The Bookish Life of Nina Hill

Positive things first: this is a reasonably fast read with a number of amusing parts to it, and plenty of snappy dialog. That said, I don't think I would have enjoyed it nearly as much if I had purchased it instead of borrowing it from the library.

Ultimately, it was too much like a sitcom in a number of ways: overly zany and/or stereotypical characters getting up to improbable hijinks and into awkward situations, but everything turns out fine at the end, wrapped up nice and neatly with an accompanying laugh track to send us off into a happily ever after. All the relationships felt rushed, shallow, or both, and there were several instances of awkward head hopping between viewpoint characters that made things hard to follow.

I think that as long as a reader goes into the story expecting a sitcom (and all the attendant improbabilities that go with that territory), then enjoyment can be had here. But if one wants something with depth and substance one should probably look elsewhere.