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3.71 AVERAGE
3.71 AVERAGE
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Fun but uneven
One of the early novels, it’s fun and frothy. The pacing is uneven and that makes it feel like it goes on longer than it should. Still, it’s a good read.
One of the early novels, it’s fun and frothy. The pacing is uneven and that makes it feel like it goes on longer than it should. Still, it’s a good read.
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Again, I can't believe I gave 5 starts to a romance, but this is a fantastic romance/mystery! Jennifer Crusie is my all time favorite romantic comedy writer, and I love the mystery in this one.
emotional
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
While I remember loving this book years ago, the gender stereotypes feel suuuper dated this time around. It is “novel” for women to want a job outside the house, it’s okay for old school men to want their wives/partners to stay home, and all women love to collect China and be married. The ick factor was strong for me, and I think time and my progressive thinking has made it that way.
It took me a while to get into this book. At first, I wasn't really crazy about the characters but I didn't give up on it and I'm so glad - I really liked this book. I liked how much Nell and her friends evolved through this story. There were a few minor things I did not like in this book, particularly the relationship between 2 of the characters children but overall I really liked the book. Fast Women surprised me and I found it suspenseful.
I quite liked this one, as it was frothy and fun but still somehow realistic—Crusie is good at setting up relationships between both the main and the secondary romantic couples which don't rely on external forces to create angst and drama, but rather at showing how repeated patterns of behaviour can ruin relationships without any outside help. I also liked the fact that Crusie is always happy to show her female characters taking genuine pleasure in their food, but not in a neurotic way, and that her heroine is into her forties. There was one thing which niggled at my subconscious, though, and which made my eyebrows rise when I realised what it was: one character with a walk-on part was African-American, and I think in all the Crusies that I've read so far, she's the first character who hasn't been white. Hrm. How much of that is a function of setting (I'm not from the US, but the impression I've gotten is that the Mid-West, where these books are set, is terribly white?), I wonder, and how much is, well, good old white obliviousness?