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A review by erinmp
Certain Girls by Jennifer Weiner
3.0
Certain Girls, the sequel to Good in Bed, takes place about twelve years later. Joy is a teenager and Cannie is an overprotective mother who writes sci-fi books in her spare time. The book is about mothers and daughters, and as any book about that topic, this one is full of misunderstandings and frustrations. Peter wants them to have another baby; while Cannie's life is taken up with obsessing about Joy. Joy desperately wants to escape her mother's constant hovering and is trying to make her way through junior high, navigating the all-too-familiar pains of trying to fit in with the "certain girls" while maintaing old friendships.
I haven't read Good in Bed since it came out years ago, so my memory of it is a bit hazy. I remember really liking it and had heard that this novel was not as good as the first. Based on my fuy recollection, I'd have to agree. This wasn't bad by any means, but I remember loving Good in Bed and merely liking this novel. Definitely worth a read, but don't get your hopes up.
I haven't read Good in Bed since it came out years ago, so my memory of it is a bit hazy. I remember really liking it and had heard that this novel was not as good as the first. Based on my fuy recollection, I'd have to agree. This wasn't bad by any means, but I remember loving Good in Bed and merely liking this novel. Definitely worth a read, but don't get your hopes up.