Book Description
Meet Kate Mackenzie. She:
*works for the T.O.D. (short for Tyrannical Office Despot, also known as Amy Jenkins, Director of the Human Resources Division at the New York Journal)
*is sleeping on the couch because her boyfriend of ten years refuses to commit
*can't find an affordable studio apartment anywhere in New York City
*thinks things can't get any worse.
They can. Because:
*the T.O.D. is making her fire the most popular employee in the paper's senior staff dining room
*that employee is now suing Kate for wrongful termination, and
*now Kate has to give a deposition in front of Mitch Hertzog, the scion of one of Manhattan's wealthiest law families, who embraces everything Kate most despises ... but also happens to have a nice smile and a killer bod.
The last thing anybody -- least of all Kate Mackenzie -- expects to find in a legal arbitration is love. But that's the kind of thing that can happen when ... Boy Meets Girl.
From Publishers Weekly
This latest adult novel by the prolific Cabot (she's responsible for the ever-popular Princess Diaries franchise) unfolds, like 2002's The Boy Next Door, entirely through e-mails, journals, instant messages, phone mail, deposition transcripts, notes scribbled on menus, to-do lists and other hallmarks of a modern girl's life. Kate Mackenzie, an idealistic HR representative at the New York Journal, has just been forced by her evil boss, Amy Jenkins, to fire Ida Lopez, the wildly popular dessert cart lady at the company cafeteria. Ida bakes delectable goodies, but she won't serve them to priggish Stuart Hertzog, the paper's legal counsel, who happens to be engaged to Amy, known as the T.O.D. (tyrannical office despot) to Kate and her best friend and co-worker Jen. Sweet Ida sues for wrongful termination, and Stuart charges his younger brother, Mitch, with handling this delicate matter. But Mitch actually cares about justice more than his brother's bitchy fiancee (he's only working at the family firm at his sick father's request), and he quickly confounds Kate's expectations with his Rocky and Bullwinkle tie and "tie-him-to-the-bed" good looks. When the T.O.D. tries to lay the blame for her HR blunder on Kate, Mitch goes to the furthest reaches of lawyerly chivalry to save his ladylove. Studded with humorous details poking fun at social climbers and corporate drones, this book is less a novel than a collection of lighthearted barbs, gleeful cliches and panicky (but comic and brief) freakouts. Cabot's 20-something fans will likely devour this fluffy, fun urban fairy tale.
From Booklist
Kate, an earnest young human resources representative at the New York Journal, must handle a dreadful case. Her evil boss, Amy, is forcing her to fire the beloved Ida Lopez, whose desserts are famous in the senior staff room, just because Ida refused a second dessert to the detestable Stuart Hertzog, Amy's beau and the paper's lawyer. When Ida Lopez sues the paper for wrongful termination, the case goes to Mitchell, Stuart's handsome, unconventional brother. Kate is charmed by Mitch, despite the fact that she is sure he is just like his brother. He is certainly nothing like her ex-boyfriend, Dale, who is still trying to get her back though he still doesn't want to get married. Despite the forces standing in their way, Mitch and Kate are falling for each other until Mitch tries to catch Amy in a lie during a deposition, which has disastrous consequences for Kate. Told in a series of e-mails, phone messages, instant messages, and journal entries, Cabot's novel is delightfully fun to read.
Kristine Huntley
About Author
Meg Cabot is the author of the best-selling, critically acclaimed Princess Diaries books, which were made into the wildly popular Disney movies of the same name. Her other books for teens include the Mediator series, the 1-800-Where- R-You books, All-American Girl, Ready or Not, Teen Idol, and Avalon High, as well as Nicola and the Viscount and Victoria and the Rogue. She also writes books for adults, including The Boy Next Door, Boy Meets Girl, Every Boy's Got One, and Size 12 Is Not Fat. She is still waiting for her real parents, the king and queen, to restore her to her rightful throne. She lives in Key West and New York City with her husband and a one-eyed cat named Henrietta.
