After

So here's the thing - 2 stars for sheer popularity. It's fickle, and you never quite know what will catch the fancy of the public, and that in itself is interesting and powerful. I actually saw the movie first, and became curious about the book after. No surprises here - the narrative is lacking in a distinct voice, plot, storytelling, chapter structure, lots and lots of things that I'm sure have been said a thousand times over here, but it's a lot like watching the Kardashians. I'm not a reality tv fan, but you know sometimes you're doing something else and it comes on, and then you kind of glimpse at it and maybe become intrigued about how this craziness will resolve itself? That's this book. My main motivation was to see how it differed from the movie, because I enjoyed that quite a bit. It was cute, it had some good Jane Austen quotes, and charismatic leads which I really enjoyed watching.

This - well, not so much. But hey, props to Todd for catching that elusive popularity wave with her book on a phone and riding it straight into the box office. I'll be watching the movie again soon, and forgetting I ever read this.