| Binding: Paperback |
| EAN: 9780671025861 |
| ISBN: 0671025864 |
| Label: Washington Square Press |
| Manufacturer: Washington Square Press |
| Number Of Items: 1 |
| Number Of Pages: 368 |
| Product Group: Book |
| Publication Date: 1998-12-01 |
| Publisher: Washington Square Press |
| Sales Rank on Amazon: 1,432,675 |
| Studio: Washington Square Press |
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Source:Product Description
When Justine and Barry meet during a plane crash just before the Christmas holidays, the relationship that follows is wild, turbulent, and maybe, just maybe, a keeper.
Justine is a pretty, smart, ambitious lawyer who's tired of being set up on lousy dates. Her eighteen-hour work days get in the way of finding Mr. Right, but she'd rather be home with her dog, drinking salad dressing for dinner and watching The Sound of Music on the VCR anyway. Barry is a good-looking food product manager living on the Upper West side with a rich roommate who is juggling three girlfriends at once but never has the rent. Barry seeks his soulmate, but the fact that he hasn't had a date in a year makes things a little tougher.
A comic urban romance about the possibilities and impossibilities of love. Was it Something I Said? is a classic "will they or won't they?" for the nineties that will keep readers guessing until the very end.
Average Customer Review: 2.5
Total Customer Reviews: 61
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful:
Rating: 4
Summary: Amusing NY romance
After reading the other reviews and the "I don't get it" reviews, I felt I had to add my two cents. I found this 30-something novel at my 92 year old mother's Assisted Living home and was amused to find this type of novel in that setting! Wonder how it got there? At any rate, the characters ARE prickly, but who said everyone has to be nice all the time. A lot of us have tics and quirks, and these two were no exception. I enjoyed reading what it's like for unmarried New Yorkers in their 30's, and thought Valerie Block did a great job for a first time novel. OK, it's not going to last as a Great Novel, but it was fun and amusing, and held my interest throughout. It helps if you're Jewish, too, to understand the angst. Obviously she's improved as she's gone along, and the next two novels were better received (more stars) than the first. Keep on going, Valerie!
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful:
Rating: 4
Summary: Corporate-level chicklit
A nice single thirty-something food company marketing executive (male) falls in love at first sight with a nice single thirty-something Manhattan lawyer (female) and they have many misunderstandings that push them apart, which is what is supposed to keep up the suspense, so I won't spoil the plot by telling you what happens in the end. It contains a lot of information about what it's like to be a food company marketing executive or a Manhattan corporate lawyer.
It is well written and enjoyable, with some amusing satire on the New York legal and business scene. There are some confusing flashbacks.The fourth star has to be denied, perhaps unfairly, because it attempts to hit targets that have been hit harder by better writers. Here are my unfair comparisons: For the basic plot of course there's Helen Fielding's "Bridget Jones's Diary"and Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice"; for lifestyles of the New York rich and infamous, Tom Wolfe's "Bonfire of the Vanities"; for yiddishkeit almost any Philip Roth and Dan Greenberg's "How to be a Jewish Mother." Take this to the beach after you've read all of the above.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful:
Rating: 4
Summary: Not Your Typical Love Story
It took me awhile to get "into" this book, but Valerie Block is a strong writer, so overall I quite enjoyed it. The book starts off rather exciting....with our two main characters meeting on an airplane. Their developing romance reminded me of the realities I endured while dating (some 15 years ago). My how time flies. She reminded me that we each have our own neurotic likes and dislikes in a mate, and we each come with our own strange habits and perceptions. The author pokes fun at each character and some Jewish stereotypes. Fun, easy read.
1 out of 1 people found this review helpful:
Rating: 1
Summary: Annoying at best
I made it to page 82, then came here to read the reviews to see if it was going to get any better. I didn't like any of the characters.
And the choppy style
jumping back and forth
between past and present
and unlikeable people
was very annoying.
I found myself not caring about their petty dramas and superficial angst. So glad to see my gut feeling was right, it's a real stinker.
Thanks to the reviews here I won't waste anymore time on this dreary book.
1 out of 3 people found this review helpful:
Rating: 1
Summary: Writing was fine, just didn't like the characters...
I'm not saying that it was horrible - it just wasn't that great or that good. When you don't really like the two lead characters, it is hard to like the book even if the basic writing works. I knew it was going downhill when the "couple" met during a plane crash and shared their first kiss while the plane was going down. I should mention that they shared their first kiss after both or at least one of them vomitted. The rest of the story was more grounded in reality but it still didn't grab me.
