It was okay. The first half annoyed me because the writing style was annoying, Mandy spoke like a common east ender which didn't fit her image and lifestyle so was hard to put the character together. The second half got better but the ending should have been left at the birth of their baby. The chapters after that ruin the whole story. I don't think I'd recommended this but some parts were good which is why I gave 3 stars. I felt obliged to give this one star, since it has a cardboard cover and is stuffed with pages, most of which have words on them, and therefore does function on some level as a book. However, that's about the nicest thing I can think of to say about it.I'm no snob - I've read a lot of chick lit in my time, and some of it has been very good. The trouble is that chick lit is very difficult to do well, and this misses the mark on nearly every level. The protagonist is absolutely hateful - I can't remember the last time I wanted so desperately for someone to die horribly by the closing chapters. To make matters worse, McCutcheon seems convinced her protagonist is a nice person, and so has several other characters (and indeed the prose) tell us this repeatedly. It doesn't work. Every time someone claims that Mandy "doesn't deserve" what's happening to her, I would just think "YES SHE DOES. She's rancid."The characters are all barely one-dimensional (the half-chapter given over to explaining how the obligatory Beautiful Gay Best Friend discovered his sexual orientation is utterly laughable). The prose is confused, and flits between different times and locations without any clear indication. The sex scenes are excruciating. The dialogue is hopeless. The resolution is utterly unearned. In short: avoid. It's barely even worth reading for the lulz (the main reason I picked it up).
What do You think about Kochanka (2009)?
The worst book I've ever read. Just a waste of precious time
—BellaKnev
