Review: funny and original
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 4, 2014
Mercury Lauren writes books she classifies as "satire" but the literary world at large categorizes them as "chick lit." Despite a very successful career, she spends more time than she'd like defending her books to all the naysayers, including her older brother. Mercury wants nothing more than to have one of her books reviewed by the New York Times but unknowingly insults the man in charge of the New York Times book review. Once she realizes her mistake, Mercury alternates between apologizing to this man, continuing to insult him, stalking him, and flirting with him. Will she get what she wants? You'll have to read it!I wasn't sure what to expect from this book but as a chick lit author myself, I was intrigued and not disappointed. It was hilarious. Mercury was definitely not your typical chick lit heroine. She was quirky and weird but in an original way. She was also insecure about her looks, yet surprisingly sexually aggressive and flirtatious at the same time. I couldn't quite figure her out and I wasn't always sure I liked her - very self absorbed - but she was gutsy, animated, and outspoken. Definitely a fun character to read about. The love story was by turns hilarious and romantic.I quite enjoyed this read and I loved the ending. My only issue was that at times, I got the feeling that the author herself is anti chick lit and chick lit authors, and since I thought the book was going to champion the genre, I was surprised by some negative generalizations made about it. It made me wonder if the author would even consider Pursuing the Times to be chick lit, which it most certainly is.