Rating: 
Summary: Frightening
Review: I gave this book 4 stars strictly because of its realistic content, raw emotions and social theme. In this book, the parents are terrible but sadly an accurate portrayal of how certain adults choose to raise their children, or rather, not raise them. I felt for poor Grayer, struggling for love and normalcy in a severely narcissistic society. It became clear that his mother (Mrs. X) was not grieving her failing marraige but the possibility that she could lose her materialistic lifestyle in the divorce. Mr. X, meanwhile, is a married Bachelor who pursues one mistress after another, treating women as dispensably as tampons and completely ignoring his son. His main mistress throughout the story is no better, ready to rip the title of wife from Mrs. X as if she were robbing her of her Prada coat. The two women practically cat-claw each other to keep their piece of Park Avenue "good life," while ruthlessly ignoring the fact that it is disrupting Nan from her duties and destroying Grayer. Meanwhile, Grayer yearns for attention from both parents and receives none, so naturally he grows to love Nan, the only person who gives any sort of nurturing. If you had a "normal" middle-class upbringing, this book will make you so glad you did. These people may have a lot of expensive things but what they simply don't have is love and happiness. Meanwhile, the Nannies are at best, stuck in the middle of a bad situation, at worst, denied their basic rights. If it wasn't for their wealth and the vigilence of the nannies, these parents would probably have several visits from Child Protective Services and may even have their children taken away (the biggest example being the Miltons), due to the extent of sheer neglect. All bad parents are dysfunctional in their own way but if they're rich they don't have to answer for it. This is a prevailing theme throughout the book.
Rating: 
Summary: Interesting concept, boring book.
Review: As a teacher and former child care provider I too know the way
certain paretns can treat their child's caregiver, and their child
for that matter. The concept is great, but the story lacks imagination and is not very absorbing.
Rating:
Summary: yawn
Review: it sounded fun, and there was a lot of hype... I think I did laugh once but my only motivation to continue reading it was hoping that it all became worthwile somewhere. It never did.
Rating:
Summary: Funny, Pleasant, Hip...a pleasant "chill" book
Review: The Nanny Diaries was a written with a witty comedic style that makes you want the book to never end...especially at the end where u wonder if thats the ending. I first picked up this book,waiting to get a cheasy diary easy enough to go through in the course of a week, but when i actually started reading it, i wanted to know everything about this character. And at the end, i wanted to know what happened with her hottie. Mrs. X, Nanny's employer, was creatively put together by selfish, rich New York, non-working house wives. It showed how she easily took power over people, and how quick she was in using that power. Mrs. X is the nightmare boss, overworking and underpaying her workers. But the question remains...where do those snotty house wives go all day?? There is such thing as to much shopping, too many manicures. The little boy Grover, is the sweetest thing...underneath it all. The authors carefully percieved this character to being 100% innocent, and like a cat, it doesnt warm up to u imediatley. This book shas plenty of humor, romanticism, a hand full of interesting characters from Mr. X to the doorman. The ending leaves u a bit in the dark, but there is a dim light to help u through into understanding. The Nanny Diaries well lives up to its expectations, the wonderful newspaper reviews, the TV reviews, etc. It is a wonderful book flled with thrills and is a fun book to read in the tub.
Rating:
Summary: funny, witty, great book!
Review: I really enjoyed this book. I read it very quickly. The author's being former nannies, i know that the experiances of the main character are probably pretty true to life. someone remarked to me that it was kind of rude of the authors to write a book making fun of the kind of people they worked for, and despite the disclaimer, if these kind of people exist then they deserve it! This is a wonderful book, i really enjoyed it.
Rating:
Summary: only mildly entertaining
Review: I found this book to be mildly entertaining at best. It was not well written, had an extremely weak plot, but did make me smile more than a few times, which made it worth a quick read. It was so fluffy, however, that after the first few chapters I was embarrassed to be seen reading it on the train. It amazes me the type of life experiences that people try to "cash-in" on.
Rating:
Summary: What was all the fuss?
Review: Sorry, but I found this book terribly disappointing. I thought it would be a collection of true stories, but ended up being fiction. I think this book would appeal to twenty-something single female singles or former nannies, but no one else. Wouldn't recommend it to friends.
Rating: 
Summary: Not even worth the one star!
Review: I am sure that people such as decribed in this book exist and my question is: "so what?" I feel badly that I wasted my time reading this total garbage of a novel with no plot, no positive characters whose only aim was to make some quick money for its authors.
Rating: 
Summary: Mary Poppins - it is not
Review: I think a lot of issues were glossed over and not addressed in this book. I was totally depressed and discouraged after reading this book .
I do not know who was exploited more the Nanny or the child.
It is embarassing to think that people actually treat their employees and their children this way .
Dogs are treated better by some people.
The next book I suppose will be written by the psychaiatrist of the little boy who is so dysfunctional and distorted by his narcissitic mother and selfish father.
For people who have not seen the Nanny Scene in Central Park this may interest you . Unfortunately it does exist because I have seen it.
Rating:
Summary: Entertaining trashy fun
Review: As literature, this book is pretty thin. There are no three-dimensional characters, and nobody learns anything or changes. Nanny annoyed me for her spinelessness. Advice, Nanny: most of your problems could be solved if she would just act in a more businesslike way. If you want your clients to treat you like a professional, then act like one. Set clear terms for the job and stick to them. Set a per-diem fee in advance for the Nantucket trip and stick by it. And don't be afraid to walk away if the employers balk. Um, back to the book. As a fun way to spend your weekend, you could do worse. In truth, I could not put this book down, it was a wonderful distraction from *ahem* taking care of my own kids over a long Thanksgiving weekend. Add a star if you take care of young children, or if you love to poke fun at the foibles of rich people.
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