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3.73 AVERAGE
3.73 AVERAGE
4.5 stars! I thought Sally Jay got a little tiresome towards the middle the more spoilt and cranky she got, but I also was still charmed by her so I can’t complain. Sally and Max’s arc was so good and bumped this up a whole half star
emotional
funny
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
my friend described this book as 'Emily in Paris but set in the 50s' and honestly yeh they were so right with that. it follows Sally Jay as she causes chaos in Paris, falling in and out of love, starting drama on nights out and trying to suceed as an actress. i found Sally Jay so funny, i found myself actually laughing out loud at some parts! this is the sort of book you read when you want something a little silly to cheer you up, and it was perfect for mid-winter to remind me of the fun that can be had when the sun stops setting at 4pm! i would definitly recommend this book.
what stops it being a 5? it wasnt the best book ive ever read by far. it didnt at all take itself too seriously and it was perfect for what it was, which is a little silly, a little funny and a little crazy.
what stops it being a 5? it wasnt the best book ive ever read by far. it didnt at all take itself too seriously and it was perfect for what it was, which is a little silly, a little funny and a little crazy.
A fun first person narrative novel about the exploits of a young American woman in France in the 1950's. She is a bit of a party girl, but she is clear eyed about herself, if not about others.
One of the marks of a good book is that you're already looking forward to rereading it, and that's certainly the case here. I
can't imagine I'll ever tire of our intrepid heroine and her wisecracks! I was always going to love this book though - I'm a sucker for the upper classes being skewered by a sharp wit (see also: Jane Austen, Angela Thirkell, Nancy Mitford) and this is a fine example.
can't imagine I'll ever tire of our intrepid heroine and her wisecracks! I was always going to love this book though - I'm a sucker for the upper classes being skewered by a sharp wit (see also: Jane Austen, Angela Thirkell, Nancy Mitford) and this is a fine example.
gave up after 100 pages. not bad. just couldn't keep my attention.
Did not finish. Read as part of a book club and got just over half way through. If you're writing a book where not much happens, you have to make sure that your audience really care about the characters and they themselves be interesting enough to keep attention. That just wasn't the case with this book.
Maybe it was considered more interesting when it was released. Didn't do much for me.
Maybe it was considered more interesting when it was released. Didn't do much for me.