Crazy For You

by Jennifer Crusie

Ebook, 2010

Genres

Romance

All Topics

Fiction

Collection

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Publication

St. Martin's Press, Kindle Edition, 338 pages

Description

On Wednesday, Quinn McKenzie changes her life. On Thursday, she tries to get somebody to notice. On Thursday night, somebody does.Quinn McKenzie is dating the world's nicest guy, she has a good job as a high school art teacher, she's surrounded by family and friends who rely on her, and she's bored to the point of insanity. But when Quinn decides to change her life by adopting a stray dog over everyone's objections, everything begins to spiral out of control. Now she's coping with dognapping, breaking and entering, seduction, sabotage, stalking, more secrets than she really wants to know, and two men who are suddenly crazy...for her.

User reviews

LibraryThing member SunnySD

High school art teacher Quinn McKenzie is tired of going home at night to beige furniture and a gentle bulldozer of a boyfriend. The catalyst for change? One small, shivering, overly submissive dog - a dog Quinn's boyfriend refuses to consider keeping. And suddenly Quinn's world expands - a new

house, new man, new... stalker?

Funny, scary, ominous and cheerful by turns, the tone is a bit schizophrenic, but the end is happy.

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LibraryThing member wyvernfriend

Quinn McKenzie is bored with her life. Her boyfriend Bill likes things to be normal or average, she describes it as Beige. She finds a dog and decides that she's going to adopt it but he disagrees and gives it to the pound when she goes to work so she decides that she needs to leave him, but he

knows that she really wants to stay with him.

A fun read and Bill is really a scary guy because you could imagine that if you weren't as strong a person you could slip into that beige world that he would provide.

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LibraryThing member cindyloumn

I didnt think I would like it, just thought it would be a harlequin romance type! But it wasnt at all! Great heroine, and finally a hero that was flawed, modern, sexy AND funny!
11/6/99

LibraryThing member debs4jc

Quinn has had enough--when her boyfriend Bill won't let her keep the stray dog she rescues she decides it is time to leave him. Problem is Bill just doesn't seem to get the idea and keeps acting like they are still together. In fact, he gets downright possessive. Which is why having a good friend

like Nick is such a plus for Quinn. In fact, Nick might be good for more than just protecting her from Bill...
This contemporary romance has plenty of sass and sex. If this is what you are looking for look no further.

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LibraryThing member LesaHolstine

A school teacher finds a dog that changes her whole life, and her love life.

LibraryThing member la_librarian

Decent chick lit. I feel like the women in it were kind of one dimensional but overall a light and fun read.

LibraryThing member melissam322

Quinn thought she was satisfied with her vanilla, safe, secure life. Then the dog that changed everything came along. Suddenly she realized she wanted more out of life then what she had. Caught up in a whirlwind of events that change her life, she realizes who and what she wants for herself.

I

thought this was a great read. I loved reading about Quinn's crazy world.

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LibraryThing member jackelly

I've read Jennifer Crusie's books before and while this was an interesting read, it wasn't as funny or interesting as Getting Rid of Bradley but I did enjoy how she really developed the sub-plots of other characters and how this book was told from many different characters, not just the main

female. As most romance books, the two main characters seem to fall into love fairly quickly and easily, except for requiste bumps. It will not become one my favorite books, but I did enjoy it and it let me escape into a different world for a couple hours.

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LibraryThing member kikilon

A lot of people have a lot of good things to say about JC. I read her website content fairly regularly, I love her essays and her blog. Yet I've never picked up a book by her until now. I'm not one for murder mysteries and suspense most of the time, adn a lot of her books seem to be ehaded that

way. In Crazy For You, I found one that wasn't. And I loved it. She is as funny as people say (and humour is difficult to passon), but what I loved most of all was the ex-boyfriend and his pathological development. He was a real person, not some cardboard villain. We got to feel for him and with him and see him clearly headed towards his own doom. It was amazingly powerful, in my opinion. I loved it.

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LibraryThing member reneebooks

This book was a light (with a tinge of darkness), funny, sexy read and I really enjoyed it. It all starts with a dog! Quinn falls in love with a mongrel dog she names Katie. This small dog ends up being the catalyst that changes Quinn's life and the people around her. Her boyfriend, "perfect" Bill,

hates the dog and takes Katie to the pound behind Quinn's back. This event spurs Quinn to break up with Bill, move out and buy her own house. Bill, who seemed so perfectly nice, takes a downward spiral. But it's believable. Bill is a control freak who acts normal as long as he gets his own way, but when he is thwarted, he displays progressively worse, obsessive and possesive stalker behavior. Quinn's love interest is Nick, her ex-brother-in-law and best friend, who is commitment-phobic. They are very attracted to each other and the sexual tension is high. Crusie's specialty of crisp, snappy dialogue and quirky characters in a small town atmosphere are all present here. (Grade: B+)

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LibraryThing member Jebbie74

I like how the dog plays such an important part in this chic lit humourous story.

