The storyline was very promising, and I feel like this could have been such a great book. That is probably my biggest pet peeve. Where the author has such a strong idea/framework for their book, and you get really excited about how good you think it will be, but then it turns out to be poorly written. It started out good; I enjoyed the first couple chapters a lot. But things didn't move along well and the same thing kept happening over and over again. The characters weren't expanding, and I got bored to fast. I really wanted to enjoyed this book, but it just did not feel finished or expanded to its fullest potential. I wanted the main character to grow so much more, because she started off being really enjoyable, but I just found myself getting irritated with her. I am not sure what the trend is with poorly written YA fiction. I don't know if it is because the standard for published work has gone down a lot, or if it is because authors feel like they have to dumb it down for teenagers... Fun, cute, easy read. Clean enough for my teen daughter. From the book: Breaking up with someone is a major pain�-unless you can hire someone else to do it for you! And Amelia demands top dollar for her professional break-up services. Everything's business as usual until David, one of the boys she's been hired to dump, throws her for a loop. Now she must decide if David's intentions are genuine, or if there's something sinister behind his flirting.
What do You think about The Breakup Artist (2011)?
