I Take You: A Novel, by Eliza Kennedy
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I Take You: A Novel, by Eliza Kennedy
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Brilliantly executed and endlessly funny, this pause-resistant debut showcases one of the most winning, irrepressible voices since Helen Fielding's Bridget Jones.
I'm getting married.
He's perfect!
It's a disaster.
Meet Lily Wilder - New Yorker, lawyer, and bride-to-be. She has a dream job, great friends, a family full of charismatic and loving women, and a total catch of a fiancé.
Also? She has no business getting married.
Lily's fiancé, Will, is a brilliant, handsome archaeologist. Lily is sassy, impulsive, fond of a good drink (or five), and completely incapable of being faithful to just one man. Lily likes Will, but does she love him? Will loves Lily, but does he really know her? As the wedding approaches, Lily's nights - and mornings, and afternoons - of booze, laughter, and questionable decisions become a growing reminder that the happiest day of her life might turn out to be her worst mistake yet.
Bridget Jones's Diary meets Where'd You Go, Bernadette in this joyous and ribald debut, introducing a self-assured protagonist whose choices raise fresh questions about gender, politics, monogamy, and the true meaning of fidelity.
I Take You: A Novel, by Eliza Kennedy- Amazon Sales Rank: #16785 in Audible
- Published on: 2015-05-05
- Released on: 2015-05-05
- Format: Unabridged
- Original language: English
- Running time: 623 minutes
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36 of 38 people found the following review helpful. I Liked The Book Okay, But Never Really Laughed or Connected With The Characters By Robin The story covers Lily's antics, including her sexual romps, in the week prior to her wedding to Will. I wanted to find humor in the book so bad, but I never did find it funny or laugh at all. Perhaps it's because it's pretty crass at times (like the old people and restrooms bit) or because I've been around people like Lily and it grows tiresome with the constant superficial quips, potty mouth, drinking, sexual conquests, etc. But even though not my taste, I can imagine some people will enjoy this book and find it funny, entertaining and sexy at times.I think the pace of the book was off for me. The first half was slow and repetitive. Lily is an open book and her quips and escapades are like a broken record-we quickly learn that she's a newbie lawyer who loves to drink, party and have sex and is nonchalant about being repeatedly unfaithful to her fiance even the week before her wedding. They've only been together 6 months and family and friends vocalize worry that the marriage is doomed because Will doesn't know enough about Lily's past antics and her still ongoing infidelities. She hasn't been honest with Will about her ongoing sexual exploits. But her main concern is really whether she wants to marry him. I got tired of Lily in the first half of the book. Will is almost nonexistent, and so I had no affinity for his character and didn't care if they got married or not. I guess I just got bored and wanted to stop reading about her conquests, and I also didn't find her fraud litigation case and law career that interesting (though there's not a lot about it).I did finish the book, and I'm glad I did because the second half picked up the pace and was much more interesting. We learn more about Will, Lily's court case gets a little more interesting and the characters themselves connect more and become more reflective as the wedding date draws closer. Plus, there's a surprising twist. Will they marry or not? I'm not telling! I ended up liking the book okay, but it was not a page turner for me until close to the end when I finally felt interested to see how it would play out. I think whether or not someone enjoys the book or finds it funny could be colored by one's own views of marriage, sex and infidelity. For me, I mostly think the pace of the book was off and the beginning half was too flippant and shallow to get interested in early enough to get invested in the story -- but maybe younger adults in the process of defining what they want out of intimate relationships, what their own sexual boundaries are and what it means to the individual to be in a committed relationship would enjoy it more. I just didn't feel like I was involved in Lily's journey until late in the book, and I just liked the book okay.