LibraryThing member MsBeautiful

I could not get into this story line

LibraryThing member sdbookhound

I enjoy they humorous way Crusie writes her romances. This one has the humor as well as a little suspense too. I enjoyed it very much.

LibraryThing member castiron

In fanfic circles, there’s a recurring debate on warning labels — what should you warn for in a fic, and are you the author really obligated to inform readers in advance that this story contains rape/character death/original characters/slash/poor grammar/goat sodomy/professional wrestling? And

one counter-argument that’s often raised is that we don’t expect published books to have warnings; if you’re squicked by a particular topic, you can darn well avoid a book until you’ve gotten confirmation from a review that it doesn’t contain your squick.

So here’s a warning for this book: If you have ever had a really creepy ex-boyfriend/ex-girlfriend, one who didn’t get that you two were separate individuals rather than you being a clone of them, one who ignored you when you said “I want to break up”, this book may squick you. (Then again, you may find it cathartic.)

It’s a funny book with a lot of fun characters and a really sweet central romance, but it was obvious to me from the moment he appeared that one character was a real creep, and I’ve dated someone on that particular scale of creepy. I ended up skipping or skimming all the scenes from that character’s viewpoint, and his general presence and actions made the book much less enjoyable for me.

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LibraryThing member rmaitzen

I was quite enjoying this one until the stalking plot went from funny to creepy.

LibraryThing member wareagle78

Readable, well-developed characters, plot interesting enough for a romance. Knocked it off in a day and enjoyed it.

LibraryThing member Dawn772

Good story with so many relationships and plenty of humor all while a disturbing situation was developing. I was pulled into this story even though it took awhile for the main romance to get going. Teacher Quinn adopts a stray dog that changes her relationships with both her live in boyfriend and

long time friend.

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LibraryThing member pgchuis

Hmmm... Just as I was beginning to think I would love everything Jennifer Crusie ever wrote... This one was a bit off and creepy. Quinn leaving Bill I was completely on board with, but then immediately getting together with Nick? Somehow the narrative made it seem OK, but really? I never believed

they had been "best friends". What happened to Nick's "I can't share my life, I can't even sleep in the same bad as some one else"? And then there was Bill becoming more and more deranged and this began to jar badly in what had been a romantic comedy. Max and Darla started off funny/sweet, but then she left her sons (how old were they?) for ages. And then there was the love triangle that was Quinn's parents and Edie... I was skimming the second half. (I did like Zoe and Ben, though).

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LibraryThing member Auntie-Nanuuq

I can only say that it was "ok"., because I don't remember the characters' names......

The art teacher is living w/ the coach... apparently he just decided she was going to be his wife & slowly took over her life....

Everything is going smoothly for him until she rescues the dog and he sets out to

get rid of it, which pisses her off enough for her to move out & buy her own place....

The move causes a chain-reaction: the coach starts losing all his games then begins stalking & sabotaging her; the acting Principal gets vindictive; her mother comes out of the closet; her best friend tries (and fails) to spice up her marriage; and she falls in love w/ her best friend (former brother-in-law).....

My main problem was she was wishy-washy & kept ignoring the main problem & threat.... Which to me was sheer stupidity on her part.

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LibraryThing member murderbydeath

Crazy being the operative word.

Quinn is coasting through her life, trying to get through each day with a minimum of fuss, dating the local hero/coach of the high school where she teaches art, because it's easier than turning him down. Until one day a student brings her a stray dog she falls in

love with and Bill tells her she can't keep it. That's the day Quinn snaps and decides to take her life back, causing a domino effect in the lives of those around her that is both hilarious and disturbing.

While Crusie writes incredibly entertaining, witty, funny chick-lit, she's frequently featured an ex-boyfriend/husband that's just a little bit...obsessive. Unhealthy mentally. But here, in Crazy for You she outdoes herself. While a lot of her other books have just a subtle touch of the creepiness factor, this one oozes creepy. For chick-lit, I found it to be extraordinarily uncomfortable. Still excellent, funny, and steamy, but damn that man creeped me out!

I like this one better than Bet Me because that creepiness, that profoundly disturbing obsessiveness gives the story a much edgier feel - still definitely chick-lit - that makes the story much more compelling. If you read psychological thrillers at all, this one is going to feel like puppies and marshmallow fluff, but if you stay on the more mentally stable side of fictional characterisations, you might find this read an entertaining way of pushing your personal envelope.

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LibraryThing member SharonMariaBidwell

Loved this immediately. Quinn’s fury over the dog is priceless, and understandable to pet owners everywhere. The author well worked the overlapping relationships in this story. Women everywhere will get the issue the women have, and men reading this might become enlightened. Nick and Quinn are

excellent characters for a romance. One word of warning: this book could contain triggering issues for abuse victims, though dealt with well toward the end. A few viewpoints may also seem outdated, but then all books are of their time.

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