Do You like book Otherwise Engaged (2000)?
I purchased this book two years ago when I was engaged. I am embarrassed to say that I bought it because of the title. Ya know, when you're engaged and planning a wedding, you become OBSESSED with anything wedding. LOLThis book was an easy read, but it wasn't very interesting and I had a hard time staying focused. It was supposed to be funny, but I didn't find it very funny. I only made myself finish reading it because I kept pushing myself along, hoping the book would get better. I wanted to just quit reading but force myself to finish since I was so closer to teh end than the beginning.I wouldn't recommend this book. Boring.
—Andrea
I went online to read some Amazon reviews, because I actually thought maybe I'd read the wrong book by accident after hearing glowing reviews about Otherwise Engaged. Nope -- apparently I just in the minority. Publisher's Weekly claims that "starting where Bridget Jones's Diary and Animal Husbandry left off, Finnamore's debut novel humorously chronicles one woman's life of limbo, now that she's achieved an engagement ring." I wouldn't so much call it humorous as I would call it depressing and awful.
—Jennifer
1.5 stars, rounded up only because I actually finished it instead of abandoning it the way I wanted to all the way through. A review I read in a magazine described it as funny and witty. There's definitely some snark in it, which is amusing, but none of the main characters were particularly likeable. I wouldn't marry either of them, and I'd put the odds on divorce high. Do people really angst that much during an engagement? I never had a need to beauties just for the sake of marriage, and I would have canceled an engagement with even a fraction of this much drama.
—Aviva
