The Year of Yes by Maria Headley288 pages
Completed 3/10/10
By the age of twenty, the author was fed-up with dating in NYC and somehow came to the assumption that it was because she was being too picky. Hence began her resolve to say yes to every man - and woman - who asked her on a date for a year.
This book reminded me of Danny Wallace's "Yes Man," and not only for the obvious similarities in title. Annoyingly so, in fact. Headley writes about her adventures - but too briefly to really feel connected to the author. She goes on dates with a maintenance man, a classmate, even a homeless man; most are seedy. How this helped Headley feel better about the dating pool escapes me. But, as in a book hoping to become a movie (which is how I felt throughout its entirety), there is a happy, albeit predictable, ending.
Although a memoir, this book reminded me too much of a chick-lit novel to really draw me in. Fans of Jennifer Weiner would enjoy Headley's book, but those looking for a gritty memoir should skip this one.
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