westcoastchelle's review against another edition
4.0
This book is killing me. It's so well written and so tragic... I can relate to that snowballing of "shit cocktails" as the MC so fabulously puts it.
The end seems to come up a little quick. Everything kinda wraps up fast but it's still a great read and I highly suggest it :D
The end seems to come up a little quick. Everything kinda wraps up fast but it's still a great read and I highly suggest it :D
halfcrispyduck's review against another edition
2.0
I loved Stupid and Contagious and Forget About It but this was just meh. The characters weren't terribly likable and the dialogue was bland. It took 100+ pages to actually get to the point and then the end felt contrived and rushed. A disappointing read.
chicknobody's review against another edition
3.0
it was hard to get into because the main character was just so... obsessed. crane has good/fast/witty dialogue, and this is no exception. her books are basically the same characters with different quirks and circumstances, which is fine and what i expect with chick-lit. it's why we read it.
karak's review against another edition
2.0
Classic Rock Radio DJ Beryl aka Berry grew up with a gambler father and lives and dies by his numerous superstitions. I honestly didn't find anything appealing about Berry, and her quirks were annoying.
saycheeze37's review against another edition
3.0
This was an easy read. I enjoyed the cast of characters... just the right amount of quirky and sane. Situations were believable (but not boring), refreshing and fun. Look forward to trying more of Crane's novels.
tweetyandy's review against another edition
5.0
One of the funniest books I have read in a while...seriously I laughed out loud so many times my husband began to get worried about me :) loved it!!!
purelykara's review against another edition
4.0
Radio DJ Berry Lambert lives her life shrouded with superstition in the novel With A Little Luck by Caprice Crane. She avoids black cats and cracks in the sidewalk, her father is a professional gambler who considersBerry to be his best good luck charm, and after two failed relationships she’s sure her next one will surely disappoint her cause after all things happen in threes. When she meets fellow DJ Ryan Riley, their on-air battle turns romantic, but the last thing Berry wants is to fall for Riley since he is number three. While waiting for the bottom to drop out, Berry just might lose the best thing she ever had.
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bmgoodyear's review against another edition
3.0
My rating: 2.5 of 5 stars
This is the first Caprice Crane novel that I’ve read so I didn’t know what to expect; however, I follow her on twitter and she’s constantly cracking me up. I was hoping for the same humor in novel form but it didn’t hit the mark for me. For the first third of the book there was no apparent plot and I had no clue what the point of the book even was. At times I had to stop, shake myself, and continue reading when the words had turned into Charlie Brown's teacher.
The heroine of the novel, Beryl ‘Berry’ Lambert was essentially completely unlikable, and oftentimes got so wrapped up in being funny that it’s almost as if she forgot about her audience and the story line entirely. She drove me absolutely nuts with her superstitions and the occasional reference to herself.
”This alone isn’t remarkable; believe it or not, Berry gets her share of the lookie-loos.”
Yes. She was talking about herself. Direct quote.
The rest of the characters failed to garner interest as well, including her gambling addict father who at one point has to ask if he can come live with her when his electricity is shut off. And then that other time when he has a friend call Berry asking for $500 for ‘bail money’ because he’s in jail… when he really wasn’t. Really sad situation because she really loved her dad, he was just a loser, and I was glad that she eventually stand up to him.
By the end it had garnered a few giggles, but the smattering of well-placed “Tweets” were too few and far between for it to be a successful book in my eyes.
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This is the first Caprice Crane novel that I’ve read so I didn’t know what to expect; however, I follow her on twitter and she’s constantly cracking me up. I was hoping for the same humor in novel form but it didn’t hit the mark for me. For the first third of the book there was no apparent plot and I had no clue what the point of the book even was. At times I had to stop, shake myself, and continue reading when the words had turned into Charlie Brown's teacher.
The heroine of the novel, Beryl ‘Berry’ Lambert was essentially completely unlikable, and oftentimes got so wrapped up in being funny that it’s almost as if she forgot about her audience and the story line entirely. She drove me absolutely nuts with her superstitions and the occasional reference to herself.
