Reviews

And God Created the Au Pair by Pascale Smets

reaa13's review against another edition

funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

kosaricaknjiga's review against another edition

I thought this book will have a plot written throughout the emails, put I could see from the first couple of pages and reviews that that's not going to be the case 

zephyrusne's review

4.0

borrowed this book about a year ago from the local library and couldn’t get past the first few pages the translation was so bad. they didn’t have the original version so i finally tried reading it as an ebook. looked at reviews prior to starting and was very sceptical. howeveeer, it was so fun to read and i laughed out loud frequently. also learned a lot about canada and uk, lots of cultural references etc. kept me happy.

ukpsymum's review against another edition

2.0

I was looking for a light read, and this fit the bill. It was indeed funny, and I spent a bit of time laughing out loud whilst reading, much to the annoyance of my family. For that, it was worth it. Future readers, be aware, there is essentially no plot. This is basically a compilation of emails between two sisters about the hilarities of day-to-day life with small children. In that vein, I have to say that both writers are funny indeed, and would likely provide good entertainment at a dinner party (which is good, as this seems to be a very big priority in their lives). I can see how the authors kept up a column in the paper on this for a bit. It is well suited to that genre. Less well-suited, possibly, to book format. So, treat the book like a weekly Sunday paper, picking it up for a bit of laughs here and there. This might also help to distract from the fact that any book-like content that might focus on anything other than laughing at themselves or laughing (and putting down) others was pretty much entirely missing. I personally grew weary hearing about how dreadful, hopeless or boring other people were. My goodness, the judgements! It seemed that one of the sisters, "Nell" adopted a tone and content that had a bit of heart for some of her 'friends,' but this was largely lacking in the other sister - who seemed to respond flippantly to rather dire and serious circumstances in Nell's life (e.g., miscarriage, a friend's very sad divorce) before quickly moving back to mundane (if humorous) snippets about her own life. Although humour was clearly the point of the book, it would have been a more successful book had it been mixed a bit more with perspective and humanness. (Perhaps that statement would earn me the title of "soppy" and "boring" from the "characters" in the book).

familywithbooks's review against another edition

4.0

I loved reading this book! I became very invested in the characters lives and found myself feeling bad if something bad happened and so happy when good things happened. Laughed out loud while reading this and found that it cheered me up when I was in a grumpy mood! Loved it!

tragiccharacter's review against another edition

5.0

I just laughed and laughed and laughed out loud, repeatedly with this one. Of course I would recommend it.... it made me happy.

lucyp21's review against another edition

5.0

A book consisting of emails between two sisters separated by the Atlantic Ocean. All about family life and everything that comes with it.

One of my favourite books, everytime I reread it, I find myself laughing out loud. I completely love the friendship between the sisters, and I'm glad they are also sisters because, while they poke fun at themselves all the time, they also poke fun at each other and you really get the sense that they are best friends as well as sisters.

Always an enjoyable read and I will always recommend this book.

lucepu's review

5.0

This book was so funny and I actually laughed out loud, I thought people do that only in movies.

I will totally recommend this book to anyone who wants to laugh a little bit and also who wants to know how blessed are you if you don't need a nanny.

desorden's review

1.0

I felt this book was a big false advertising. I bought it because of the title when I was an au-pair myself and felt completely disappointed once I started reading it.
There was no real plot there, just emails between two sisters who live an ocean apart and have kids... and the au-pair? She's barely mentioned.
Some of the emails and situations were funny, but I got tired of it pretty quickly.

familywithbooks's review against another edition

4.0

I loved reading this book! I became very invested in the characters lives and found myself feeling bad if something bad happened and so happy when good things happened. Laughed out loud while reading this and found that it cheered me up when I was in a grumpy mood! Loved it!