I first heard about his book when the author was interviewed on the radio for another book. I wasn’t so interested in that book – but I thought this book would be a fun read.
Boy, was I wrong.
I’m not sure that I’ve read all the possible outcomes for the stories – and there are some overlaps – but I’m done with it.
One the back cover it says: “Is it destiny or decision that controls our fate? You can’t change your past and start over from scratch in real life – but in “Pretty Little Mistakes,” you can! But be warned, choose wisely.”
Well, that’s a big ol’ lie. Seriously, it really doesn’t matter which path you chose, the ending pretty much sucked. And, while not all good choices lead to good endings and vice versa, in this book, there doesn’t seem to be any possibility of ending up with a good ending. Although, I recall her somehow marrying a rich man through one of the paths. That seemed to be the best ending.
All that said, the stories themselves aren’t necessarily bad and none of the stories are actually all that long – maybe 50 pages at the most.
I was just disappointed that it didn’t really seem to matter what path I chose, the ending sucked. But I told you that already.
Entertaining, fun to read with others as a game.
I thought choose-your-own-adventure books rocked when I was a kid so I was pretty psyched to read this. This book proved to be entertaining but not especially interesting. It was funny to see how choices impacted the narrator's life but I didn't really find it necessary to read until I'd lived out all 150 endings the cover boasts of.