Review: Goodnight Tweetheart

May 12, 2011

Summary (from Goodreads): Abigail Donovan has a lot of stuff she should be doing. Namely writing her next novel. A bestselling author who is still recovering from a near Pulitzer Prize win and the heady success that follows Oprah’s stamp of approval, she is stuck at Chapter Five and losing confidence daily. But when her publicist signs her up for a Twitter account, she’s intrigued. What’s all the fuss?

Taken under the wing of one of her Twitter followers, “MarkBaynard”—a quick witted, quick-typing professor on sabbatical—Abby finds it easy to put words out into the world 140 characters at a time. And once she gets a handle on tweets, retweets, direct messages, hashtags, and trends, she starts to feel unblocked in writing and in life. After all, why should she be spending hours in her apartment staring at her TweetDeck and fretting about her stalled career when Mark is out there traveling the world and living?

Or is he?

Told almost entirely in tweets and DMs, Goodnight Tweetheart is a truly modern take on a classic tale of love and loss—a Griffin and Sabine for the Twitter generation.

My Thoughts: This was a fun, light read. Perfect for summertime. I wanted so much to give it five stars, but the ending didn’t give me enough. I want just a smidgen more. …

I don’t think there’s as much depth to Abby as there could be. But then, perhaps that’s part of the point? How deeply can you know someone you meet and interact with on Twitter? How do you know they really are who they present themselves as? Mark, on the other hand, once we find out exactly what’s going on with him, there’s plenty of depth.We do learn a lot about Abby, but I think readers could be given more about her past. See more of her relationship with her father, rather than just hearing about it. I dunno …

I didn’t have any problems with the lack of depth, really. I think because the story makes up for it. It’s fun, it’s touching, it’s sweet … I smiled. I laughed. I almost cried. This book touches all of the big emotional buttons – except maybe anger or fear – and that made me not even notice Abby’s lack of depth until I sat to write about it. Really, the only issue I have is the ending. I felt like one of the bigger questions wasn’t answered. I don’t want to determine for myself what happens in regards to Mark. I want to know. (Trying to be vague here.)

Despite all of that, I thought this was a lot of fun. It’s quick and easy to breeze through, and perfect for reading on the pool deck or beach. I would recommend it, and maybe even read it again sometime.

My Rating: 4.5 stars

Source: Received through Crazy Book Tours for review.

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Challenges: Counts for 100 Books in a Year Reading Challenge 2011.

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