Okay, the plot was awful, but a good writer can write just about anything and make it good. Clearly, NK couldn't rise to the challenge. When I read her thanks to her editor, I guffawed. Has an editor seen this text? Unbelieveable...
The parts about the people other than Jack, Molly and Jack's mum were completely missing the point. Why were these in the book? They didn't add to it, and mostly they were unclear. One page about the teenager girl Leda starting a business. What?
Also the whole describing of Jack wanting to find true love and until then being a virgin... That's not HOW it goes. If a guy is waiting for true love, he will wait for it indeed, by going out, meeting girls, and yes, sex, if he likes the girl, and then he'll see whether this is going anywhere... That whole dating with Heather thing was awfully stupid.
And the end? How they missed each other like five times in discussing their I love yous? It was outrageous. I fumed. My husband said why did I keep on reading if it was so bad? But I just cannot not go until the end of the road with any book.
The incident with the cat and the door was funny: it should have been sooner and lasted much-much longer. It would have spiced up the story!