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Title: In Her Shoes : A Novel by Jennifer Weiner, Karen Ziemba ISBN: 0-7435-2827-1 Publisher: Audioworks Pub. Date: 01 September, 2002 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 4 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.81 (129 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Not as good as her debut, but still an enjoyable read
Comment: Jennifer Weiner's strength is in her characterizations. She makes you want to get to know the people she describes, particularly the heroines of her novels. Her heroines are not perfect, physically, or emotionally, and so many of us can relate.
This time around, the heroines are Rose and Maggie Feller, two sisters who could not be more different. Rose is a lawyer, a size 14 with a neglible love life. Maggie is dyslexic and gorgeous, but lost in the world. The "shoes" in the title are both literal and figureative. The girls can wear the same size shoes, and Rose can afford the latest styles, which Maggie borrows, without asking. Maggie does many questionable things, and it is clear that Rose is the favored heroine for most of the book.
However, in this book, Weiner has chosen to bring in a cast of characters who simply crowd the novel. There is not enough room to go deeply into the estranged grandmother, the bi-polar mother who died at 29, the milquetoast father and the "step-monster" he married out of loneliness, not love, and a desire to have a caretaker for his young, motherless girls. There is simply too much going on. And, it seems that, once Weiner realizes this, she speeds up the events to reach a conclusion that is not completely satisfying. A lot of things go unexplained, and some changes are too easy, and hard to believe.
I still think Jennifer Weiner is a very good writer, and I was engrossed in this story, up until the last quarter of the book, when I felt she had kind of lost me. I read it in three days, so she definitely had me in her grasp. I hope that, with her next novel, she sticks to one or two main characters, and tries to minimize the outer characters. Also, in a bit of literary license, we "bump into" the heroine of 'Good in Bed' and find out what became of her. It is still a rare writer who can keep you enthralled, and make you feel that her fictional characters are people you may know in real life.
Rating: 4
Summary: A great second outing for Weiner!
Comment: Good In Bed was so wonderfully written and I could not wait to pick up the next book by Jennifer Weiner. I was not disappointed! The characters in this novel are so easy to relate to and so quick to capture your imagination and heart. Rose and Maggie are typical sisters, different in nearly every imaginable way, yet glued together by that uncontrolable bond we call Sisterhood. I found myself laughing and crying along with their adventures. Excited for their adventures, and saddened when life tripped them up.
While I must admit, it took a couple chapters to adjust to the writing style of every chapter being from a different character's perspective, it became the very fabric of the story. This writing style allowed Weiner to tell the story of the long-lost grandmother, along with the two sisters, and pull them all together beautifully. Weiner even throws in a hidden treasure by having Cannie, Joy, and Nifkin make a cameo in the book. So well down, it fit right into the storyline.
A gem of a book that I will recommend again and again to friends.
Rating: 5
Summary: Loved It!
Comment: This book was a great read!! If you are into fashion, success, drama, playful humor and you have sister that is totally opposite from you. You will hands down love this book!! I loved everything about it and could not put it down. It was so fun to read!!
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Title: Good in Bed by Jennifer Weiner ISBN: 0743418174 Publisher: Washington Square Press Pub. Date: 02 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Bookends : A Novel by Jane Green ISBN: 0767907817 Publisher: Broadway Pub. Date: 27 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Mr. Maybe by Jane Green ISBN: 0767905202 Publisher: Broadway Books Pub. Date: 11 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Straight Talking : A Novel by JANE GREEN ISBN: 0767915593 Publisher: Broadway Pub. Date: 23 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Babyville by JANE GREEN ISBN: 0767912233 Publisher: Broadway Pub. Date: 27 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $21.00 |
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