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3.37 AVERAGE
3.37 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
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
This is so easily a 5 star book. Imagining real people having clever conversations like this is captivating and terrifying.
I really enjoyed each of the chapters independently of each other--they were easy reads that were relative to me and my life. However, I was disappointed at the way they didn't fit together. It made things confusing. There was a random chapter thrown in about a mom and her kids that I couldn't tie in at all. The last part of the book, from which the book gets its title, I thought was the best. Perhaps Bank should have just elaborated on this portion and tossed some of the rest. Overall, it wasn't a complete waste of my time, but I wouldn't read it again.
I loved Jane and her story. Watching her relationships unfold kept me reading on... But WHAT was that random chapter about the woman with her adult kids? Did not see how that related to Jane nor how it progressed her story. I did see myself banging my head against my ipad when she got back with two horrible exes....
Definitely chick lit. It's not skanky chick lit, like Paris Hangover, it's more of the introspective musings on relationships type of chick lit.
Have I mentioned that I'm not a big fan of chick lit?
D had read this and said it was really good - Marisa too - and I'd had it in a box of books in my parents's basement for YEARS, so... now I can at least get rid of it in good conscience, knowing that I did get around to reading it.
While there were some humorous parts, my least favorite part was the really strange choice the author made to switch between perspectives, seemingly without purpose. The book is divided into sections rather than chapters, and the middle section is suddenly from the perspective of the main character's upstairs neighbor, with no interaction with the main character except a brief mention of how she lives downstairs (so you'd get some idea of who is talking). Then, the next to last chapter is written by someone who is finding out they have breast cancer... and because the entire chapter uses only "I" and "he" etc. you never get any confirmation of whether it's the main character this is happening to or not. Very, very confusing. It's as though the author had two short stories floating around while working on the novel, and she liked them so much that she decided to stick them in the book regardless of continuity or logic.
I think this woman writes well, but the subject matter didn't really get me that interested.
Have I mentioned that I'm not a big fan of chick lit?
D had read this and said it was really good - Marisa too - and I'd had it in a box of books in my parents's basement for YEARS, so... now I can at least get rid of it in good conscience, knowing that I did get around to reading it.
While there were some humorous parts, my least favorite part was the really strange choice the author made to switch between perspectives, seemingly without purpose. The book is divided into sections rather than chapters, and the middle section is suddenly from the perspective of the main character's upstairs neighbor, with no interaction with the main character except a brief mention of how she lives downstairs (so you'd get some idea of who is talking). Then, the next to last chapter is written by someone who is finding out they have breast cancer... and because the entire chapter uses only "I" and "he" etc. you never get any confirmation of whether it's the main character this is happening to or not. Very, very confusing. It's as though the author had two short stories floating around while working on the novel, and she liked them so much that she decided to stick them in the book regardless of continuity or logic.
I think this woman writes well, but the subject matter didn't really get me that interested.
This was a somewhat quirky and interesting book about relationships. I liked how Jane learned how relying too much on other people's opinions isn't the right thing to do.
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I think I liked it more at the time but I barely remember it now and what I do wasn’t great
funny
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
This is a bit of fluff of chick lit. The first chapter, was unfortunately, the best chapter. The book is a series of stories about Jane, an all-american girl who is trying to find Mr. Right a la Bridget Jones' Diary. Unlike Bridget Jones, the story skips around in time for no apparent reason. Also, one chapter in the middle is meant to be a flash-forward in time by about 35 years, but no explanation is provided and leaves the reader with more questions than answers. It is almost as if this chapter were transplanted from one book to another, with no rhyme or reason to it. The characters are flat and bland; the reader is not compelled to like any one of them. Indeed, the entire story is just fluff, with no real substance to tie it all together.