Pretty entertaining book about who you can meet through online dating!

I admit I was not particulary fond by this book at first, Jess was a little too pretentious and uptight.. But as the pages went on, Jess grow a little more. Really nice in the end, the easy, funny and cheesy little book us girl need sometimes to dream a little bit.

Cute but kind of blah ...

I'd forgotten about this one, but it wasn't bad. Any online dating book I've read has gone for the "oh, dear! Look who's out there!" jokes without being overly cognizant that the main character is also one of the problems. I personally found Jessica - at times - to be overly sharp and uncaring of other people's feelings. But I vaguely recall that she got better and I did like the ending.

bad writing, plot all over the place. don't waste your time.

1.5 stars
About 100 pages in with no predictable love interest on the horizon, my hopes perked up. Maybe this wouldn't be another vapid, predictable, unsatisfying chick lit novel about a British girl looking for love. Maybe our heroine would actually learn there is more to life than men and drinking and do something. When the lighthearted, predictable plot turned somber, I figured it might just happen too.
Alas, for wasted hopes.
It isn't that the book utterly fails. From one angle, it actually succeeds in giving some plausibility to Jess's character change. It is easy to see how grief and worry would give her more of a backbone as she re-prioritizes her life. Even the very dated references to technology (AOL? Eeek, save me) didn't ruin the story (though I double checked the publishing date, like, 4 times.)
What made Love @ First Site a failure in my mind was the somewhat mushy, tepid conclusion at the end. "Sex is great but not everything in a relationship."
Wowza, thanks for that burst of wisdom.
Jess is 34 but she drinks and carries on like she is 10 years younger. She's constantly drinking, drunk, or recovering from a hangover. While I appreciated the pro-motherhood statements, she was not the strong "I-don't-need-a-man" heroine promised to me in the synopsis. She followed the standard, hormonal chick lit heroine too closely to be strong. I got seriously bored with her snobbery.
Finally, though, the largest turnoff for me was Jess's relationship with Simon, a slime-ball, and the lack of any real chemistry between her and her eventual love interest. Everything is neatly (and utterly predictably) tied up with a bow but I find it hard to feel anything other than relief than its over.

This was really cute! I wasn't expecting the serious turn but it balanced out over all as a very pleasant read. Very happy that the main character wasn't a ditsy idiot for a change! Great read A+

Language, language, language. Sheesh! It had such good potential too. Oh well.

the reader of this CD is also the reader of at least one of the Sophie Kinsella books I listened to.
I'm only on the 2nd out of 10 cd's, but I'm enjoying it so far.

I very much enjoyed reading this but if a man did this to me I'd kill him

Classic chick lit formula, complete with a predictable ending, but with an added bonus of heartfelt family drama that worked with the "finding love" storyline. I wish I didn't wait so long to pick this one up. I was looking for a light read, and I am happy that I found this on my shelf. Perfect beach read, or when you just want a pick-me-up!

Fun book, but a bit predictable.