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Meet and Delete - Pauline Lawless (2015)
When Megan's fiance pulls out of the wedding, she moves in with friends Viv and Claire and tries to move on with her life. The girls decide to try online dating, and soon discover the joys and pitfalls of meeting men online. Firstly I thought that the author did a good job of giving a balanced look at online dating, showing both the successful dates and the more disastrous ones. However, I found the main characters quite one-dimensional, I didn't warm to any of them at all. For example, Claire goes through a major ordeal at one point, and a few days later is out dating again, so it seemed unrealistic at times. Also, I found the narrative to be stilted and the flow of the novel was jumpy, it changed too quickly from one part to another. There were some interesting twists in the plot that I wasn't expecting, but that wasn't enough to save this one for me. (LO)
Meet and Delete, by Pauline Lawless, is about three friends who plunge into the murky world of online dating. The summary says: "Where to find Mr Right? Online, of course! Three friends, in their thirties and unlucky in love, turn to online dating in the hope of finding Mr Right. The girls meet some Mr Nice guys but more often than not they are Mr Never-Again guys. As they weave their way through the online dating scene, their lives become ever-more complicated. After some disastrous consequences, they discover that the old way is best after all."