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Pretty Little Mistakes: A Do-Over Novel
Pretty Little Mistakes A Do-Over Novel
Author: Heather McElhatton
There are hundreds of lives sown inside Pretty Little Mistakes, Heather McElhatton's singularly spectacular, breathtakingly unique novel that has more than 150 possible endings. You may end up in an opulent mansion or homeless down by the river; happily married with your own corporation or alone and pecked to death by ducks in London; a Zen mast...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780061133220
ISBN-10: 0061133221
Publication Date: 5/1/2007
Pages: 512
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Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
Book Type: Paperback
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This is an awesome book! Especially older teens and adults. It's got over 150 different endings, some funny, some more serious. It's a great book that can teach you the consequences of choices you make. And unlike real life, you can always go back and change your decision!
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It was a fun read but I was a little disappointed. It is a neat concept but it seems like the main character is completely screwed up from the beginning and every choice she makes winds up bad in some way or another. I was craving some normal things to happen and her to have a happy ending in more then just a couple of the 150 endings. I found myself wondering what won't she do for sex and how many times are we going to read about meth use gone wrong? Don't get me wrong it is fun but only in small doses.
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Very interesting. A fun way to while away some hours. On the first round, I made the choices as close to the choices I made in my youth. And there results didn't end up too far how my life did turn out. It was fun to see the options that I missed.

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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.
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Entertaining, fun to read with others as a game.
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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.


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