I read this book in two days. All 384 pages of it. Having said this, the book was purely fluff, or chic lit as it's been called. The entire book can be summed up like this; overweight, unhappy and lonely girl is jealous of all her thin, beautiful and happy (and I should mention shallow) acquaintances. She's secretly in love with a gorgeous coworker, but he, or course, doesn't really notice her. Events make her determined to become super thin and beautiful, which she does by starving herself and exercising to the extreme. Upon reaching this goal, she realizes that it's not all it's cracked up to be (imagine that!) and finds that a happy middle ground where she's not stuffing her face or starving herself is really where it's at. There was nothing new or unique about this book- it was pretty predictable, and the message it was trying to send has been sent too many times already. However, it was enjoyable in a purely entertaining sense, with no expectations of learning anything new. Netflix rating? 2.5/5
Monday, June 4, 2007
JEMIMA J- by jane green
To be honest, I finished this book a few weeks ago. I'd added it to my excel sheet when I first put it together, but never took it off after reading it. So here goes. 
I read this book in two days. All 384 pages of it. Having said this, the book was purely fluff, or chic lit as it's been called. The entire book can be summed up like this; overweight, unhappy and lonely girl is jealous of all her thin, beautiful and happy (and I should mention shallow) acquaintances. She's secretly in love with a gorgeous coworker, but he, or course, doesn't really notice her. Events make her determined to become super thin and beautiful, which she does by starving herself and exercising to the extreme. Upon reaching this goal, she realizes that it's not all it's cracked up to be (imagine that!) and finds that a happy middle ground where she's not stuffing her face or starving herself is really where it's at. There was nothing new or unique about this book- it was pretty predictable, and the message it was trying to send has been sent too many times already. However, it was enjoyable in a purely entertaining sense, with no expectations of learning anything new. Netflix rating? 2.5/5
I read this book in two days. All 384 pages of it. Having said this, the book was purely fluff, or chic lit as it's been called. The entire book can be summed up like this; overweight, unhappy and lonely girl is jealous of all her thin, beautiful and happy (and I should mention shallow) acquaintances. She's secretly in love with a gorgeous coworker, but he, or course, doesn't really notice her. Events make her determined to become super thin and beautiful, which she does by starving herself and exercising to the extreme. Upon reaching this goal, she realizes that it's not all it's cracked up to be (imagine that!) and finds that a happy middle ground where she's not stuffing her face or starving herself is really where it's at. There was nothing new or unique about this book- it was pretty predictable, and the message it was trying to send has been sent too many times already. However, it was enjoyable in a purely entertaining sense, with no expectations of learning anything new. Netflix rating? 2.5/5
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