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Title: Bad Boy by Olivia Goldsmith, Susan Ericksen, TBD ISBN: 1-58788-158-6 Publisher: Brilliance Audio Pub. Date: December, 2000 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 7 List Price(USD): $73.25 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.32 (68 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: surprising! a nice twist on the romantic comedy
Comment: I was intrigued by the this book because, frankly, I love makeovers. The fact that I've read a thousand cinderella stories and seen nearly as many romantic comedies in the same vein never stop me from indulging in one more. Usually the outcome is predictable and the route, although sometimes varied, usually progresses on autopilot. "Bad Boy" was right on target for the first half of the book; Goldsmith created a likeable heroine, an even more likeable hero, the loyal heroine sidekick, a smart-mouthed fairy godmother/waitress, and lots of fun minor characters. In the second half of the book, she starts scrambling emotions and motivations and people get scared and startled and even, gasp, gain weight in response to emotional deprivation. (Question: Why do you never see Meg Ryan polish off a pint of Ben & Jerry's whenever Tom Hanks/Billy Crystal/etc does something obnoxious?)
The book's premise is that Jon and Tracie have been friends for seven years and meet once a week so that Jon can moan about being a social pariah (but a very successful professional computer genius) and Tracie can moan about falling for jerks and hating her job (no "but very successful" for her). Because Tracie is an expert on bad boys and bad boys always get laid, Jon enlists Tracie's help to become a bad boy. He succeeds, of course, but in the process Tracie realizes that she's completely missed the sexual aspect of Jon's personality and can't understand the source of her insane jealousy after every woman in Seattle suddenly wants him (I was waiting for a fountain to light up and erupt as in "Clueless").
However, the second half of the book, although it does progress somewhat along the expected track, is riveting. I was fascinated by Jon's transformation and also with Tracie's. I really liked both characters, but emphathized more with Jon's and was thrilled that Goldsmith let him question every step and conquest rather than just be led blindly by Tracie. We hear some of his inner monologue and it isn't telepathically injected into Tracie's thoughts in the next paragraph. The writing is quick and well-tempoed, and Goldsmith's romantic suspense lends just the right amount of reader agony. "Bad Boy" won't be up for a Pulitzer, but it is a fun book with some substance beneath the fluff.
Rating: 3
Summary: Bad Boy Review
Comment: Bad boy is the first novel I have read by Olivia Goldsmith. This book is very enjoyable to read. The suspense captured me, and I never feel like putting the book down. Bad Boy is about a newspaper journalist, Tracie Higgins, who always falls in love with the 'bad boy' type of men. On the other hand, her best friend is Jon, a successful computer geek who works almost 24 hours a day at a company similar to Microsoft. Jon is fed up with women thinking of him as too nice, sweet or perfect to date. He convinces his best friend Tracie to try to change him into a bad boy. With her great talent and experience with bad boys, she turns Jon into a hot bad boy that attracts most of the women in Seattle, including Tracie.
I enjoyed reading this book very much not only because it is about romance, but also because of the irony in how a girl does a make over on her guy friend. She tries to hook him up with her friends, and eventually falls in love with him herself. What I like the most about this novel is the overall plot. The ending is predictable as soon as you have finished reading half of the novel. In addition, the dialogue is funny, such as when Jon keeps repeating the lines he needed to say to his date.
I would recommend this book to teenagers because the novel is something similar to an adolescent life. I'm sure they will not get bored or stop reading in the middle of the book. Also, I would recommend this not just to teenagers, but also to people who like to read romantic stories. I'm sure you'll find this book no less enjoyable than I did.
Rating: 1
Summary: trash to the trash
Comment: Based on the excellent, clever movie "The First Wives Club", I bought two of Olivia Goldsmith's books. Both went into the trash. "Bad Boy" is disapponting and poorly written with a very preditable plot.
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Title: Fashionably Late by Olivia Goldsmith ISBN: 0061093890 Publisher: HarperTorch Pub. Date: 01 May, 1995 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Flavor of the Month by Olivia Goldsmith ISBN: 0671794507 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 1994 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Young Wives by Olivia Goldsmith ISBN: 0061097667 Publisher: HarperTorch Pub. Date: 01 December, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Marrying Mom by Olivia Goldsmith ISBN: 0061095540 Publisher: HarperTorch Pub. Date: 01 December, 1997 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Bestseller by Olivia Goldsmith ISBN: 0061096083 Publisher: HarperTorch Pub. Date: 07 August, 1996 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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