A review by sarkiste
Poljubac iz Pariza by Alexandra Potter

1.0

SRB: Prošlo je dugo od moje poslednje recenzije. Prošlo je još duže od kada sam pisala rent, ali spremite s, jer što bi rekli stihovi BTS-a " I'm so firin' firin' " da napišem ovaj. Ako vma se dopala ova knjiga, molim vas da ne čitate jer vam se moje mišljenje neće dopasti. Kupila sam ovu knjigu kada mi je bilo jako teško i htela sam nešto što će mi odmoriti mozak a kako je bila jako jeftina nisam se mnogo premišljala, plus sinopsis je delovao dobro. Prvo sam mislila da će biti OK ali kako je knjiga napredovala svaka strana mi je bila gora od one prethodne.

Glavna junakinja zvuči kao kompletni kreten. Ozbiljno ne priča svaka nomalna devojka kao da je iznad svih ali ako ste mislili da naša junakinja ima previše samopouzdanja pa zato tako priča -grešite, ne ona je samo jedna obična devojka sa kosom u haosu koja živi od pisanja (naravno) i dane provodi u pidžami ali to je neće sprečiti da:

-kupuje skupu garderobu zbog lika koji je gleda preko skajpa
-kupuje skupu garderobu jer je u Parizu
-kupuje skupe mirišljave sveće i kozmetiku
-konstantno priča o tome koliko je to sve skupo (Najmonova "expensive girl" mi svira u glavi)
-Opisuje knjižaru kao prostor i enterijer dok knjigee ostaju u drugom planu
-Pije (skup) Šampanjac u sred dana sama jer zašto da ne, još jedan kliše je potreban.

Generlano žena je više od pola knjige posvetila opisima koliko je glavna junakinja dala para i koliko su skupe stvari dobre...

Kada se naša junakinja Rubi ponovo vidi sa svojom najboljom prijateljicom koju nije videla dugo (iz nekog razloga njih dve ne govore preko skajpa te rubi ne zna kako Harijet izgleda mada sa likom sa kojim se zna par meseci priča sa skajpa), i koja sada živi u Parizu ona je ne prepoznaje jer njena najbolja drugarica nekada "muškarača" i opuštena riba sada je prava dama. I mada Harijet ima dobar posao poludeće onog momenta kada se povredi i mora da hoda u ravnom umesto na štiklama jer niko neće hteti da je oženi!? Harijet takoće ne izlazi iz stana dok se ne isfenira i ne jede kroasane jer se plaši da će da se udeblja.

Sama prezentacija Francuske i Pariza je živi užas, da li neko stvarno veruje da Pariz čine -flert, moda i Luvr? Ozbiljno? Pariz je više od toga.

Deo priče koji bi trebao da bude interesantan -onaj u kome nas autorka vodi kroz ulice prošlosti će vas zabaviti u prvom trenutku, međutim rasplet je toliko kliše da je razočarenje jedina reč koju imam.

Glavni utisak-autorka je videla "Ponoć u Pariizu" Vudija Alena i pomislila da bi i ona mogla nešto tako da napiše, samo što je ono što je Alen ponudio sedmoj umetnosti milion puta bolje, čak i teen roman "Ana i francuski poljubac" je odradio bolji posao. Baš mi se nije dopao.

ENGL:
It was a long time since I wrote a review. It was even longer since I wrote a rant but get ready cause in words of BTS " I'm so firin' firin' " to write this one. If you like this book I'm sorry don't read this you won't like it. Bought this book when I was in bad place I wanted to relax to chill and stuff so I read the synopsis and I'm like OK I like France and that old stories so I'll take it plus it was super cheap so why not. So at first, I thought I could be OK not like the best but fine. As book progress, I hated every page even more than the one before.
The main character sounds like an idiot. Like for real not every girl talks like she is on higher place than the rest of the world very arrogant and if you think that our character is way too self-confident no boy she is not in fact she is just regular girl with messy hair who writes for living (cliché right?) and spends day in PJs but that won't's stop her from:
-buying expensive clothes because she will reunite with some dude
-buying expensive clothes because she is in Paris
-buying expensive candles and cosmetics
-talking how much money she spent on buying all those things (Namjoon's "Expensive girl" is playing in my head)
-Describing library on how good stairs look while books are in another plan.
-Drinking champagne in Paris in the middle of the day alone because why not, we have to have another cliché
Generally describing and acting how much money she spent is that's the majority of the book.
When our character Ruby reunites with her best friend now living in Paris she won't recognise her because her friend went from tomboy to a lady a relax, smart chick on well-paid job will go crazy over the fact that she can't walk in heels because she is hurt, she can't go out from apartment until she does her hair right...
Presentation of France and Paris was a disaster, do you generally believe that city of so many things is made from flirt, fashion, and Louvre? Like for real? Paris is more than cliché.
Now the light part of this story should be that old love story that happened long time ago. But even though you'll actually get to enjoy a bit in those letters...well it's still way too much cliché and you'll be disappointed at the end.
Final impression is -an author saw Woody Allen's "Midnight in Paris" and decide to write something like that, but in the end Allen's 7th art masterpiece did better with bringing spirit of city with philosophy, in fact even "Anna and the french kiss" book for teens did better job and I strongly dislike this book, and that's a fact.