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books_w_bex's review against another edition
3.0
This book didn’t age well. But it was wholesome and cute enough.
shareen17's review against another edition
3.0
I think Jill Mansell is my favorite fluff writer. Humorous, good dialogue, easy to predict, but comforting knowing everything will work out.
beastreader's review against another edition
5.0
Miranda works at Fenn Lomax salon as a junior stylist. Poor Miranda though can't seem to do anything right. First she gives away one of the salon's client's money to a homeless man. Next she gives the homeless man a pair of very expensive gloves, only to have the rightful owner call to say he is coming to pick them up. Hey it wasn't Miranda's fault that the owner after six weeks all of a sudden decides he wants his missing gloves back. Though some miracle, Miranda's boss Fen Lomax tolerates all of Miranda's antics.
Chole Malone has just received the biggest shock of her life. She is pregnant. She and her husband never planned on having children but sometimes surprises can be a good thing...right? When Chloe shares the good news with her husband, Greg, he is anything but thrilled. In fact he is so irate that he packs up and ditches Chloe. But he does leave her the clock his grandmother gave them as he isn't a bastard that way.
While attending one of her friend's charity parties, Miranda meets the most handsomest man there. Instantly they experience a connection. HIs name is Greg. Will Greg end up being Miranda's biggest mistake yet?
Miranda is such a sweetheart. You won't meet anyone with a bigger heart then her. I can't get enough of her and all of her friends. Miranda may not see herself as star quality material but she is wrong. What a fun, flirty, fabulous summer read. Miranda's Big Mistake I can assure you will not be a mistake to read. The only mistake you will be making is if you don't read this book. This is the first time I have read anything by Jill Mansell and it won't be the last.
Chole Malone has just received the biggest shock of her life. She is pregnant. She and her husband never planned on having children but sometimes surprises can be a good thing...right? When Chloe shares the good news with her husband, Greg, he is anything but thrilled. In fact he is so irate that he packs up and ditches Chloe. But he does leave her the clock his grandmother gave them as he isn't a bastard that way.
While attending one of her friend's charity parties, Miranda meets the most handsomest man there. Instantly they experience a connection. HIs name is Greg. Will Greg end up being Miranda's biggest mistake yet?
Miranda is such a sweetheart. You won't meet anyone with a bigger heart then her. I can't get enough of her and all of her friends. Miranda may not see herself as star quality material but she is wrong. What a fun, flirty, fabulous summer read. Miranda's Big Mistake I can assure you will not be a mistake to read. The only mistake you will be making is if you don't read this book. This is the first time I have read anything by Jill Mansell and it won't be the last.
hellsfire's review against another edition
2.0
Miranda's Big Mistake is a very long book. If it was shorter, I think I would have enjoyed it a lot more than I did. Sadly, the problems I had with it far outweigh the good.
While reading it on my Kindle, there's a huge formatting mistake. There are no spaces or dashes to indicate a character shift. One second I read about one character then the next I would read about another. It was all very jarring.
So I mentioned that this was a long book. What's funny is that it could have ended 50% through the book with the premise of the book, but it just kept going on. It did pick up steam after that, but it wasn't because of Miranda.
Even though it's called "Miranda's Big Mistake," she's probably the least likable character. I loved all the supporting characters like Florence, Chloe and Finn, but didn't care much for Miranda. That's what added to the length. Those characters got their screen time. While Miranda did bring them all together, I just didn't care about her nor did I see why all the love interests fancied her.
Speaking of love, does that term sure get thrown about. Sure, it is chick-lit so it does follow a formula, but does every hook up have to start and end with 'I love you?' They can know each other for a day and that phrase comes out of their mouths.
Lastly, I'm not sure when this takes place. I thought it was early 2000s because they talk about singers who aren't as big any more, CDs, VCRs, but then next year gets mentioned and that next year is 2011. It just seems to me that they added 2011 without changing the rest of the book, which just didn't fit.
Overall, a disappointing book that could have been better with some tightening or fixing of the above mistakes. I thought at the least, that I would get an insight into a hair salon, but sadly, it didn't go into that much either.
While reading it on my Kindle, there's a huge formatting mistake. There are no spaces or dashes to indicate a character shift. One second I read about one character then the next I would read about another. It was all very jarring.
