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Mr. Fixer Upper by Lucy Score

9 reviews

witcheep's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Read this book if you want to see an evasively grumpy man and an icy professional woman, just to have them both soon revealed to be something – not different, but instead – more, imperfect and well-rounded human beings stumbling into a situationship together.

Said situationship shows both the FMC Paige and the MMC Gannon that they have potential for so much more together, but they have different approaches to this revelation:

Gannon is locked on getting a lasting relationship out of this, whereas Paige tries to build up walls and take space to protect herself from potential hurt

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Paige's approach frustrates me so much, and while reading I just wanted to grab her by shoulders so many times to shake her up and shout her to just get out of her own mind and have an actual talk with Gannon about her worries, and not to refuse to listen and work up solutions (mis-/noncommunication tropes are heavy here). Gannon is the one doing the

heavy lifting in this relationship, working for it

, yet Paige makes it seem like he has something to prove. Paige might be a little toxic in the way her insecurities make her act outside of professional settings, but I'm glad that she

at long last realizes her shortcomings and tries to come around

"Make me a list, and I'll fix or remove every single obstacle."

– Gannon

The plot around reality tv production irks me on-and-off in this book. On one hand, the main character and some others call out unjust, money-hungry, and sexist ways the the reality tv industry might have, but on the other hand, they also personify a lot of those issues on themselves and other characters (which is not great). This personification happens by internalizing the issues (

this is a huge obstacle for the romantic relationship

) as well as having a dedicated "clingy bitch" character who doesn't seem to do anything but cause harm by being toxic.

If an author wants to comment on an issue in an industry, they should be consistent, and also offer up a fix for it. The way the plot personifies these wider industrial issues feels just cheap. As Gannon puts it in a similar context:

"I think you'd be doing a disservice to your audience if you only show them how to identify a problem, not solve it."

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xennial_reader's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

4.0

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mj_86's review

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funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.75

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amyrandles1's review against another edition

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lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.5

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ecravens's review

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adventurous emotional funny fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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kb33's review

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lighthearted medium-paced

Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

I really enjoyed this one. I wanted to love it, and I did love Gannon and Paige, but the OW (other woman) drama is a pet peeve for me. And am I the only one to notice that Gannon never, not once, told anyone else that Meeghan wasn’t his girlfriend in front of Paige? He only said it when they were alone together, and Meeghan was still telling the world they were together, so no wonder Paige worried. (Mild spoiler but not really: no cheating in this book)

I read the second book in the series first, and it didn’t ruin anything for me. Both are good as standalones, too.

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coacklebee's review

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emotional relaxing medium-paced

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

4.25

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khloereads86's review

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emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No

3.75

This book was pretty cute, although I found that even though their relationship did take some time to progress, we didn’t actually see a lot of the buildup before they got together. Gannon was pretty sweet but not one of my favourite mmcs. I liked that he was protective and supportive of her. Paige was ok, again I liked her but didn’t love her. The ending was cute but I really don’t know how Paige didn’t see it coming because it seemed so obvious. Sweet story, but nothing mind-blowing or super emotional for me. I just wish there had been a little more of the tension and buildup before they got together.

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booknerdbetty's review against another edition

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emotional funny slow-paced

3.75

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