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lids_84's review against another edition
It’s extremely rare for me to give up on a book before I finish it.
I love Melanie La’Brooy and have read all her books and loved them. This one was something else though. What I thought was going to be a cute romance, turned out to just be a handbook on all things pregnancy.
While this might be enjoyable for someone with kids or who wants kids, I personally don’t want them, don’t have them and do not want to spend 400 pages reading about placentas and morning sickness. I can definitely see the appeal, and for those that this interests they’d read along and laugh as it is well written and witty. Sadly not for me though.
leahmichelle_13's review against another edition
3.0
Babymoon tells the story of Isabelle Beckett, who thought that she would never have children having never been the maternal type. But after she and boyfriend Jack discuss the idea, Isabelle is suddenly excited about becoming a family and quickly falls pregnant. Pregnancy is nothing like Isabelle would have imagined, and she has absolutely no idea what is happening to her and to her body. As her pregnancy progresses Isabelle gets more and more worried about giving birth and matters aren't helped when her relationship with Jack begins to suffer, in part due to the fact ex-boyfriend Charlie is suddenly on the scene again. Has Isabelle gotten over Charlie for good, or is she still hankering after her ex, despite being pregnant with someone else's child? And what of Dr Jack, how does Isabelle really feel about him and their baby?
I've heard such good things about Melanie La'Brooy's Babymoon, but I must admit I was a little disappointed with the audio-book. It was a fairly easy listen, don't get me wrong, and for a while there I thoroughly enjoyed getting to know Isabelle, Jack and their friends as well as their baby. OK, so Isabelle was hardly likely to win Mastermind on the topic of pregnancies (in fact she would fail miserably), I thought Babymoon was a fairly realistic version of a first pregnancy despite having no previous experience myself. Because, truth is, how much does any person give to what it's like to be pregnant without truly knowing? TV and movies can only tell you so much so I liked Isabelle's naivety on the topic. However after a while, even I began to get annoyed with Isabelle because she just couldn't grasp the fact that whether she liked it or not, she would have to give birth eventually.
The really kicker though was when Charlie re-entered stage left. We know early on he and Belle has an acrimonious beak-up, but she got over it and ended up with Jack but when he comes back into her life - pregnant girlfriend in tow no less - she seems to just lose any respect I had for her, by having secret meetings with him and lying to Jack even though her relationship with Jack is already struggling. Overall though, Babymoon was a so-so read. I enjoyed it for the most part and found it hugely amusing, even laughing out loud at times, but there were a few niggles that stopped it from being a fantastic read.
I've heard such good things about Melanie La'Brooy's Babymoon, but I must admit I was a little disappointed with the audio-book. It was a fairly easy listen, don't get me wrong, and for a while there I thoroughly enjoyed getting to know Isabelle, Jack and their friends as well as their baby. OK, so Isabelle was hardly likely to win Mastermind on the topic of pregnancies (in fact she would fail miserably), I thought Babymoon was a fairly realistic version of a first pregnancy despite having no previous experience myself. Because, truth is, how much does any person give to what it's like to be pregnant without truly knowing? TV and movies can only tell you so much so I liked Isabelle's naivety on the topic. However after a while, even I began to get annoyed with Isabelle because she just couldn't grasp the fact that whether she liked it or not, she would have to give birth eventually.
The really kicker though was when Charlie re-entered stage left. We know early on he and Belle has an acrimonious beak-up, but she got over it and ended up with Jack but when he comes back into her life - pregnant girlfriend in tow no less - she seems to just lose any respect I had for her, by having secret meetings with him and lying to Jack even though her relationship with Jack is already struggling. Overall though, Babymoon was a so-so read. I enjoyed it for the most part and found it hugely amusing, even laughing out loud at times, but there were a few niggles that stopped it from being a fantastic read.