At first Andrea's paralyzed by shock and sadness, but the business analyst soon forms a plan: change every last detail of her life and become her opposite so Alex will come back to her.
It's a challenge at first, but soon Andrea's loving the changes she's making, the new activities she's doing, and the new people in her life. But will she change enough to get Alex back? And if she does, will he fit into the wonderful new life she's creating for herself?
I have to admit that in my younger years I was somewhat addicted to romance novels, reading as many as I could whilst away from the judgemental eyes of my classmates. I guess in those years I overdosed on them a little, as it has been quite some time since I read a title such as this.
The one thing that came immediately to mind when I began reading A Life That Fits was the writing. There were numerous times when I thought could have been tightened up in some way or other. We are occasionally given too much information, some completely unnecessary to the story, which interrupts the flow and slows the pace of the story. There are certain times where words or phrases don't fit, or they are repeated within a short period of time. I also came across a couple of sentences that seemed to run on forever due to the choices of words and grammar.
That aside I enjoyed the way Wardell created certain images in my mind, for example the way in which she built the idea of fighting for sleep after such a crushing rejection. Throughout the book she portrayed the very real emotions that tread so carelessly across ones mind after the break-down of a relationship. She did this so well that at several points the feelings struck a little too close to home. Wardell often managed to make me forget about the shortfalls noted in my previous paragraph.
I liked how Andrea was forced to deal with the modern take on romance involving the dreaded 'Facebook breakup'. At the same time though, it kind of grated against me and my aversion popular culture references in fiction as I mentioned in my previous review.
I liked the way in which Andrea went about rebuilding herself, even if it was initially for her scum-bag ex. I enjoyed following her as she discovered all the things that she had missed in the time she was with Alex and how she finally learned that she didn't need his permission or acceptance to try something new. I was a little disappointed though, that the author didn't carry on the journey of self-discovery and delve deeper... Yeah she found some new clothes, but it just doesn't really feel like enough.
As the story goes on the relationship she builds is absolutely adorable. It created a sense of juxtaposition in my mind because it just seems so innocent and young, almost as though she was fifteen with her first kiss, but she's a professional woman of twenty-eight.
*Spoiler warning*
I really disliked Andrea's indecisiveness especially about her job, first she wants it, then she doesn't, then she does, doesn't does... Later about her men, I almost stopped reading after Andrea went back to Alex. I know it's part of the story but I absolutely HATE reading about women who go back to men who cheat on them.
*End spoilers*
All in all I did rather enjoyed this book. I give it three stars out of five.
Read an excerpt here.
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1 comments:
Amazing review! Seems very honest- no sugarcoating. The book sounds good. :D
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