Franny's Friends

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How much more interesting would this story be if I didn’t know from the off that both Franny and Hayes had insta-attraction to each other that only grows with each interaction and isn’t spoiled by learning any new information about the other? Exponentially, that’s how much. An epically disastrous meet cute with a wardrobe malfunction and a viral hashtag. #SubwayQTs for the win! The acting looks respectable. What about the story itself? Well, that's something else. First, it is terribly boring and dead simple. The whole story (not the psychological situation) can easily be summarized in a few concise sentences. In other words, nothing much happens. What story were they actually trying to tell? The tragedy of lost friends and a painful rehabilitation? A demonstration of excessive generosity and intrusiveness? The physical and mental deterioration because of an addiction? All of that was in it, but the character study dominated. Also certain questions remained unanswered. Was it really Franny's fault? Where did his fortune come from? And isn't it so that rich people can buy whatever they want? What I do know is that I'll give 'Time out of mind "a chance.

Pretty sexless. At a certain point, two healthy single adults who are attracted to each other will act on that attraction and there was sooooo much delay. And almost from the moment their physical relationship commenced, they were content to drink tea and read the paper. Like yes, that's nice, but also, rip each other's clothes off! I didn't feel any momentum with the storyline and plot, so there was nothing to grab onto me to keep me reading. I can't say it was one specific thing about the book that caused me to not like it, I just got bored. I skimmed a lot, particularly the second half, looking desperately for something to pull me in. But it never happened. The Benefactor, Franny Watts, (Richard Gere) meddles in the lives of Olivia (Dakota Fanning) and Luke (Theo James) who are expecting their first baby. Olivia was the daughter of Franny's best friends who were killed in an auto accident. Olivia does not know that Franny caused the accident her parents were in. Franny is hooked on pain killers (from the accident) and needs more meds that he hopes Luke, a doctor, will prescribe for him. Everything about Franny is quid pro quo. Layoffs are one of the biggest problems everybody is facing in the MNCs. The author tries to discuss the causes of layoffs and how they affect the lives of people and their families.

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What is the difference between adopting a dog, adopting a cat, adopting a kitten or adopting a puppy versus getting dogs for sale, cats for sale, puppies for sale or kittens for sale from a dog breeder or a cat breeder? In the Big Gesture scene, Hayes does an engagement party speech for Perrine and makes it all about himself, which is supreme, and quotes a film he watched with Franny called Moonlighting.

As a rom-com, the love theme is definitely there but the slow burn romance between Franny and Hayes was too much on the light side for me, the focus was clearly given to both love interests singularities and introspection than their burning want for each other. I loved both characters but their contemplative prospect about one another was damn near infuriating. I'm so thankful for their respective pushy friends. A clever, tender, and romantic novel for readers of Christina Lauren, Jasmine Guillory, and Sophie Cousens, this laugh-out-loud debut is a perceptive reminder that fate can have a sense of humor, and that love can happen…In a New York Minute.Franny is artistic, and a dreamer, whereas Hayes is in finance and he’s all about logic and numbers. When Franny and Hayes run into each other several more times, is it fate? Or coincidence. The meet-cute was fantastic and why I wanted to read this story, but the Romance had so many ridiculous obstacles I was hate-reading by the end. The city of New York takes on its own character with specific locations around Brooklyn, and Manhattan. The writing put a rosy glow on the city that makes me want to visit again.

What I appreciated most about this story was the dialogue around the trend of posting photos or videos of people without their consent and creating a narrative out of it. A narrative that, sure, maybe is often right but so often can be wrong. And that's what happens in IN A NEW YORK MINUTE. What looks to be a meet-cute of epic flirty proportions is nothing more than a terrible sequence of events happening to one individual and another individual stepping in to do the bare minimum and help. But with their viral moment, these two strangers end up reconnecting and, through the magic of New York and also fiction (fate?), end up running into each other again and again. Do you know any of the songs at least?” I asked, truly horrified. “Something something summer romance, something something at the high school dance?” he guessed, shimmying slightly in his seat, dancing along to a totally botched attempt at “Summer Nights.”That dichotomy is New York to me in a nutshell. Everything changes and somehow it still stays the same." There are so many cute and fluffy moments in this book that'll have you ON THE FLOOR. Their banter was to die for! But my favorite moment of their entire relationship was their first super romantic date night in NYC. I won't say more because I have to leave all the good magical stuff for y'all to experience! Honestly, the only thing I didn't care for all that much was their reason for the third-act break-up. It felt a little silly but in the end, I still enjoyed the book. Franny is a fearless firefly. It’s stated in the first sentence of this lovely picture book. And then we get to see all sorts of wonderful displays of Franny’s fearlessness. He would be Francis Watt! (Ok, and we wouldn't have one of the finest TV-Shows of recent television)