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cathyj625's review against another edition
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Eating disorder
littlelady_28's review against another edition
3.0
I ended up enjoying this book a lot more than I anticipated. It started with some characters that I didn’t particularly like and then all of a sudden it was revealed that the main character, Natalie, was anorexic and the book was about her struggle with that as well as her relationships. I didn’t really like or believe the supposedly wonderful, close relationship with her best friend, Babs, before she got married. Anyway, I actually thought that her struggle with the ordeal was very accurate and made me wonder if Maxted herself had an eating disorder. The whole plot ended a little too neatly and a little too quickly, but all in all I ended up liking it. I give it a B-.
emjay24's review against another edition
4.0
I read this book back in 2009 in a day or two, and loved it. That was before I started writing reviews on here, I only gave star reviews, and i gave it a five. At the end of January, I was cleaning out things and saw this book. I wanted to give it away, since i hate keeping books lying around after I have read them, if i own them, but decided to re-read it first, since I liked it so much the first time. I read most of it in one weekend, then near the end, it kind of dragged, and i read a ton of other books instead. Finally, I just thought I've gotta finish this thing, and did, months later in April...lol oops. Anyway, it's been labeled a chick lit book, but it's really not. It's much more serious and isn't about some woman going after a guy. The main focus of the book is a woman who first self-destructs a bit, then finds herself. It deals with an eating disorder, finding herself in a job, friends, sex, etc. Also, since i love pilates, i love how pilates is included so much in this book. A great read, and a great author. I've read a couple by her but am excited to read more! I've lowered it to four stars, just because the book falters near the end.
cook_memorial_public_library's review against another edition
4.0
Recommended by Haley.
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juliaem's review against another edition
2.0
A beach read, for sure. I'm normally a big fan of chick lit, but [spoiler alert...although it wouldn't totally ruin a reading] the protagonist's anorexia is handled a little sloppily for my taste. Maxted has the symptoms of anorexia down to a tee, which is exactly my problem. I think the fewer "how to" manuals we give young women about disordered eating (someone with a problem could gloss over Natalie's protein-deficiency-induced hair loss and start imitating her workout regimen), the better. I'd be curious to see if other books by her were better, because that was my only (albeit major) problem.
sharonfalduto's review against another edition
Kind of...chick lit...I guess. From England, written 2001 (so it doesn't have the post-911 ennui that everything else seems to). Somewhat unreliable narrator; it's not until 100 pages in that we discover, from other characters, that she may be anorexic. I'm not sure I felt this book totally resolved, which I guess is okay, things don't always resolve in real life, either, but...I didn't get out of it what I was looking for, whatever that was.