Reviews for Looking for a Love Story

The average rating for Looking for a Love Story based on 2 reviews is 2 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2010-04-10 00:00:00 Patrick Lyon First of all, the dog has a very small role in this novel if you could even call it a role. The dog, Annie just needs to go for walks every now and then and lays by her mistress's side when her mistress is typing out her novel. Thus, the front cover is deceiving. Francesca is an author suffering from "Second Book Syndrome" meaning she wrote a smashing first book but now has a severe case of writer's block as she sits down to start her second. Her and her two timing husband have called it quits and she has thrown her size fours out to the curb while she is eating chocolate bars in her new size 14s. Francesca is not a very happy woman. I found her likeable, BUT she goes on and on way too much about her parent's divorce which was ages ago. I found myself thinking, "OK, you are a grown woman. Get over it. Pretty much all of our parents are divorced nowdays." She also whines about her childhood a lot and quite frankly, it wasn't that bad. Coulda been worse. To sum it up, the heroine wallows in self pity too much. A lady in an old folks home gives Francesca her next book idea, a tale about two Vaudeville actors and the actress in the middle of their love triangle. I didn't find this very interesting either because I found their story too predictable and half of it was TOLD by the old lady's narration. SHOW me, don't TELL me. Nevertheless, will this book be a success for Francesca and give her what she needs to get her life back on track? Just too dull for me and not enough of the dog.

Review # 2 was written on 2011-03-16 00:00:00 Todd Sutherland Looking for a Love Story is formulaic "chick lit." Up until about 3/4 of the way through the book, I thought it was a step above most chick lit, with 2 storylines in 2 different eras. However, there's a ridiculous plot twist with a stereotypically feisty and outspoken elderly character turning into a lost-lost relative that was just plain stupid and unnecessary. Every plot twist was predictable, all the way up to the end in which the heroine is now self-aware and strong and all the plot threads are wrapped up neatly. At the end, the heroine even suddenly notices that she's lost a few pounds without dieting. Go ahead and read Looking for a Love Story. It's not horrible. Just formulaic. Let's call it a good book to read when you are home with a bad cold and sinus upset.