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3.55 AVERAGE
3.55 AVERAGE
I enjoyed it more than a 3 - but the plot twist ruined it for me.
Cute story. Good continuation of the Connie story with an unexpected twist!
Nice light read. Good in bed is the prequel to this book.
An engaging summer read. Alternating between the mom's and the daughter's perspective this book captures the challenges of being and parenting a tween girl in a way that is often witty and humorous. Joy, the daughter, is trying to figure out who she is, her own truth and gain independence. Cannie, her mother, is holding (too) tightly and trying to figure out (again) who she is as her daughter grows and their relationship changes. Their path is complicated by the fact that Cannie is the author of a semi-autobiographical novel which Joy has now read, making her question a lot of elements of her family life.
I really enjoyed this one. I liked that Weiner told her story from the point of view of a mother and a daughter. There were certainly points when I wanted to smack the daughter, but overall, I liked the story, and I liked hearing what's new in Cannie's life.
I enjoyed this book. Nice to get more of Cannie. However, Cannie's over protectiveness drove me a little crazy. I spent a lot of the book wanting to scream just talk to each other!! I really enjoy reading Jennifer Weiner. Easy to get into and wonderful flow!
There are certain characters you never forget about... For me some of those are Holden Caufield, Bridget Jones and Cannie Shapiro. I read Good in Bed in college when it first came out (along with my Good in Bed t-shirt that eventually got so faded it looked like it said "ood in Be" but I digress). I'd loved the strong female message in the book and loved the idea of revenge on an evil ex. However as I got older, the book started to mean more and more to me. I read Good in Bed last week in preperation for Certain Girls and now being pregnant and married, the book had even more of an impact.
Certain Girls was wonderful. I flew through it in record time up until a twist three quarters of the way through that left me sobbing (hey, I'm pregnant and emotional) and SPOILER ALERT! begging my husband to please not die until after our baby is born. He's perfectly healthy by the way...
The relationship between Cannie and Joy really resonated with me, I've had a best friend relationship with my mom my entire life, but my mom and sister remind me of Joy and Cannie. There were certain parts that I read that left me with a physical ache in my chest, because they were so familiar- they were fights I had heard a thousand times. Jennifer Weiner writes with such truth and love, it's impossible not to get swept up in one of her stories and find yourself comparing it to your own life.
Certain Girls was wonderful. I flew through it in record time up until a twist three quarters of the way through that left me sobbing (hey, I'm pregnant and emotional) and SPOILER ALERT! begging my husband to please not die until after our baby is born. He's perfectly healthy by the way...
The relationship between Cannie and Joy really resonated with me, I've had a best friend relationship with my mom my entire life, but my mom and sister remind me of Joy and Cannie. There were certain parts that I read that left me with a physical ache in my chest, because they were so familiar- they were fights I had heard a thousand times. Jennifer Weiner writes with such truth and love, it's impossible not to get swept up in one of her stories and find yourself comparing it to your own life.
I HATED this book! If I could rate it lower, I would. Jennifer Weiner completely ruined the love and joy I took in "Good in Bed." I wish I'd never read it... Yes, I am bitter.
I loved Good in Bed and this book was also very good. I really enjoyed finding out what became of Cannie and Joy, Peter, Bruce and The Pusher, Cannie's mom and sister, etc. BUT, without giving anything away, I have to say that I hated, absolutely HATED, a couple of things that happened to certain characters. If you've read it, you'll probably know exactly what I'm referring to.