Perfect Girl: The fun happily ever after romcom about family feuds and getting even (Not Quite Perfect Book 1)

This book is a very satisfying rom com. I like Gorman's style, which I first discovered in Curvy Girls. She has a way of talking about things that are seen as flaws in women-- fatness, boundary setting-- and not only normalizing them, but making them part of the picture of what being a complex, real person is. Her books are not serious reads, but I'm not always looking for a serious read, and it's nice to see a more ethical treatment of flawed people in non-serious books. I'd highly recommend this to anyone who is looking for feminism and body positivity in books that aren't explicitly about those topics.

Perfect Girl wasn't perfect for me. Michele Gorman has a lighthearted style of writing chick lit which has been consistent in all of her novels. However, this one just didn't do it for me. Hard for me to relate to the main character who went above and beyond the call of duty and allowed herself to be sexually harassed day in and day out at her workplace. Also, the beginning of the book where she is being harangued by reporters saying "why did you do it?" is, I believe supposed to draw you in to wondering what a perfect girl could have possibly done wrong.........However, for me it just made me wonder why I had gone ahead and bought the book without reading the SAMPLE first. As I have enjoyed Ms. Gorman's other books, I will continue to explore her future novels. I just won't purchase one without checking it out first again.

I'll admit that the first part of this book was a bit difficult to read because Carole was such a pushover and I wanted to scream at people for having such high expectations of her and push her to stand up for herself. Once she did, however, I really enjoyed this book. It was very funny and the character development was terrific. I would have preferred a different outcome for her romantically though and curious whether anyone else agreed with me. But I can't spoil it!

I hope she writes quickly. So happy I found her because i can never put her books down. Off I go to find another!

The first half of the story you just wanted to smack this girl for being such a pansy! Then when she starts to be some confidence the story becomes flat. I finished the book but didn't look forward to reading it every night.

I'm about 1/3 of the way through this book and I am done . The main character , Carol, is a door mat . She lets her family, friends and boyfriend walk all over her and what she puts up with at work is beyond ridiculous . I read the sequel to this book first and I enjoyed it. But I'm not wasting any more time on this story .

Fun plot, fast paced story. If you want a light chick-flick worthy read this is a good one. I was hoping for a more involved ending though.

I hate to do it but there was so little happening in this book. I really tried to like it but it just never went anywhere. I couldn't relate to the main character and didn't find any of the other characters terribly interesting or believable. I stopped reading after about 1/4 of the way through.

Another great story from Michele Gorman. I love the way she writes. Her style is so fluid and chatty. It's like listening to a (very articulate) friend telling you deliciously scurrilous gossip. What I also loved about this story was that the setting was out of the ordinary. So often the heroines in commercial fiction do 'pretty' jobs in fashion, PR or baking. Carol is in the City. Her dilemma, as she discovers that someone in her firm has been using software she designed to mess with the markets, was both interesting and illuminating. I really felt as though I'd learned something valuable by the time I finished reading. I'd also laughed. A lot. Carol goes on a few blind dates in the course of the novel. They were comic masterpieces!

Aside from the heavily detailed financial world which went totally over my head at times, this is a book I can seriously relate to in terms of living your life as being seen as a perfectionist. A lovely rom com with some very funny moments, and she didn't end up with the guy I thought she would - always a bonus in what are normally very predictable rom coms! Looking forward to now reading the sequel, Christmas Carol... :)

I liked this book. It was interesting reading about a heroine with a job you don't usually see in these kind of books. They usually do something creative like writing, baking cakes, sewing etc etc. A book set in the banking world was definitely a change of scene. I would say it's not really romantic, it's more about a character learning to become independent and stand up for herself.

I only read a few chapters because I didn't enjoy reading it. The storey was confusing.

What a load of old !!!! How boring. I skipped have of part 1 and skimmed part 2. This story could be good if it was 5 pages. Predictable. Naff characters. Character isn't perfect she is weak. I just hope I didn't pay money for it.