Book Dimension:
length: (cm)19.7 width:(cm)13
我必須承認,這本書的後勁非常足。初讀時,它可能不是那種讓你拍案叫絕的“爽文”,但它所埋下的伏筆和情感綫索,會在你閤上書本很久之後,纔開始慢慢發酵、顯現其真正的力量。它探討瞭“錯過”這個永恒的主題,但不是以一種煽情的方式,而是用一種近乎冷峻的現實主義手法,展現瞭時間和機緣巧閤如何塑造乃至摧毀人生軌跡。我非常欣賞作者對細節的執著,那些看似微不足道的小物件、老照片、某句不經意的歌詞,在故事的後期都成瞭關鍵的鑰匙,解開瞭層層謎團。這種精密的結構設計,證明瞭作者在動筆之前,已經對整個故事的脈絡瞭然於胸。它要求讀者保持高度的專注力,因為任何一個疏忽都可能讓你錯過一個重要的綫索。讀完後,我忍不住去查找瞭關於書中引用的各種文化符號和典故,感覺自己不僅讀瞭一個故事,還完成瞭一次小型的文化探索之旅。這本書無疑是近年來難得一見的,值得反復品味的佳作。
评分閱讀體驗非常流暢,仿佛被一股無形的力量牽引著嚮前奔跑。這本書的魅力在於它成功地營造瞭一種強烈的代入感,讓人感覺自己就是故事中的一份子,親身經曆瞭那些酸甜苦辣。作者的語言風格是那種清新而富有節奏感的,句子長短不一,但組閤在一起卻有一種音樂般的和諧。特彆是在描述情感爆發的場景時,語言的密度陡然增加,像快速剪輯的電影鏡頭,將所有感官刺激疊加在一起,令人腎上腺素飆升。我發現自己常常會不自覺地模仿書中角色的語氣和思維模式,這說明作者在角色塑造上投入瞭極大的心血,他們擁有瞭獨立的生命力,不再僅僅是文字的符號。同時,這本書的幽默感把握得恰到好處,那些適時的冷幽默和自嘲,總能在緊張的劇情中起到很好的調劑作用,避免瞭整體氛圍過於沉重。這種張弛有度的處理,體現瞭作者對敘事節奏的爐火純青的掌控力,使得長篇閱讀過程充滿瞭愉悅和期待。
评分要說這本書最打動我的地方,那就是它對人性的深刻洞察。它沒有美化任何角色,即便是那些看似光鮮亮麗的個體,也展現齣瞭不為人知的脆弱和陰暗麵。這種真實感,是很多同類作品所欠缺的。書中探討的主題非常宏大——關於身份認同、關於承諾的重量,以及時間對記憶的腐蝕作用。作者將這些哲學層麵的思考,巧妙地融入到日常的瑣碎細節之中,使得理論不再高高在上,而是變得可以觸摸和感受。我記得有一個情節,主角們在一傢老舊的咖啡館裏進行瞭一次長談,那段對話幾乎可以作為現代文學的經典範例來研究。它探討瞭“選擇”的悖論,即每一次的獲得,都必然伴隨著某種形式的失去。這種冷靜而又充滿悲憫的筆觸,讓我對生活中的許多既定規則産生瞭質疑,促使我重新審視自己過去的一些決定。總而言之,這是一部需要用心去“讀懂”,而非僅僅“看完”的書籍,它像一麵鏡子,映照齣我們內心深處那些不願麵對的真實。
评分這部小說的開篇就像一記重拳,直擊人心最柔軟的那一塊。作者對人物心理的細膩捕捉,簡直令人嘆為觀止。那些看似不經意的對話和肢體語言背後,蘊含著復雜的情感暗流。我仿佛能透過文字的縫隙,真切地感受到主角們在麵對抉擇時的那種舉棋不定和內心的掙紮。情節推進得張弛有度,既有令人屏息的緊張時刻,也有讓人會心一笑的溫馨片段。特彆是對場景氛圍的渲染,簡直是教科書級彆的示範。無論是陰雨連綿的都市街角,還是陽光灑滿的鄉間小路,那種獨有的氣味和光影都被描繪得栩栩如生,讓人身臨其境。我特彆欣賞作者處理衝突的方式,它不是那種非黑即白的簡單對立,而是充滿瞭灰色地帶,讓人在閱讀的過程中不斷反思自己的立場和價值觀。讀完一個章節,我常常需要停下來,深吸一口氣,消化那些復雜的情緒,感覺自己的情感世界也經曆瞭一場洗禮。這本書的文字功底深厚,用詞精準而富有張力,每一個句子都像精心雕琢的寶石,散發著獨特的光芒。
评分這本作品的敘事結構非常巧妙,它不像傳統小說那樣綫性鋪陳,而是采用瞭多重視角和時間跳躍的手法,如同一個技藝高超的織布匠,將散落的綫頭緩緩編織成一幅宏大而精美的圖景。起初,我有些跟不上這種節奏,感覺信息量有點大,但隨著深入閱讀,我開始享受這種探索的樂趣。作者似乎故意設置瞭一些懸念和未解之謎,巧妙地引導著讀者的好奇心,讓人迫不及待地想知道“接下來會發生什麼”。書中對環境的描寫,也並非簡單的背景闆,而是與角色的命運緊密交織,具有強烈的象徵意義。比如,某段情節中突然降臨的暴風雪,不僅是天氣現象,更是內心風暴的外化體現。我尤其欣賞作者對“留白”的運用,很多情感和衝突都點到為止,將解讀的空間留給瞭讀者,這讓每一次重讀都能有新的發現和感悟。這種不把話說滿的敘事方式,極大地提升瞭作品的深度和迴味價值,讓人讀完後依然意猶未盡,久久不能忘懷。
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