Review: A Field Guide for Heartbreakers by Kristen Tracy
Title: A Field Guide for Heartbreakers
Hardcover, 352 pages
Author: Kristen Tracy
Publisher: Hyperion
Publication Date: June 1, 2010
Book Summary:
When best friends Dessy and Veronica arrive in Prague for a prestigious writing workshop, their priorities diverge. Dessy, fragile from a recent breakup, has come to mend her broken heart by honing her craft. Veronica has just dumped her boyfriend and plans to blow off the workshop. She’d rather master a different subject—boys. Veronica gets right to work on her “man-wall”— one paper cutout for every hot-dude she meets— and embarks on her mission to cover a wall of their dorm by summer’s end. At times, Dessy thinks her friend might be a genius. At others, Veronica seems more like an agent of chaos. As if their love lives weren’t complicated enough, soon a homicidal suitemate is bent on killing Veronica and Dessy, and both girls are hiding secrets that could wreck their friendship. Well, no one ever said breaking hearts was a simple craft. . . .
Review:
I began to read and immediately detested Veronica. She is a spoiled girl with a bad attitude, and I got tired of reading what she had to say after ten pages. And I got tired of how much drama she was – which made me feel bad for Dessy, who was getting her study abroad experience ruined because of her friend.
I enjoyed situations that were purely Dessy – how she interacted with the boys on the trip, reading about the stories she was writing, getting to see how she was learning from the class she was taking. But that would only satisfy me for so long before Veronica barged in and did something utterly ridiculous.
So basically, what I’m saying is I only partially liked this book. If Veronica could have been toned down a bit, I think I would have liked it a lot more – as it stood, it was too much drama and too much snottiness.
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I don't like characters to be spoiled or have bad attitude, but Dessy seems to be great.
Maybe I'll read it!
The cover would make me pick up the book, too. But, I don't think this one will make my TBR.
Have a great day!
I completely agree! I had such high expectations for this book, but Veronica was just too much for me