Getting Over Mr Right - Chrissie Manby

I'm really not sure what to say about this book. It was one of those that I probably wouldn't have picked up had I not needed a second book to get free (by one get one free / 1/2 price / 3 for 2 offers are my downfall). I'm not all that familiar with the author so I didn't have any preconceived ideas about it in that way.


I suppose I could say the book was easy to read. There wasn’t really much in there to tax my brain and it’s one of those books that you can easily put down and pick up at will. I did like that fact that it is mostly comprised of very short chapters meaning that I didn’t have to stop in the middle of a block of text. However, some of the chapter stops seemed a little random as each chapter followed on exactly from the last and did not really change much – just boosting it to an impressive looking 53 chapters total.

The characters were alright. I can’t say I am overly attached to any of them and doubt they will stick in my brain now that I have finished the book. Ashleigh was very naive character and at times I just wanted to grab her by her shoulders and literally shake her. She seemed very immature and it didn’t exactly endear her to me. What she did at the wedding just seemed unnecessarily cruel given that Becky had been doing her best for Ashleigh.

Would I reread this book? Probably not and I probably wouldn’t recommend it either. Maybe I would think more of it if I had been through my own tough break up but somehow I’m not convinced. Yes it was somewhat amusing to see what Ashleigh was going to try next but ultimately it just didn’t come off as well as I had hoped it would.