Double Click

by Lisa Becker

• ISBN10: 1456614495
• ISBN13: 9781456614492
• Publish Date: 29 March 2013
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Ebookit.com
• Format: eBook
• Pages: 281
• Language: English

Reviews

[Rowena]

In this book, Renee and Ethan are together and they’re happy. Shelley is single and Ashley just had a baby and…even Mark has someone. Mark brings his new girlfriend around and the girls are not fans of her. She’s too much to take and Shelley outright hates her which makes Renee think that Shelley has feelings for Mark (so not the case) but Renee is determined to get along with Mark’s girlfriend…for Mark. And she wants everyone else to give her another shot so a good chunk of the book is spent trying to get along with Mark’s sweetie.

As fun as this book was, there were times when the story dragged. There were times when I found myself dazing off with the book open and just thinking about other things. I liked the book but it wasn’t my favorite. I liked the first book better. Though I will say that it was good to see the gang again, when the story ended I wasn’t sad or mad about it. I thought everything came full circle and it was a fitting ending. Everyone is happy and moving on with their lives. Which was good. So while this book wasn’t the best thing that I’ve read, it was still a solid read.

[Kim Deister]

Double Click is the sequel to another fave of mine, Click, which I reviewed not too long ago here. Chick lit is not usually my thing, but I can't help but love these books. Renee is the central character in the book, but each of the others has their own story, too, including a new character Cassie. Each one of them reminds the reader of someone they know in their own lives, both in good ways and in bad.

I absolutely love the author's unique technique of telling the story entirely through emails that are sent between the friends. It seems like it would be hard to truly tell a full, well-rounded story that way, but it truly is.

Things to love about Double Click...

--Renee and her friends. I absolutely love them. They are so different from one another and it keeps the story fun. They are often irreverent, but they are all so fiercely loyal to one another. Every one of them reminds me of someone in my own life.

--Ashley and her pregnancy. However annoying she may be to me, I love that there was a strain of seriousness with her postpartum issues of pregnancy.

--The story's format. As I said before, it was fantastically fun. Every last bit of the story is told through emails, sometimes with disastrous results. It didn't feel like a single thing was missing, even though there was, in reality, not one single scene that took place "live" and "in person."

My recommendation: RUN, don't walk, and read this fun novel!