Review: Its a great and funny love story
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 29, 2014
The story is written in Maya's first-person narrative with direct addresses to the reader. She is funny. Especially in the second half of the book I laughed out loud from time to time. She is outgoing, glib and has her heart in the right place. Some authors let their female characters speak with body parts. In “A Little Bit Of Crazy” Maya dialogs with her libido. In my opinion it's kind of strange because I don’t know one woman who really talks with it but it can be funny and it is an interesting narration method in romance novels. I really loved Maya's and James' relationship. They have a really good chemistry; even when they fight. Their dialogs are dynamic, quick-witted and hilarious. They fit perfectly.Murphy's writing style is good enough to connect with the story but Maya's narration makes is hard to feel her emotions; mostly because she doesn’t want to feel what she feels. I only wished that I would feel her grief and heartbreak in the same amount I felt her happiness. Unfortunately, I laughed about some conversations and jokes but I didn’t tear up or cry when she experiences the bad or sad things.I'm really impressed with the arc of suspense and the differences from other romance novels. “A Little Bit Of Crazy” is an unconventional love story. Other romance novels start with the meeting and tell the story till the wedding. Murphy writes about an arranged marriage and I really liked the fact that Maya becomes fond of James and falls in love with him. She doesn’t step away from the promise she made to her father. In most of the books I read in the past the men are the wealthy one in the relationships but that isn’t the case in Murphy's story. Maya is the one with money and James handles the situation very well in my opinion.I really favor multiple storyline in a book. In my experiences multiple storylines make it easier to increase the arc of suspense. “A Little Bit Of Crazy” belongs to the few stories with only one storyline that doesn’t need another storyline to be exciting. It is a page-turner by its own. As an enthusiast of real and honest stories I totally appreciate the introduction of James' brother Lucas who gets evicted from his home and needs Maya's help. The comparisons of both lifestyles are really well elaborated and something I totally miss in stories about all the billionaires. They live in a dream world with no correspondence to reality. It is a nice change and contrast that the reader is confronted with American reality where only one percent is rich enough and ninety-nine percent has to struggle.27. Mai 2014