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Summary: Don't waste money
Review: This book lacks the wit and sympathetic characters ... and is simply breathtaking in its superficiality. None of the characters are at all compelling, and the treatment of AIDS and homosexuality are downright offensive. Pity Alex Witchel that she has such good connections in the publishing business that no one bothered to edit her work.
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Summary: Stinker times three
Review: I'm probably the only other person (outside of the author's family) who read (or tried to finish) her previous book. I should have known better than to pick up her latest. This was a weak attempt of fluff and a carbon copy of all the other post-Bridget Jones wannabe books out there. Save your money and borrow it from a friend.
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Summary: I REALLY ENJOYED THIS BOOK!
Review: I was surprised to read so many bad reviews of this novel!! I must say that I thoroughly enjoyed it. I laughed out loud many times, and actually felt kind of sad when the book came to an end. It reminded me just a bit of that book I read about a million years ago- "Sheila Levine is Dead and Living in New York." (Anyone remember that one?) I will certainly look for Alex Witchel's next novel.
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Summary: Dark romantic comedy -- not your typical chick novel!
Review: What I liked most about Me Times Three is that it has more cleverness and precise comic timing than the standard chick novels like Bridget Jones's Diary. It is a dark comedy with a touch of nostalgia -- New York City circa 1985, Sandra Berlin, editor for Jolie!, a women's magazine, discovers that her high school sweetheart turned fiance is engaged to two other women. What's even more strange is that he repeated the same scenarios with all of these women, including places, events, even coming up with the same name for a dog. As she tries to get over Bucky's betrayal she is confronted by the harsh news that her adorable gay friend Paul has AIDS. Some interesting twists occur throughout the story. The novel shows a more realistic view on relationships. Also, it is right on the money on how AIDS victims were perceived by society during those times. This is one of the best chick novels I have read this year. It is really a cut above the rest. Me Times Three should be devoured in one or two sittings. I urge you to read it!
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Summary: Too Clever For Its Own Good
Review: I came to this book ready to laugh, and put it down feeling laugh-deprived. The author had a clever idea, but lacked the stuff to make it work as a novel. I can't figure out whether this is a case of a talented writer trying too hard, or not hard enough.
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Summary: Me Times Three
Review: This was a good book, not great. It was definitely not a Bridget Jones & a bit dark at times. Overall I enjoyed the 80's NYC nostalgia. Character development was ok. Not the best book, but amusing enough.
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Summary: Laugh out Loud Funny
Review: Brought me back to my Twenties. This book is a very easy read, that will have you laughing out loud. Reminded me of my single days!!!
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Summary: Laugh Out Loud!
Review: Remember back to when you were in your 20ies. A very easy read, that will having you laughing out loud.
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Summary: Fluff Times Three
Review: Witchel sounds like she's writing a novelization of a sitcom episode, with all the depth of a really bad one.
She can't even get her facts straight - Bucky, the cheating fiance, is a junior ad exec and he's making a Wall Street level salary. On what planet? Doesn't reflect reality.
Characters have no nuance, no depth, and the central premise of the book is never explained to any degree of satisfaction - how did he manage to have 3 fiancees? Why?
You could scan the book in about 20 minutes and pick up the entire plot.
Hopefully the movie will be better.
And I agree with the numerous previous reviewers who pointed out that Witchel is married to Frank "Butcher of Broadway" Rich, an influential NY Times columnist and former theater critic. It's all about who you know.
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Summary: A Cut Above
Review: I bought Me Times Three thinking it would be the typical women's fiction-romantic comedy piece. The story looks that way--you know, young woman in New York deals with the fact her fiance has two other "fiances", and then moves on with her life. There are a lot of similar stories out there--despite that, I do enjoy them. This book, however, was something different, something a little more. Sandy, the young woman in the novel is a real person. She doesn't bounce back immediately and begin dating tons of men in some sort of happy-go-lucky, light-hearted fashion. No, she is upset and depressed and turns to a close friend, a gay man who unfortunately lives 3000 miles away, for support. Despite the fact that she is down, the novel itself will not bring you down. Sandy is witty (not Bridget Jones witty, more like your sarcastic best friend witty) and she gets herself out of the dumps in a realistic way. This novel is also an accurate version of what life was like in NYC for a single young woman in the mid to late eighties. The people, the places, the pastimes, it was all there. A couple complaints though. I thought the story started off fairly slowly. Witchel bounces around time-wise in a way that bogs the novel down. After about 80 pages or so, when she gets into the present, things pick up and the novel becomes much more can't-put-downable. If you are looking for a slight departure from the fairy tale romantic comedy, if you are looking for a slightly darker, more realistic side of single life (more like In the Drink or Otherwise Engaged), this is your novel. Enjoy
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