How Perfect Is That How Perfect Is That How Perfect Is That (2008) - Plot & Excerpts
Oh this book. I'm reading two heavy nonfiction books right now also, and try as I might, and as much as I'm enjoying them, I need breaks from nonfiction! So this weekend I picked up this book, which apparently I had reserved after reading a review? I usually love reading tales of "Southern High Society, " and all the fashion, food, homes - all the stuff. They are things I will never have and don't want, but it is a very entertaining world. (There is a lot of New York Chick Lit that deals with the super rich too, good times) But I digress :) Unfortunately the character in this book was a little too annoying. The author makes a good point after when she states how often a female character has to be "likable" or "redeemable" and I see that. But you knew she would redeem herself somehow, it was just a matter of when. And for my taste, Blythe stayed too catty for too long before she suddenly had her transformation - change comes in small doses; this was too sudden/ too late. I did enjoy the ending, and the supporting characters ; but overall I waited too long to enjoy the book, if that makes sense. Ah, back to race relations and processed food! Is it possible for an author to plagiarize their own work? If so, that is what Sarah Bird did when she wrote "How Perfect is That." It doesn't come across as cute or charming or clever- it comes across as lazy when she recycles characters (Blythe, Mille, Robin from Mary Jo, Fayrene and the annoying psychology student whose name I don't remember) and locations (Alamo House becomes Seneca House). Granted enough time has passed that she could assume yesterday's readers aren't today's readers, but if you want to develop a loyal group of followers, you should screw 'em over w/ a plagiarized version of your own work trying to cash in on the Brigid Jones gravy train.I adored 'Alamo House' and 'Yokota Officiers' Club' which is why I am do deeply disappointed and offended by 'How Perfect is That.'
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I read it in a day; laughed and cried. You can't beat that!
—MssWaldorf
