Review: Fun, smart book!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 24, 2013
When I first heard the premise of this book, I thought it sounded great. And it truly is, especially in the hands of this author. It is a funny, romantic, intelligent read! I started it in the midst of reading 3 other books, but I finished Loosely Translated first as it is just such a great book I had to know what happened.While I admit I'm not much of a romance reader, this book is so well written and humorous, I absolutely loved it. There are truly (sorry to use a cliché-but it fits) laugh-out-loud funny moments. My favorite is when Maria realizes Mike's speech-to-text has been catching all their "private communications" during the night. I literally rolled on that one! The whole book is full of witty, thoughtful exchanges, and keeps you wanting to know, just how are things going to work out for these characters? Sometimes I felt for Maria's plight as an unpublished author, sometimes I thought Mike should smack her smart mouth! I love the technique the barber uses to teach Mike Spanish. The back and forth at the beginning that shows the two VERY different people we meet in the main characters is perfect. I could go on and on. It is just such a clever book!This is a truly fun & funny novel. Great touches of Spanish culture and history in it as well. I highly recommend it to everyone and anyone! And the epilogues at the end...priceless! It was like getting through a fabulous movie, and then seeing the funniest out takes and various resolutions to the cast of characters. I agree with another reviewer who commented that this would make an EXCELLENT movie. I know my girlfriends and I would all be in line for it!