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3.55 AVERAGE
3.55 AVERAGE
This book picks-up where "Good in Bed" left off, sort of. It's 13 years after Joy's birth and Cannie Shapiro has been enjoying life as a wife and mother and ghost writer of a popular serial novel for young readers. Joy finds the 1st book and her own "truths" are called into question. She eventually goes in search of her grandfather and learns the WHOLE ugly truth about her mother's past. Just when her mother and father have a surrogate to carry their child, Peter does - but Cannie (and Joy) decide to keep Cara - and the cycle begins again.
I expected more than predictable interactions between a teen and her mother. I wanted Joy to confront her mother with the truth and not just take a pen and cross-out the parts of the book she didn't like. Cannie's father is a complete stereotype and pieces two predictable plots together - toward a melodramatic and ridiculous ending. The author tries to shove too many subplots into what could have been a touching and important tale - trivializing Joy's whole experience.
I expected more than predictable interactions between a teen and her mother. I wanted Joy to confront her mother with the truth and not just take a pen and cross-out the parts of the book she didn't like. Cannie's father is a complete stereotype and pieces two predictable plots together - toward a melodramatic and ridiculous ending. The author tries to shove too many subplots into what could have been a touching and important tale - trivializing Joy's whole experience.
Just like it's predecessor, ending brought tears to my eyes! I love the characters and story. I hope there is more to Cannie's story.
I really enjoy Jennifer Weiner's books--I'll put that out there right up front. Her characters' dry humor reads as though they're actually talking--nice job.
This was a quick read, although--and maybe I'm a little out of touch here--the seventh-grade character and her friends seemed a little 'old' for being 12 and 13 years old.
Good read.
This was a quick read, although--and maybe I'm a little out of touch here--the seventh-grade character and her friends seemed a little 'old' for being 12 and 13 years old.
Good read.
I enjoyed this book more (if that's possible) than I enjoyed Weiner's 'prequel' "Good in Bed."
Told from the perspective of both mother and thirteen year old daughter, "Certain Girls" made me think back to how I behaved at age 13. Yikes.
A twist I wasn't expecting at the end made my tear up a bit. I have no problem crying over a book -- even if it's chick lit. However, I was at work finishing this book. Crying at work, bad idea. :o)
Very much enjoyable for a light read and very much recommended.
Told from the perspective of both mother and thirteen year old daughter, "Certain Girls" made me think back to how I behaved at age 13. Yikes.
A twist I wasn't expecting at the end made my tear up a bit. I have no problem crying over a book -- even if it's chick lit. However, I was at work finishing this book. Crying at work, bad idea. :o)
Very much enjoyable for a light read and very much recommended.
A cute sequel to “Good in Bed” where we follow Cannie, her husband, and her daughter Joy. This novel focuses on Cannie as a mother and her relationship with her almost-teenage daughter, alternating between perspectives from both ladies.
This book I liked so much more than the first one, Good in Bed. I loved the story line between Cannie and her teenage daughter Joy. Some parts I felt the author could have sped up, but overall a very well written book.
Definitely worth ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 for me
Definitely worth ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 for me
This book, or this series rather, has turned me into an auto-purchaser of anything Jennifer Wiener ever writes, that’s for sure! I love cannie”s personality as well as the dual POV with Joy.
Cannie was my heroine in Good In Bed and she just drove me nuts in this book. But, maybe that was the point.
A follow up to [book: Good in Bed], this was a sweet novel that mostly covered the awkward relationship between a pre-teen daughter and her mother. While I did like the book overall, I found it a bit shallow. I loved the depth of Cannie's character in Good in Bed, but with the flipping between Cannie & her daughter, Joy - I felt like neither character was able fully bloom. The book referred back to Good in Bed so often (as a fictional retelling of Good in Bed in the book) I wondered why the author didn't package the two together. We read Good in Bed, Ms. Weiner. This reader wanted to read a new book.