A review by hayleybeale
Gorgeous by Paul Rudnick

2.0

This starts off with what appears to be a Faustian pact, but then becomes both Cinderella and Pygmalion (or My Fair Lady to use the book's reference) and finally ends up like a Hallmark romance. I was expecting something really funny - the book is blurbed by David Sedaris! - but it didn't make me laugh that much. There is some amusing banter between the characters but it read more like sitcom repartee than anything actual people might say, and some of the set pieces are entertaining in a farcical sort of way. I didn't find the characters particularly engaging or particularly realistic, and their 'journeys' are predictable.