Miss Match

April 9, 2010 | By In Article |

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5 Comments so far

  1. Dempsey on April 9th, 2010

    I bought this book looking for a mindless beach read. What I got was a lesson in “Christian” Chick Lit. I hadn’t realized that the author is “Christian” and that the book is full of Bible references and conservative themes (“Christians can’t date other Christians”). I could get over all of the Bible references if it weren’t so poorly written, utterly boring and close-minded. I can’t even bring myself to finish it. I’m upset that religion & intolerance was shoved down my throat without any explicit notice about it in the main reviews. I wish I could get my money back.
    Rating: 1 / 5

  2. Lav1006 on April 9th, 2010

    This book IS well written, I will give you that. The writer knows how to string sentences together. However after reading it I feel as if I have been brainwashed with all the references to religion and Christianity! Maybe I didn’t read the back too thoroughly before I read it, but I certainly wasn’t expecting an entire chapter devoted to a conversation about God’s sovereignty. If that is what you are looking for in a book, by all means go ahead and read it. Otherwise, skim a little bit and see for yourself before buying.
    Rating: 1 / 5

  3. M. Throop on April 9th, 2010

    I read most of the book with the expectation that

    Brandon and Lauren would get together once Lauren

    had an ephiphone and when she

    suddenly meets someone else, it just ruined the entire

    book for me. And, I really didn’t think it was romantic

    at all-it just always felt like everyone was “best friends”

    with Lauren, but no one had that spark with her.

    Oh, and although it is fiction, no one can possible have that

    much coffee and chocolate without having major health and

    weight issues.
    Rating: 3 / 5

  4. Loves chick lit on April 9th, 2010

    When i bought this book I did not know that it was a christian story, it was quite a shock to me. This wouldn’t have been a big deal if only the author could have stick to telling the story instead of telling us passages of the bible all the time or saying through the main character that non-christians are not going to heaven, etc… I though that ruined the story at certain parts. The story was very slow, now I just discover that the author made 3 books on the Miss Match series so maybe that’s why she tries to drag them in a very poor way. The ending was just disappointing, it did not give me closure of any kind, but it did make me wanna order Rematch to see how the main love interest ends up, hmmm, sneaky
    Rating: 3 / 5

  5. Avid Reader on April 10th, 2010

    Unlike the other negative reviewers, I knew that this book was Christian chick-lit when I picked it up at my local Christian book store. What I didn’t realize, and what took me by surprise, was that the main character was so completely unlikeable and immature. I think that the book is written to suggest that the protagonist is gregarious and overly likeable, but instead she comes off as pathetic and immature. Aspects that I believe are intended to read as “cute” (for instance, stalking her good friends who are on a date) are instead creepy. Her description of one of the characters as miserable and “spinsterish” and overall sad because she’s single and – GASP! – 55 years old! is just offensive. The author was off-base with a lot of her characterizations: being jealous of 18 year olds who have found happiness through marriage is awkward to me – with divorce rates as high as they are these days, I don’t think that young marriage should be celebrated. But the author has great faith (pun intended) in Christians to always make the right decision and excuses her characters’ bad behaviors because evidently, as long as you’re a Christian, you can do no wrong. I don’t think that having Christ as an active part of your life means, for instance, that you should get engaged after two dates as characters in this book do. Then again, this whole book reads as though it was written by a naive 15 year old describing what she thought “adult life” would be like.
    Rating: 1 / 5

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