So I mentioned that this was a long book. What's funny is that it could have ended 50% through the book with the premise of the book, but it just kept going on. It did pick up steam after that, but it wasn't because of Miranda.
Even though it's called "Miranda's Big Mistake," she's probably the least likable character. I loved all the supporting characters like Florence, Chloe and Finn, but didn't care much for Miranda. That's what added to the length. Those characters got their screen time. While Miranda did bring them all together, I just didn't care about her nor did I see why all the love interests fancied her.
Speaking of love, does that term sure get thrown about. Sure, it is chick-lit so it does follow a formula, but does every hook up have to start and end with 'I love you?' They can know each other for a day and that phrase comes out of their mouths.
Lastly, I'm not sure when this takes place. I thought it was early 2000s because they talk about singers who aren't as big any more, CDs, VCRs, but then next year gets mentioned and that next year is 2011. It just seems to me that they added 2011 without changing the rest of the book, which just didn't fit.
Overall, a disappointing book that could have been better with some tightening or fixing of the above mistakes. I thought at the least, that I would get an insight into a hair salon, but sadly, it didn't go into that much either.
sini_2001's review against another edition
emotional
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.25
blodeuedd's review against another edition
3.0
I like Mansell's books. They are always sweet and they never disappoint. Of course this one I actually wanted to listen to because of Gabrielle Baker, and she made is so much better. Her voice was perfect for it.
Miranda works in a fancy hair saloon. So far she does she lowly jobs, and hey, with her luck and messing things up, that might be a good idea. Her boss forgives a lot. Things others would not. But then she is sunshine. Happy, nice and funny. Who would not want to work with her. She is the one that the book is about, but since this is a Mansell book everyone else gets a lot of time in the spotlight too.
Like her boss ..Fen or Ben? I could actually not get that right. Anyway, the hot guy who owns the saloon and dates supermodels. But he is such a good guy.
Bev, who is the receptionist for the place. She is dyyyyyyying to meet someone, and this woman needs to calm down.
Flo, who owns the house where Miranda rents a room. Oh FLo was hilarious! I wish I am that cool and sassy when I get old.
Chloe, whose husband dumped her when she got preggers. That ahole! Chloe is so sweet and nice!
But as the blurb can tell you she will meet someone and fall in love, and dang he made is so hard to dislike him. Cos he is an ahole, but he does seem to like Miranda. There is also another mistake she makes early on that comes back through out the whole book, and I will not say more there, except, some mistakes are worth making.
The only weird thing was when she fell for someone and...let's just say, she got over it so fast. It felt like, why even write that particular story. It was strange and I can not say more.
But do not worry, everyone will be happy (except for Greg, he does not deserve too).
I enjoyed it
Narrator Gabrielle Baker
Oh she is just wonderful! I really like her voice and she makes for a great Miranda
Miranda works in a fancy hair saloon. So far she does she lowly jobs, and hey, with her luck and messing things up, that might be a good idea. Her boss forgives a lot. Things others would not. But then she is sunshine. Happy, nice and funny. Who would not want to work with her. She is the one that the book is about, but since this is a Mansell book everyone else gets a lot of time in the spotlight too.
Like her boss ..Fen or Ben? I could actually not get that right. Anyway, the hot guy who owns the saloon and dates supermodels. But he is such a good guy.
Bev, who is the receptionist for the place. She is dyyyyyyying to meet someone, and this woman needs to calm down.
Flo, who owns the house where Miranda rents a room. Oh FLo was hilarious! I wish I am that cool and sassy when I get old.
Chloe, whose husband dumped her when she got preggers. That ahole! Chloe is so sweet and nice!
But as the blurb can tell you she will meet someone and fall in love, and dang he made is so hard to dislike him. Cos he is an ahole, but he does seem to like Miranda. There is also another mistake she makes early on that comes back through out the whole book, and I will not say more there, except, some mistakes are worth making.
The only weird thing was when she fell for someone and...let's just say, she got over it so fast. It felt like, why even write that particular story. It was strange and I can not say more.
But do not worry, everyone will be happy (except for Greg, he does not deserve too).
I enjoyed it
Narrator Gabrielle Baker
Oh she is just wonderful! I really like her voice and she makes for a great Miranda
piajussila's review against another edition
emotional
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
blueshadow's review against another edition
2.0
2.5 stars, rounded down because I didn't really like all of the characters (especially Miranda. Florence was great!) and I actively disliked some of the plot lines.
