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3.55 AVERAGE
3.55 AVERAGE
I was a bit disappointed by this sequel to Good in Bed.... Perhaps my expectations were too high. I expected laugh out loud hilarity, and instead was a bit bummed out when I finished listening to the audiobook. I also didn't care for the narration, and may have a different review if I would've read the book rather than listened to it.
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Yes
sequel (i guess you'd call it) to good in bed. i read that one a while ago so i forgot a lot of it. you can follow the story without having read it at all, but it made me sad i have such a lame memory. very slow read but the end made it worth it. it's told from the point of view of the mother and daughter and they alternate chapters...i found myself relating more and siding with the mom rather than the bratty daughter, which either means i've been teaching high school for too long or i'm getting old
I was disappointed with this book after reading the first in the series. The ending especially annoyed me.
I loved Good in Bed so much that I couldn't wait to read Certain Girls. This is a very well written novel about the relationship between a mother and daughter. Jennifer Weiner delivers Candace Shapiro, everyones favorite witty, sarcastic big girl better then ever before. The book reads wonderfully until about the last four or five chapters. These last few chapters feel rushed. I think that with the magnitude of the books ending it deserved a few more chapters.
Jennifer Weiner always produces great characters that the reader feels they truly know. It may technically be 'chick-lit' but it's great for producing some laughs and tears.
I didn't like this one quite as much as her others, but an unexpected plot twist bumped my rating from 3 to 4 stars.
Loved it! It was funny and clever. Weiner's characters were so easy to relate to and felt like old friends by the time I turned the last page.
Following the story collection The Guy Not Taken, Weiner turns in a hilarious sequel to her 2001 bestselling first novel, Good in Bed, revisiting the memorable and feisty Candace Cannie Shapiro. Flashing forward 13 years, the novel follows Cannie as she navigates the adolescent rebellion of her about-to-be bat mitzvahed daughter, Joy, and juggles her writing career; her relationship with her physician husband, Peter Krushelevansky; her ongoing weight struggles; and the occasional impasse with Joy's biological father, Bruce Guberman. Joy, whose premature birth resulted in her wearing hearing aids, has her own amusing take on her mother's overinvolvement in her life as the novel, with some contrivance, alternates perspectives. As her bat mitzvah approaches, Joy tries to make contact with her long absent maternal grandfather and seeks more time with Bruce. In addition, unbeknownst to Joy, Peter has expressed a desire to have a baby with Cannie, which means looking for a surrogate mother. Throughout, Weiner offers her signature snappy observations: (good looks function as a get-out-of-everything-free card) and spot-on insights into human nature, with a few twists thrown in for good measure.
emotional
funny
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes