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Pleasantly Surprised!

This offbeat romance was delightful. Mr. Martin's writing style is fresh and engaging. The book was a quick and easy read, but there was excellent character development. It was laugh out loud funny in parts, but also very poignant. I frequently found myself re-reading certain lines because I loved the unique way in which they were written. It is intelligent and does not have the pat ending of many other light romance stories. It is probably more accurately described as a novella than a book, but the length seemed just right for the story. I look forward to reading more stories by Steve Martin if they are as sharp, witty and quirky as this one.

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one of my favourite books

it's beautiful. read it. Based on how much I loved this book, I bought The Pleasure of my Company, and An Object of Beauty; his gentle humor in the event of ridiculous circumstance is what I keep coming back for. He reminds me of a modern-day Somerset Maugham.

delightful

A perfectly captured story

Wonderful

So original and satisfying read

Interesting read!

The perspective that the book was written in was very interesting. The story was short, but mostly to the point. I would be interested to see what happened to the characters down the road. In my opinion, the story could have had more to it.

Mr.Martin should stick to acting!!

This is one of the worst books I have listened to in a long time.The charactors rarely spoke to each other.Mr. Martin told us everything about the charactors backgrounds,what they were thinking,why they thought the way they do,etc.Boring book. The next time a book tells me it is 'witty' I will run,not walk, away from it!

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Too bad it had to end

I finished reading this novella in one day and when I did, I immediately started reading it again. Martin's writing is terrific. The characters come alive and it is hard not to think about them after putting the novella down. Everyone knows a Mirabelle, Jeremy, or Ray. I only wish that every book is as enjoyable as this one.

Simply delightful!

I love to 'read' while I drive. This book made it delightful to get caught in traffic and drive out of my way home so I could 'read' on. Although shorter than I would have liked, I immediately related to the characters and found them easy to get to know. Recommend.

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