”This alone isn’t remarkable; believe it or not, Berry gets her share of the lookie-loos.”
Yes. She was talking about herself. Direct quote.
The rest of the characters failed to garner interest as well, including her gambling addict father who at one point has to ask if he can come live with her when his electricity is shut off. And then that other time when he has a friend call Berry asking for $500 for ‘bail money’ because he’s in jail… when he really wasn’t. Really sad situation because she really loved her dad, he was just a loser, and I was glad that she eventually stand up to him.
By the end it had garnered a few giggles, but the smattering of well-placed “Tweets” were too few and far between for it to be a successful book in my eyes.
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ireniam's review against another edition
3.0
Esta es una comedia romántica donde la protagonista es muy supersticiosa. Este libro tiene mas de comedia que romance.
La relación entre la protagonista y su principal interés amoroso me pareció divertida sin embargo la autora no abunda mucho ni nos da detalles de los momentos románticos que ellos comparten, tenemos que conformarnos con algunas conversaciones divertidas y ya, lo que fue una total decepción.
Este es un chic-lit ligero para pasar el rato.
La relación entre la protagonista y su principal interés amoroso me pareció divertida sin embargo la autora no abunda mucho ni nos da detalles de los momentos románticos que ellos comparten, tenemos que conformarnos con algunas conversaciones divertidas y ya, lo que fue una total decepción.
Este es un chic-lit ligero para pasar el rato.
jayvall's review
2.0
First off, I think the back copy gets Berry all wrong. The copy says she doesn’t believe in luck, which may be technically true, but she puts a lot more than a “bit” of stock in any and every superstition that’s out there. From an aversion to even numbers, to getting caught by too many yellow lights being a harbinger of a bad day, Berry has got a superstition for everything in the world. This neurosis stems from the fact that her father is a gamble-holic and thinks she’s his lucky charm. Despite the fact that Berry’s got more superstitions than a haystack’s got hay, she can’t handle when anyone else fails to take her seriously, in spite of her dislike of the number 5. This is her tragic flaw. Berry is ridiculous, but doesn’t realize it, and because the story is written in first person, there’s no way to escape Berry’s particular brand of crazy. This made WITH A LITTLE LUCK difficult to enjoy.
It’s not that WITH A LITTLE LUCK is poorly written or even boring, per se; but I didn’t find the story engaging either. This is all the more unfortunate, because as evidenced by her twitter feed, Caprice Crane can be quite amusing. However, here the funny just falls flat. WITH A LITTLE LUCK was almost a chore to read, which is pretty sad because, with the exception of Berry, I liked the rest of the people in this book and would have gladly read a story where Berry was not the star.
There is no question that Caprice Crane is a talented writer; however, WITH A LITTLE LUCK was not my favorite of her four books. Having read all of Crane’s books, my advice to newcomers of her work would be to start with STUPID AND CONTAGIOUS, move on to FORGET ABOUT IT, and then proceed with caution. I like Caprice Crane, but at this point, I’m not convinced she’s more than a two-hit wonder.
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It’s not that WITH A LITTLE LUCK is poorly written or even boring, per se; but I didn’t find the story engaging either. This is all the more unfortunate, because as evidenced by her twitter feed, Caprice Crane can be quite amusing. However, here the funny just falls flat. WITH A LITTLE LUCK was almost a chore to read, which is pretty sad because, with the exception of Berry, I liked the rest of the people in this book and would have gladly read a story where Berry was not the star.
There is no question that Caprice Crane is a talented writer; however, WITH A LITTLE LUCK was not my favorite of her four books. Having read all of Crane’s books, my advice to newcomers of her work would be to start with STUPID AND CONTAGIOUS, move on to FORGET ABOUT IT, and then proceed with caution. I like Caprice Crane, but at this point, I’m not convinced she’s more than a two-hit wonder.
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