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britt33's review against another edition
2.0
How to Meet Cute Boys is a good book to read when you don't feel like thinking. It's essentially about a woman tries to date someone who, in my opinion, plays her. This isn't a deep book, but it's a fun quick read.
librarianna81's review against another edition
4.0
The only reason I rated this chick-lit book so high was because a lot of it was my life, in a nutshell. So I identified, and the author made a lot of sense to me. That's all, really. Definitely not the best-written book I've ever read, by far. It was light, fluffy, the usual. But I actually DID like the way the ending left things unresolved: it made it feel more real, and more hopeful, in a way. Especially at this point in my life, I'm not all for lovey-dovey "and they lived happily ever after" endings. That's not real life. This one felt much more like it.
jennp28's review against another edition
Got this at a library book sale for 50 cents. For that price it was a decent read. Nothing special but an ok easy chick read. But it did just sort of end without any real resolution which is annoying. If I'm going to read chick lit I want it to have a nice neat happy ending, or else a darn good different-style ending to make up for it, and this had neither of those.
eupomene's review against another edition
1.0
I can't believe I read this. It's not even really my style. The main character is a writer for a seriously man-hating fashion mag, she's 27 and completely insecure. Everything that happens I've already read in similarly pink-covered but better written books, and the ending just goes poof. There were some funny moments, but the relationships were all unbelievable. I just can't swallow the I-can't-live-without-a-man storyline these days. Aren't we past this?
This one's going to back to the office...at least I didn't buy it.
This one's going to back to the office...at least I didn't buy it.
cokidder's review against another edition
3.0
Quick read. Hard to put down, but nothing of substance. Just vapid and fun.
sheamaryfitz's review against another edition
2.0
I would give this a 2.5.
After I was about halfway into the book, I realized I had read it before but just forgot about it (it's probably been a year or two since I read it). I picked it up because I had just finished reading Kizis' other novel, which I enjoyed.
I thought it was a cute idea how Kizis used "magazine articles" throughout the book that the heroine, Ben, had written for the fictional magazine she writes for. The articles were cute and broke the book up some, plus I found them to be an original idea. I guess it makes sense because the author is/was a magazine writer/contributor, if I remember correctly from her bio. Having nothing to do with the book itself and for purely asthetic reasons, I also liked how the book used color (pink) a lot throughout the pages. It's nice to get some spice once in awhile, you know?
**Spoiler alert**
I'm not really sure how I felt about the ending. I liked how in Finishing Touches the heroine decides not to choose the boy and have a happy ending. I thought (hoped) that was what would happen here, so I could rave about how Kizis shows a woman doesn't need a man to be happy, etc. but she disappointed me with this one. I got the feeling (although it's not explicitly spelled out for the reader) that Ben is going to get back together with Max, which is clearly a horrible idea. Not that I blame her...I mean, who doesn't identify with her a little? We've all gone out with a guy who we knew was bad for us (can we say immature Max?) but then were devistated/heartbroken when it ended and would do almost anything to get back together with that person. It's almost like you want to shake Ben and tell her she's better off without him because you want to tell yourself that. So, I guess Kizis did a good job of making Ben relatable, at least to a single, twenty-something like myself.
If I had to sum this book up, I'd say it's not the best in the world, but had enough that I would read something else by Kizis again.
After I was about halfway into the book, I realized I had read it before but just forgot about it (it's probably been a year or two since I read it). I picked it up because I had just finished reading Kizis' other novel, which I enjoyed.
I thought it was a cute idea how Kizis used "magazine articles" throughout the book that the heroine, Ben, had written for the fictional magazine she writes for. The articles were cute and broke the book up some, plus I found them to be an original idea. I guess it makes sense because the author is/was a magazine writer/contributor, if I remember correctly from her bio. Having nothing to do with the book itself and for purely asthetic reasons, I also liked how the book used color (pink) a lot throughout the pages. It's nice to get some spice once in awhile, you know?
**Spoiler alert**
I'm not really sure how I felt about the ending. I liked how in Finishing Touches the heroine decides not to choose the boy and have a happy ending. I thought (hoped) that was what would happen here, so I could rave about how Kizis shows a woman doesn't need a man to be happy, etc. but she disappointed me with this one. I got the feeling (although it's not explicitly spelled out for the reader) that Ben is going to get back together with Max, which is clearly a horrible idea. Not that I blame her...I mean, who doesn't identify with her a little? We've all gone out with a guy who we knew was bad for us (can we say immature Max?) but then were devistated/heartbroken when it ended and would do almost anything to get back together with that person. It's almost like you want to shake Ben and tell her she's better off without him because you want to tell yourself that. So, I guess Kizis did a good job of making Ben relatable, at least to a single, twenty-something like myself.
If I had to sum this book up, I'd say it's not the best in the world, but had enough that I would read something else by Kizis again.
familywithbooks's review against another edition
3.0
This is a cute quick read all about those obsessive boy crazy behaviors many of us have yet are loathe to admit exist. I will admit that I could relate to "B" and the inner craziness that exists when a boy we really like is involved. This book reminded me of another book [b:The Bachelorette Party|231795|The Bachelorette Party|Karen McCullah Lutz|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172939670s/231795.jpg|1229165] when B's sister makes a surprise visit.
I was not over the moon about the way the ending shaped up, but it's closer to reality than I want to admit. Try this out if you've ever gone crazy over a boy - at least so that way you won't feel so alone :)
I was not over the moon about the way the ending shaped up, but it's closer to reality than I want to admit. Try this out if you've ever gone crazy over a boy - at least so that way you won't feel so alone :)
hitya's review against another edition
5.0
Oh my goodness did I love this book. Benjamina is a writer for a chick magazine, where she writes about boys. The story starts when Ben and best friend Kiki are out on the town. Kiki has recently broken up with her boyfriend and Ben is trying to convince her to take a chance and go meet a cute new boy--it's easy! Kiki says, if its so easy you go meet a cute new boy. So Ben does. Max is everything adorable and the next thing Ben knows she's falling head over heels trying to navigate her way through this insane relationship jungle. Are they boyfriend and girlfriend? Are they even going out? Wait, did they just break up? Can you break up with someone you were never dating to begin with? And she has to figure this stuff out while helping her baby sister plan her perfect wedding. It was light, at times cheesy, and was very much like every conversation I've had with my friends about stupid boys.