twenties, but acts like a ditzy high-schooler.
Nice Natalie: Becky from Confessions of a Shopaholic is immature too, but we love her. A lot of chick-lie heroines are like that; it makes them relatable.
Cynical Natalie: Are you kidding me? I don't want to relate with her. I don't want to be the same species as her. She has no idea what the fuck she's doing. We're 21 and we have a better grasp on life than she does.
Nice Natalie: For now. What happens when we graduate and can't find a job? Or hate our job? Abigail's situation resembles real life.
Cynical Natalie: Whatever. And she keeps going on and on about Desperate Singleton. We spend so much educating women that getting a guy isn't the most important thing in life, and Abigail won't stop whining about it.
Nice Natalie: Please, don't tell me you've never thought about Desperate Singleton. It's not anti-feminist to want a man. It is anti-feminist to stifle literature about different kinds of women, including those romance-based.
Cynical Natalie: Yeah, but it doesn't mean I have to like. Look at the writing, for God's sake:
"I drew in a sharp breath, a bursting shocked feeling in my chest."
Nice Natalie: Okay, fine, that's a bad sentence. But the rest of it is quite good.
Cynical Natalie: Her inner monologues make me want to drown her, save her, then drown her again.
Nice Natalie: Right... So 3.5 stars?
Cynical Natalie: I repeat, her inner monologues made me want to drown her, save her, then drown her again. I'm not going above two.
Nice Natalie: This isn't a poker game!
Cynical Natalie: Like you know how poker works.
Nice Natalie: Neither of us knows how poker works! Let's just mark it a three and call it a day.
Cynical Natalie: 2.5.
Nice Natalie: That's so mean!
Cynical Natalie: Mean is my middle name. Now fold.
Nice Natalie: STOP USING POKER REFERENCES!
Cynical Natalie:
Nice Natalie: FINE. But no putting it on top. And the star rating stays three.
Cynical Natalie: Fine by me. For those of you still reading, it sucks.
Nice Natalie: It really doesn't.
Cynical Natalie: Let them decide who to believe: the honest, unapologetic reviewer? Or the spineless, let-me-give-you-a-consolation-star reviewer?
Nice Natalie: Hey!
Cynical Natalie: Check-fucking-mate.
Other Nice Natalie/Cynical Natalie
The Fault in Our Stars
If I Stay
Dreams of Gods & Monsters
The Martian
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Catching Fire
All The Rage
An Ember In The Ashes
Harry Potter & the Cursed Child
The Hammer of Thor
The Ship of the Dead
Caraval
Warcross
The Last Namsara
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Reading Progress
July 8, 2014
– Shelved
July 8, 2014
– Shelved as:
to-read
March 29, 2015
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Started Reading
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April 11, 2015
– Shelved as:
not-worth-the-hype
April 11, 2015
– Shelved as:
not-as-good-as-i-expected
April 11, 2015
– Shelved as:
protagonists-i-want-to-laser-face
April 11, 2015
– Shelved as:
sugar-spice-n-everything-nice
April 11, 2015
– Shelved as:
typical
April 11, 2015
– Shelved as:
when-sparks-don-t-fly
April 11, 2015
– Shelved as:
would-make-great-chick-flick
April 11, 2015
–
Finished Reading
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Apr 19, 2015 08:00AM
Your nice/cynical Natalie reviews are the best. *slow claps*
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@Kayleigh Thanks! They're fun to write. XD@Inge I'M SORRY. I think I wasn't in the right mood for it. I've been drowning in schoolwork and making tons of to-do lists to keep everything in order. Abigail's wishy-washyness irritated me. :P
This was a wonderful review and I just finished reading all of your other Nice/Cynical reviews, which are also hilarious!
Leah wrote: "This was a wonderful review and I just finished reading all of your other Nice/Cynical reviews, which are also hilarious!"Thank you! <3
Aditi wrote: "Nice review :-)"Thanks, Aditi!
This review is amazing. (I haven't read the book, but I love Cynical Natalie.)
The Royal ME wrote: "This review is amazing. (I haven't read the book, but I love Cynical Natalie.)"Don't tell her that. Cynical Natalie's ego is big enough as it is. ;)
Haha! One of those 'review was more enjoyable to read than the book' ones I suspect :P
Martyn wrote: "Haha! One of those 'review was more enjoyable to read than the book' ones I suspect :P"You flatter me, sir. XD
Let's say I'm a fan of cynical Natalie, she knows what she's talking about.
