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Liked It “Sarah Mlynowski has come a long way since the days of "Milkrun," and she's toned down the whining of her main lead. |
Didn’t Like It “I love a good "chick lit" book on a lazy Sunday or at the beach and Sarah Mlynowski is one of my favourite authors in this genre. Gabby has to decide to stay in Arizona and marry her boyfriend or break up with him and move to New York to accept her dream job. We get to see what happens in both...” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“A little too descriptive, great story”
Raven W wrote this review Thursday, October 8 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“Sarah Mlynowski has come a long way since the days of "Milkrun," and she's toned down the whining of her main lead.
Jinah J wrote this review Sunday, September 6 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
The premise is What If: you could have one life where you're set to marry your boyfriend in Arizona, plus another life pursuing your career in New York?
A story of independence and finding oneself, it's not a book that you should miss!”
“If YOU Had a Chance to live TWO Lives, Would You?
Norabee wrote this review Monday, September 29 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Gabby is a charming young woman who receives a marriage proposal from her boyfriend the night before she's about to move to NYC for a new job and a new life. She loves the guy and wants to marry him but she's also really excited about her new city life so she wishes "upon a star" and asks for a way to be able to do both and live both lives and she gets her wish!
The book alternates between her life at home with her new fiancé' and her life in NY. She gets into entertaining antics while existing in the two different worlds that were really fun to read about. Sarah Mlynowski is adept at giving us a look through the eyes of a “twenty-something”, with some of the associated stereotypes, but in a clean and fun way.
Gabby goes on dates while living in NY and ponders whether or not she’s cheating on her fiancé back in her hometown. She even goes shopping in one world for an event being held in the other and it winds up working out for her – I wish I could do that! This type of story would not be an easy feat to accomplish successfully but Mlynowski is skillful in her approach and keeps the two worlds straight in the minds of the reader.
It was interesting to see to growth that Gabby goes through in her “engaged” life – her wedding plans with her fiancé Cam and his overbearing mother and her successes in the NY broadcasting world – at one point, she finds out about a big story while living in the city and tries to be the first one to break the story in the other world with hilarious results.
Along the way Gabby figures out what's really most important to her and the "alternate universe" angle works well in this book and it was a fun story - recommended.
The one angle that I thought about after I finished reading this book is about her friendship with her former college roomie – she finds out while existing in one universe that her best girlfriend betrayed her in the other “world” and I wonder if she would remain friends with her after that - Great story line – enjoyable characters.
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“i read this book after The Time Traveler's Wife so the concept didn't phase me. Cute story.”
cagrowngirl wrote this review Tuesday, May 20 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Gabby is thrilled when she lands her dream job as a TV news producer for one of the Nation's top anchors. The only glitch is that the job is New York, the city that she always dreamed of living in, however, she didn't plan on meeting the love of her life in her Arizona home town. Now on the eve of her move to NYC her boyfriend Cam decided to pop the question and ask Gabby to marry him! This is problem No.1, Cam is not willing to move to New York and give up his law practice or leave his overbearing family (problem No.2) just so Gabby can pursue her dream. So when Gabby inadvertently says yes to Cam's proposal she immediately has second thoughts and wishes upon a star that she didn't have to choose and could live both lives. Who would have expected Gabby's wish would ever come true? But sure enough Gabby finds herself living each day twice once in Arizona planning the not-so-perfect wedding and once as a single woman in New York with her dream job and the roommate from hell.
dee~kay~tee wrote this review Monday, February 25 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
This is the third book by Sarah Mylnowski that I have read and I definitely enjoy her work. `Me vs. Me' is a very unique book about realizing that the grass isn't always greener and that sometimes you have to just follow your heart and see where it leads. The great thing about this book is that Mylnowski provides no clear cut answers for Gabby, there are good and bad to both situations and no easy resolutions leaving the reader to guess which path she will ultimately choose. This is a great summer read that will surely not disappoint!
”“I love a good "chick lit" book on a lazy Sunday or at the beach and Sarah Mlynowski is one of my favourite authors in this genre. Gabby has to decide to stay in Arizona and marry her boyfriend or break up with him and move to New York to accept her dream job. We get to see what happens in both cases when her reality splits into two. It's a bit of an overdone premise but it all comes together nicely in the end.”
Sugar Malone wrote this review Monday, March 5 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
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