Review by Karenmoltke -- Wrong Turn, Right Guy
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Review by Karenmoltke -- Wrong Turn, Right Guy
[Following is a volunteer review of "Wrong Turn, Right Guy" by Haylie B. Fox.]
2 out of 4 stars
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Wrong Turn, Right Guy
I rate this book 2 out of 4 stars. This is not a bad book, or a book I could not stand reading it. The problem was, that it was a little bit boring, some of the descriptions of moments in the story were pointless, they seemed endless, and they were pages/words/etc that if they didn’t exist in the book, nothing would have changed, it actually could have made it a better book. In my opinion, another issue with me not rating it with more stars is that it is more a book for teenagers, not even young adults. The problem is that it’s not completely for teens, which makes it a book confusing for categorizing.
At the beginning of the book it feels easy to read it, but at the same time it feels like you are carrying a bag full of rocks… I just could not enjoy it. As I kept reading it, I was able to like it a little bit more, but I could not love it. It was well written, but something was missing. Also, it was never breathtaking, different, unique, or had something that would just steal your soul and make you think about the book when you were not reading it. It shows little life lessons, but they are not enough.
The book is about a woman that her life changes completely from one day to another. Her whole life was devoted to work, and all of a sudden destiny wanted to start acting and just created a 360 degree turn in her life, and just changed in a way that for the first time she would not have control over it, and even if she couldn’t accept it to herself, it was pretty liberating. A series of events, combined with her choices (good and bad), take her to meet love, friendship, loyalty, fidelity, pain, heart breaks, lust, acceptance, love triangles, etc. The story takes place mostly in Italy, and some parts in the United States. It teaches a lot of culture about Italy. In the end, the main character ends happy and in the place where she needs to be, because for the first time she lets herself go, and just go with the tide and love.
What I liked about the book was, that it had its clever and funny moments. Sometimes, it could even bring you to shed a tear. You can easily identify with the main character; you fall in love with some characters, especially one, whom makes you want to continue reading it. It has its “happily ever after” moments, but at the same time it is very real, down to earth, and it is a story that could happen to any person, which makes it cool. What I liked the most about the book was, how one character makes you fall in love with it, and makes you sympathetic with it.
Another thing I liked the most was the fact that the story has turns and twists that you don’t expect. Just when you think you know how it will end, everything changes.
What I didn’t like about the book was that sometimes the author was trying too hard to make it funny, making the main character suffer all this funny disasters, but they were too much, and they were exaggerated, and forced. It was clear that one of the goals of the author was to make the reader laugh, but it was too obvious, too desperate. I didn’t like the fact that I kind of disliked the main character, she was kind of gray, even though the book tries to make her look like “something else”, but she is just plain…gray, simple, she doesn’t stay like a tattoo with you, she is just “blah”. Also, some characters can get in the box of “cliché”.
I also didn’t like how it looked more like a guide to travel in Italy, rather than a story happening in Italy. That was kind of exhausting.
Like I said before, it is not a terrible book, it is fair, or it can even be good for some people, but my problem with it was that the title hooked me, so I expected much more than what I received from it.
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2 out of 4 stars
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Wrong Turn, Right Guy
I rate this book 2 out of 4 stars. This is not a bad book, or a book I could not stand reading it. The problem was, that it was a little bit boring, some of the descriptions of moments in the story were pointless, they seemed endless, and they were pages/words/etc that if they didn’t exist in the book, nothing would have changed, it actually could have made it a better book. In my opinion, another issue with me not rating it with more stars is that it is more a book for teenagers, not even young adults. The problem is that it’s not completely for teens, which makes it a book confusing for categorizing.
At the beginning of the book it feels easy to read it, but at the same time it feels like you are carrying a bag full of rocks… I just could not enjoy it. As I kept reading it, I was able to like it a little bit more, but I could not love it. It was well written, but something was missing. Also, it was never breathtaking, different, unique, or had something that would just steal your soul and make you think about the book when you were not reading it. It shows little life lessons, but they are not enough.
The book is about a woman that her life changes completely from one day to another. Her whole life was devoted to work, and all of a sudden destiny wanted to start acting and just created a 360 degree turn in her life, and just changed in a way that for the first time she would not have control over it, and even if she couldn’t accept it to herself, it was pretty liberating. A series of events, combined with her choices (good and bad), take her to meet love, friendship, loyalty, fidelity, pain, heart breaks, lust, acceptance, love triangles, etc. The story takes place mostly in Italy, and some parts in the United States. It teaches a lot of culture about Italy. In the end, the main character ends happy and in the place where she needs to be, because for the first time she lets herself go, and just go with the tide and love.
What I liked about the book was, that it had its clever and funny moments. Sometimes, it could even bring you to shed a tear. You can easily identify with the main character; you fall in love with some characters, especially one, whom makes you want to continue reading it. It has its “happily ever after” moments, but at the same time it is very real, down to earth, and it is a story that could happen to any person, which makes it cool. What I liked the most about the book was, how one character makes you fall in love with it, and makes you sympathetic with it.
Another thing I liked the most was the fact that the story has turns and twists that you don’t expect. Just when you think you know how it will end, everything changes.
What I didn’t like about the book was that sometimes the author was trying too hard to make it funny, making the main character suffer all this funny disasters, but they were too much, and they were exaggerated, and forced. It was clear that one of the goals of the author was to make the reader laugh, but it was too obvious, too desperate. I didn’t like the fact that I kind of disliked the main character, she was kind of gray, even though the book tries to make her look like “something else”, but she is just plain…gray, simple, she doesn’t stay like a tattoo with you, she is just “blah”. Also, some characters can get in the box of “cliché”.
I also didn’t like how it looked more like a guide to travel in Italy, rather than a story happening in Italy. That was kind of exhausting.
Like I said before, it is not a terrible book, it is fair, or it can even be good for some people, but my problem with it was that the title hooked me, so I expected much more than what I received from it.
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