Rating: 
Summary: Not so good
Review: This book initially hooked me with its first chapter and its quick and amusing dialogue, but I think that it dragged a lot in the middle. Even though it picked up at the end with several plot twists, this did not make up for the boring middle, which was way too wordy and over-written. It was a struggle to endure to the end of the book, to be honest. Even the ending was not much to my liking as it seemed rushed and not very realistic.No need to go into the story-that has been done by a couple of hundred reviewers before me. "Good in Bed" had the bones of a good story but, like Cannie, it was too fleshed-out and tried to deal with one too many issues, several of which were talked to death! I also did not much like Cannie. I thought she was incredibly whiny and self-absorbed -I wondered what all her friends got out of their one-way friendship with her. She was not at all giving or caring throughout most of the book and was totally unappreciative of what others were doing for her. And I hated the smart-mouthiness-which seems to be a requisite for so-called witty books about young women. There were little things that bothered me, like Cannie fitting into Maxi's clothes! As if !!!! Also, there was a serious error toward the end of the book. Cannie had flown into Newark International Airport, a good hour and a half from Philadelphia, when she had her "accident". Yet family and friends were said to be dropping in at the hospital -something they would not have been doing if she was in a hospital that far from Philly. Then, when she is released from the hospital she walks to Children's Hospital of Philadelphia to see the baby. I think Weiner and her editor forgot that Cannie did not fly into Philadelphia Airport and that she would have been taken to the closest hospital to Newark!
Rating: 
Summary: Pathetic
Review: A painful read, and I only read 100 pages at that. Is this what single thirty-somethings are like? No wonder they're single. Absolutely pathetic.
Rating: 
Summary: Exellent, witty
Review: This was a fantastic book. I want to be friends with Cannie! What made this book so special is that the characters were all flawed and imperfect, which made them very realistic and endearing! This book made me feel like I was on the phone with a girlfriend of mine gossiping about real life, love, and the like.
I wouldn't change one word of this book, and I was engrossed in the story from page one!
Cheers to Jennifer Weiner who portrayed such a realistic character. Also, in terms of authenticity, her portrayal of a young conservative Jewish woman is right on! The descriptions of events, holidays, and worldviews were excellent!
Rating: 
Summary: REALLY Good In Bed
Review: I've heard some bad reviews about this book. Some said it was predictable and unreal. In my opinion this book approaches life just the way it is. Sometimes it's predictable and other times it's unreal. I loved the book because it was totally real and gave me (a plus sized girl) a little hope for something a little challanging and a little unexpected. Thanks Jennifer Weiner!
Rating:
Summary: Good for Bed
Review: Weiner, without a doubt, is a crafty story-teller. She's able to weave a novel together from a so-so plot. The characters are enjoyable enough, yet not enough to make this a page-turner for me; for I wasn't all that excited about what was going to happen next to heroine Cannie Shapiro and her co-horts. And there lies the problem. The book comes across more as a script for the latest failed network sitcom...a group of characters you don't mind getting together with once a week, for a trial-run. Which is why I saved this book for bed-time; an hour a day with Cannie and her friends over a three week period was more than enough for me. Paging Bridget Jones!
Rating:
Summary: Great in Bed!!
Review: This is the perfect book to read on one of those (not so familiar) lazy days. It made me laugh and cry and although I am not quite familiar with all of her issues, I felt as though I could relate. I was sad when the book came to an end! This is a definite "must read". Cannie is such a great person and at the end of the book you will either fell as though she is you or a new friend.
Rating:
Summary: Close to Home
Review: I couldn't put this book down either...not even amid the stares of my fellow train passengers as I sat, half crying, half laughing my way through the book. I felt as if I was a part of the story, as if Cannie was a close friend, or even myself. The setting in Philadelphia may not be as close to home for others, but I'm surrounded by the places mentioned in the book and that made me feel even more a part of the story. I loved Cannie's sarcastic wit, which is what prompted me to buy it in the bookstore. I picked it up and flipped through a few pages, and I laughed at almost every snippet I read, and that sealed the deal. I'm already recommending it to my friends, and ready to start on it a second time.
Rating:
Summary: I don't buy it
Review: I used to read Jennifer Weiner when she wrote for the Inquirer, and back then I thought her to be somewhat clueless. While this book does start out well (the first chapter REALLY sucks you in, and the scenes with the drug-hungry women at the weight-loss center, downright hilarious), I thought Cannie was a mauldin, whiny nightmare. Consider, if you will, writing for a major newspaper and selling a screenplay before she's 30, and we're told she's ambitious (don't forget funny, if you liken bitterness to humor), but you don't see any skill for self-promtion, only self-absorbtion. She meets a movie star in a public restroom (?), dismisses her with an epithet, and seems to demonstrate no chagrin at being overheard. This thinly-veiled star becomes her biggest fan and promoter after one day-spa trip and drunken night in Manhattan. Right. Her family and friends are reduced to furniture in her apartment with the requisite hardwood floors, impossibly thick towels and lemonade-stand yellow walls. Martha Stewart, I'm not worthy! The California adventure, the shoving match in the airport loo, it's all too Danielle Steele for me.
I won't even address the body-image issue. Size 16 isn't that big of a problem. Nobody can tell ME it is. Size 22W and over, let's talk. If Cannie (and who says that's a better diminutive for Candace than "Candy"...) wanted a break from Bruce, she should have stuck to her guns and not become a heap of goo just because HE won't take HER back. Pot-head grad students aren't typically good providers.
I see ALOT of 5-star reviews here, one who said she actually put down Harry Potter in favor of this book. Well, if the kind of fantasy you prefer involves a happy ending for someone who is sullen and morose and seemingly uninvolved with family and friend's problems, but STILL gets [treated with kindness]...it underscores what a sad state we're in as women and what are expectations in life are.
Cannie made much of being unloved by her father, and the book's biggest flaw is not recognizing she also allowed herself to be somewhat unlovable. Her tiresome anger toward her mother's partner was palpable envy that her mother was able to move on, but she just couldn't. She got her happy ending, she found a good shrink, and we live on faith that some day she'll get a clue...
Rating:
Summary: A wonderful, fun read!
Review: I am an avid reader and I don't remember enjoying any other book quite as much as I enjoyed this one! Cannie is wonderfully human, honest, funny and much more. The entire cast of characters is interesting. I highly recommend this book. Read it yourself. Buy it for your friends. They'll love it.
Rating:
Summary: Great read!
Review: A friend of mine had recommended this book. At first, I wasn't sure that it would be as good as my friend had said. However, after reading the book, I have to agree, it's pretty great! Although I'm not "plus-sized" I can still relate to Cannie's struggle with accepting her body. I had a hard time putting this book down and even woke up at ungodly hours just to keep reading it! Amid many tears, I finally finished the book and just wish that I could see what the future holds for Cannie and her beloved dog, Nifkin.
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