Saturday, June 25, 2011

I Take This Man

First off, let me start out by saying this book is extremely explicit and SHOULD NOT be read by anyone under the age of 18! I would recommend this for young, mature adults. This probably is one of my least favorite books and would not have bought it if it had not been in the "Bargain Bin" on sale for $4. The language is untasteful for me. She author doesn't drop the F Bomb a few times, but multiple times in each of the 30-something chapters. It is really ridiculous to use the F word that many times. The storyline is good for a young audience (under the age of 30 but over the age of 18). It is about a girl who gets left at the altar on her wedding day and her mother knocks out the fiance and kidnaps him. I actually enjoyed the story when I ignored all of the foul language. There was also a lot of uncalled sexual content. I realize that sex sales, but this was by far too much! Nearly every chapter had some detail of someone having sex, especially outside of marriage. I realize that it is not uncommon for couples to do that nowadays, but it really was too much. And the F word was used several times as not only a curse word, but also a sexual phrase. It really ruined the book for me. Sorry for anyone who absolutely loved this book. I thought it would be much better because it received high remarks from one of my favorite authors, Meg Cabot. She is the author of all of the Princess Diaries, which were the inspirations for the movies. Her books do contain a handful of curse words and maybe one or two sexual comments or gestures, but they are nothing like this books'. I will let you make the call on whether you want to read this or not. If you would like to continue a discussion, please feel free to comment or message me. I would love to hear from you!

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