Lessons on being Gorgeous

Gorgeous by Paul Rudnick
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Gorgeous was one of those books where I could see "the funny," but it wasn't always funny enough to make me actually laugh. I did chuckle a few times, raise an eyebrow, and smile a few times with amusement, but it was just too over-the-top for me to really get into it. It wasn't bad though,, especially if you go in with the understanding that it's going full-out. Rudnick doesn't shy away from exaggerated description and full-blow fairytale-ness (though he never does quite indicate how all of this magic is possible. I suppose just through the sheer awesomeness that is supposed to be Tom Kelly?).

I did struggle a little with the romance in the story, just because the author seemed to skip right over the falling in love part. At one point Becky is determined to marry this guy, and then suddenly, after a afew brief pages charting the things they do together, and one ninja-like action sequence, bam, she's in love. But I suppose the romance wasn't the point of the story--it was more about her relationship with her mom and the father she had never met, and the lessons she learned through the course of wearing the three dresses.

Overall, a good, quick read--nothing amazing, but I found decent enjoyment in the story.

This digital copy of Gorgeous was given to me by NetGalley & Houghton Scholastic in exchange for an honest review.



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