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Something from Tiffany's
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bookshelves: cover-love, liburrrrrry-book, most-wonderful-time-of-the-year, or-just-watch-the-movie, read-in-2023, romcom
Jan 30, 2023
bookshelves: cover-love, liburrrrrry-book, most-wonderful-time-of-the-year, or-just-watch-the-movie, read-in-2023, romcom
I didn’t want to review this book until I had finally watched the Prime Movie version – which I finally got around to this weekend. You see, the premise of the print version was sure to be an absolutely adorable romcom: two different fellas are shopping at . . . .
One for a generic Christmas present for his girlfriend, the other for the Queen Mary of all Tiffany’s gifts for his. They find their bags doing the ol’ swippy swappy during an accident. Then it’s all about how to correct that epic boo-boo while realizing maybe who they thought was “the one” actually wasn’t until the end when . . . .
Like I said, super cute premise, but the book left a lot to be desired. Mainly it was the pacing. The story moved at a snail’s slog only to really ramp up to 100MPH at the very end. The book version also had me feeling super sorry for the intended recipient of the ring for most of the story as well. She really needed to be presented as a bad choice right from the beginning in order for this idea to work. Good news is, the movie version was just as cute as I hoped it would be and while Reese Witherspoon’s book club selections often leave me shaking my head, she (and her production company) are real good at the screen versions of romcoms. Maybe skip the book and just watch this one instead.
One for a generic Christmas present for his girlfriend, the other for the Queen Mary of all Tiffany’s gifts for his. They find their bags doing the ol’ swippy swappy during an accident. Then it’s all about how to correct that epic boo-boo while realizing maybe who they thought was “the one” actually wasn’t until the end when . . . .
Like I said, super cute premise, but the book left a lot to be desired. Mainly it was the pacing. The story moved at a snail’s slog only to really ramp up to 100MPH at the very end. The book version also had me feeling super sorry for the intended recipient of the ring for most of the story as well. She really needed to be presented as a bad choice right from the beginning in order for this idea to work. Good news is, the movie version was just as cute as I hoped it would be and while Reese Witherspoon’s book club selections often leave me shaking my head, she (and her production company) are real good at the screen versions of romcoms. Maybe skip the book and just watch this one instead.
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January 7, 2023
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Started Reading
January 7, 2023
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January 30, 2023
– Shelved as:
cover-love
January 30, 2023
– Shelved as:
liburrrrrry-book
January 30, 2023
– Shelved as:
most-wonderful-time-of-the-year
January 30, 2023
– Shelved as:
or-just-watch-the-movie
January 30, 2023
– Shelved as:
read-in-2023
January 30, 2023
– Shelved as:
romcom
January 30, 2023
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Jan 30, 2023 08:19AM
I watched this movie around the holidays -- didn't realize it was a book, too! Sorry it wasn't a fun read!
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Kristy wrote: "I watched this movie around the holidays -- didn't realize it was a book, too! Sorry it wasn't a fun read!"I should have just watched the movie, but I can't help but Google "was that a book" every time I see a preview hahahaha ; )
I will definitely be skipping the book now. Great review!
Courtney wrote: "I will definitely be skipping the book now. Great review!"Thanks! The movie is a fun time filler if you have nothing else to do : )