21 of 23 people found the following review helpful. problematic and not for everyone - but I laughed and laughed By RobynJC I Take You is the story of Lily Wilder, a funny, sharp attorney who's getting married in six days to Will. Will is perfect: an archaeologist who inspires comparisons to Indiana Jones with his geek-cute style, given to quoting Epictetus at her, and happily bantering with her crazy set of in-laws (her father is a serial marrier, so Lily's got not just a mom, but a whole batch of step mothers and a kooky grandma as well). There's just one problem: Will is kind of... boring. And that brings up another problem...Lily can't stop sleeping with other men. Men she picks up in bars, men who are part of the wedding party....all men.As the day of her wedding approaches, Lily and the entire bridal party descend upon Key West, the locale of Lily's childhood, the place she fled when she was 14 and has never returned. As Lily careens towards the wedding she finds herself juggling multiple one night stands, an unraveling deposition for a huge case, loving family members who want her to call the whole thing off (see: one night stands), and a mother in law who is willing to stoop to blackmail to make sure that Lily doesn't follow through with the wedding.This is both a delightful book and a problematic one. On the delightful side: it is funny. I laughed, and laughed. Lily has a sharp wit, and the writer has a natural, easy way of translating that to the page. So many of the characters are so well drawn; there is a huge cast of interesting female characters, from the mom and two step-moms (a home renovator, Congresswoman, and society doyenne), the recently retired legal eagle grandma, the loving lesbian best friend, and the barracuda States' Attorney mother in law. Plus, there is a twist with Will, the perfect Indiana Jones fiancee, that I didn't see coming.But. It's problematic. Lily's behavior, throughout the week, is SO unlikable, and so cruel in some cases, that it becomes hard to root for her. She does sleep with lots of men - from random strangers she meets in bars, to, yes, good friends of her fiancee's. (This isn't a spoiler, because bizarrely, it's presented as not such a big deal.) She is horribly cruel and nasty to her in-laws when she meets them, hoping on some level to sabotage the engagement. Obviously, Lily is ambivalent about getting married, but the way she deals with it is so awful, that it becomes hard to like her - just because she's funny?The book also tries to make some moral points, but the morality was muddled. There was a lot about sexual freedom, and the double standards applied to men and women with regard to sex. This is hardly a new idea - Samantha from Sex and the City started this debate decades ago. But Samantha wasn't sleeping with her fiancee's best friend two days before the wedding. I personally don't judge Lily for having lots of sex with strangers; I judge her for doing it three days before her wedding, behind her fiancee's back, with his friends. (And a note to those who might be more conservative - this is pretty graphic sex.) And okay, if Lily doesn't want to get married, and finds monogamy and marriage stifling, also fine, but here's a hint: don't get married! It was so hard to figure out why she wanted to get married, and hard to be on her side when she's getting wasted and lashing out at her husband's in laws. Ms. Kennedy obviously had some agenda items in terms of morality, monogamy, marriage, etc. - but after a while, it felt like I was getting lectured at by a drunk (Lily, not the author) who didn't have a leg to stand on. And the ending tried to turn all that on its head, trying to build a "happy ending" out of a very fractured scenario.So - maybe four stars is a bit high? But I read it quickly, the humor was spot on, the characters were fantastic and funny, and this is a first author. So I'm going to give it a generous notch up, in honor of those admirable traits. Definitely read it for the funny, and hope that next time, perhaps, the author can resolve some of the fractured moralizing and find a story a bit more worth of her fantastic natural skills.
18 of 21 people found the following review helpful. Lots of Sex but Low on Laughs By MJReynolds32 I truly wanted to like this book. I loved the cover, and thought the premise - a young woman who was sure that she wanted lots and lots of sex but was unsure that she wanted lots and lots of sex with only one man after they said "I do" was promising. I love strong female characters and I enjoy funny, witty romps into the realm of chick-lit, but I can't say I liked this book.What it did right - there were some humorous scenes particularly when Lily (the main character) is on her worst behavior while sightseeing, meeting her soon to be in-laws or in the courtroom. I also liked Lily's father and her best friend, and even some of her conquests, particularly Ian. There were a lot of moments where I chose to keep reading because I was very interested in the satellite characters and I wish the book had more of them.What it did wrong - this was Becky Bloomwood all over again. When I first started reading the Shopaholic novels by Sophie Kinsella I wanted to root for Becky and I wanted to be fine with the fact that although the character was a complete ditz and seemingly screwed up everything in her life because of her inability to balance her checkbook and be a functioning adult, her charm and pluck got her out of every tight spot. As the series wore on, I started to dislike Becky more and more. I found her ridiculous, childish and often completely infuriating. The fact that Becky always wound up smelling like roses was grating by the third book, and by the last book sickening. It only took one book for me to completely dislike Lily. I never rooted for her, and every time I thought she would see consequences to her actions (not her sexual actions mind you, but her complete disregard for the feelings of other characters and her inexplicable disrespect for her profession) she came out on top. I don't think it's cute or empowering to hear a character describe herself as a slut or bear no accountability for her actions. I felt cheated that the only self discovery that led to any action on her part was reversed bu the end of the book.The sex is plentiful and relatively hot although I was curious as to how many more times I was going to have to hear "slid a finger inside me" which is as un-sexy a phrase as any and used as often as "my inner goddess" was in the Fifty Shades books. My theory is that Lily sleeps with countless men because it feels pretty good even though none of them are able to locate her clitoris. I found it baffling how that crucial bit of the female anatomy was left out of every sex scene.I knew this book was hitting the shelves yesterday (May 5th), so I faithfully read the ARC copy I received from the publisher so I could review it. Sadly, I can't recommend it.
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