It was fine, but I can remember skipping over it several times when browsing the chick lit selections at the library. Really only picked it this time because I wanted something to read while waiting and I find myself unable to focus on anything with any amount of substance at all these days. So, fluffy chick lit it is. But this one didn't have any redeeming qualities.
It was fine, but I can remember skipping over it several times when browsing the chick lit selections at the library. Really only picked it this time because I wanted something to read while waiting and I find myself unable to focus on anything with any amount of substance at all these days. So, fluffy chick lit it is. But this one didn't have any redeeming qualities.
annebrooke's review against another edition
3.0
This started off well enough, though I did find Miranda faintly irritating from the start - she's just too ditsy and so terribly nice that I instantly took against her, as it were. However, that's not a huge problem, as her friends and colleagues provide a far greater level of interest and have a decent-ish amount of page space - so if you get fed up with Miranda, then you soon have Chloe (who is Greg's newly pregnant and abandoned wife) and Bev (the man-mad colleague) to look forward to and concentrate on.
Greg, of course, is the man we all love to hate - he blames Chloe for getting pregnant and breaking her word to him about not wanting babies and instantly leaves her. Because he's just a very nasty man, to be honest. He's also rather unbelievable as I simply didn't credit that Greg could be such a downright despicable cad and yet get two nice women (Chloe and later Miranda) to fall for him. He's really more caricature than character - and this is also the case with Chloe's dreadful boss and his wife. Both of these people are frankly so horrible that I just kept laughing at them, and I'm not convinced that was the reaction Mansell was intending. Oh well.
Never mind, as there are a couple of menfolk in the mix who are adorable in every way - Fenn, the definitely straight hairdresser, and Miles, the lovely and witty famous racing driver, are a delight and should have had far more page space here than they actually do. It's a bit of a lost opportunity for the men, to be honest. Also, something dreadful happens to Miles about three-quarters of the way through which I think was totally unnecessary and rather stupid - and this leaves the way free for journalist Danny to take the place of the dreadful Greg as Miranda's potential partner. Are you keeping up at the back? I do hope so!…
It's a shame then that Danny is so terribly shallow and unattractive - in fact at one point after the Miles Debacle, he thinks something so utterly prejudiced and unloving about Miranda's potential relationship with Miles that I wanted to beat him to death with his own laptop. What a horrible man! Really, he and the irritating Miranda probably deserve one another but they're definitely not going to be happy as they simply don't gel …
So there it is. A mixed bag of a book, with an unlikeable heroine and hero, but with some very good secondary characters we should have seen more of.
Verdict: 3 stars. Average.
Greg, of course, is the man we all love to hate - he blames Chloe for getting pregnant and breaking her word to him about not wanting babies and instantly leaves her. Because he's just a very nasty man, to be honest. He's also rather unbelievable as I simply didn't credit that Greg could be such a downright despicable cad and yet get two nice women (Chloe and later Miranda) to fall for him. He's really more caricature than character - and this is also the case with Chloe's dreadful boss and his wife. Both of these people are frankly so horrible that I just kept laughing at them, and I'm not convinced that was the reaction Mansell was intending. Oh well.
Never mind, as there are a couple of menfolk in the mix who are adorable in every way - Fenn, the definitely straight hairdresser, and Miles, the lovely and witty famous racing driver, are a delight and should have had far more page space here than they actually do. It's a bit of a lost opportunity for the men, to be honest. Also, something dreadful happens to Miles about three-quarters of the way through which I think was totally unnecessary and rather stupid - and this leaves the way free for journalist Danny to take the place of the dreadful Greg as Miranda's potential partner. Are you keeping up at the back? I do hope so!…
It's a shame then that Danny is so terribly shallow and unattractive - in fact at one point after the Miles Debacle, he thinks something so utterly prejudiced and unloving about Miranda's potential relationship with Miles that I wanted to beat him to death with his own laptop. What a horrible man! Really, he and the irritating Miranda probably deserve one another but they're definitely not going to be happy as they simply don't gel …
So there it is. A mixed bag of a book, with an unlikeable heroine and hero, but with some very good secondary characters we should have seen more of.
Verdict: 3 stars. Average.