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Summary: READ IT! :)
Review: Jennifer Weiner has created a cast of characters that grab you by the heart and pulls you into their funny, dysfunctional, too-real world. Cannie is a phenomenal, smart heroine. She makes brave choices with sassy attitude. Weiner gives us a heroine who proves that happiness is not a body size. HOORAY! I would highly recommend this book--my friends are already getting my copy.
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Summary: it'll tickle your funny bone and touch your heart too
Review: I totally adore this book. The story hits the ground running right away, so you'll be sucked into it in no time! Cannie is one of the most believable women I've come across in a long time. Most of us women deal with body image issues no matter what size we are, so we can really relate to Cannie's insecurities and doubts. The author also portrays the other characters very well. I read this book in only a few days! (If I was on vacation I probably would have finished it in a day.) Trust me, women won't be able to put this book down. I'm not sure if guys would like this book, but women definitely will. Women ~ enjoy! Go out and get it!!
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Summary: Good to the last page and beyond
Review: We meet Candace after she's told her boyfriend she 'wants a break' and right before she discovers he thought she meant she wanted to completely break up with him. She finds this out in an article in a national magazine that he's just started writing for, which begins "Loving a larger woman is an act of courage." While Candace didn't think her boyfriend understood her, she finds out in his magazine column he really did understand her struggles with weight and image and that he really did love her, regardless of her weight. It is also refreshing to hear the boyfriend's point of view without it being filtered through Candace, or another third party.While many recent chick-lit books feature a newly-dumped protagonist, as this book does, Good in Bed sidesteps the trap of 'I've been dumped' self pity. Of course, there are scenes when Candace feels sorry for herself and is sad about the demise of her relationship, they are never overindulgent or over-the-top. And while she is heartbroken, the reader sees her dating and facing the prejudices that exist for overweight women. And while Candace is overweight, she is refreshingly and genuinely portrayed as concerned about her health. She visits the gym on a regular basis and eats normally. It's refreshing to read a novel featuring an overweight woman who's not overweight because she doesn't exercise and eats junk food, but who's overweight because that's just the way her body was built. Good in Bed is also nice in that it portrays a Jewish protagonist who doesn't fall into the trap of being a Jewish cliche. While Cannie isn't orthodox or actively practicing her religion, it provides a nice depth to her character and her family's. Alternately a funny and heartbreaking book (the post-pregnancy sequence is particularly harrowing), Good in Bed will work its way under your skin and keep your attention long past the final page. This is strong and thoughtful writing, and Weiner is a writer to watch.
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Summary: My life should be so easy
Review: Sure, caustically bitter Cannie has her problems. She's a "Larger Woman." And apparently this is the reason why her father left the family, her ex-boyfriend has moved on, and her apartment is dingy. Fortunately, the author's solution is to spice up Cannie's life with an unbelievable series of good luck. First, Cannie meets - and befriends! - a real life movie star. Who sells her screenplay to her agent. Who invites Cannie to Hollywood and pays her lots of money. Where she then meets the movie star of her dreams who gives her his car. But wait! There's more. Cannie's one-night stand turns into a pregnancy (despite the 25% chance any woman has of getting pregnant in a given month). Fortunately, she's now wealthy enough to bring up baby on her own. Did I say on her own? Ops. Almost forgot her good fortune of meeting a handsome older doctor who's single (what are the odds of that?) who falls in love with her while she's too busy bemoaning her misfortunes (?) to notice. Almost forgot. She even gets her own column in a national magazine. Granted, Cannie isn't completely without true heartache, but I almost felt as if the author included it to distract the reader from the never ending series of "I can't believe it happened to me." This one had too many clichés for me. A bit embarrassing to read on the beach, actually, because of all the disbelief sputtering out of my mouth. At least the title was fun.
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Summary: I haven't even finished it and I LOVE IT...
Review: I have never laughed out loud while reading a book. I only just started reading it and I can not wait to get home tonight and lock myself in my room so that I can read the entire thing! I am so excited to see what happens!
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Summary: So good, read the whole thing in 1 day!
Review: I ordered this book expecting to read it over a few weeks during my commute. However, once I began reading, I couldn't put it down and read the entire thing in one sitting. There seems to be a whole genre of romantic comedy novels written by, for, and about single women in their 20's. However, "Good in Bed" really stands apart from the crowd. Funnier, smarter, and more heartfelt than "Bridget Jones." I think more American women will relate to Cannie Shapiro than the heroines of other books. I am going to recommend this book to all my girlfriends.
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Summary: Enjoyed this immensely.
Review: It's always so interesting to read reviews - what some love, others find just so-so or even without merit of any kind. For me, this was a "love" book - I've read it twice and recommended it to many friends (who also loved it). Picked this up on vacation in the U.K. last August (before it was out in the states), and it was the perfect vacation read. If you're looking for a beach book about single women - with a little more substance than a Bridget Jones clone - I'd endorse this as a choice. I think Weiner is a promising young writer, and I'm looking forward to her next effort.
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Summary: Not your typical fluffy woman's book.
Review: Cannie is what most women in this world are. Slightly overweight. She feels like she can't compare to the skinny women that are around her and that if she loses the weight it will possibly make her happy. When she breaks up with Bruce she doesn't expect to open up a magazine a few months later to find there personal life on the pages. With the anger she has towards Bruce it makes her want to lose the weight even more. She doesn't want to be labeled the Larger Woman. Things in her life take an unexpected twist and she finds herself with a new friend who shows her what life has to offer and helps her realize some things along the way. When things change in her life it makes her look at her life and things around it and change them for the better and not be so upset about things that she can't control. Overall this was a wonderful book. It kept me hooked from the start to the end. Cannie was a strong woman who stood her ground on a lot of things and wised up and got things together. I hope this author will write more wonderful books.
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Summary: You can relate to this woman...
Review: This is a phenomenal debut novel. The characters are funny and heartbreaking. You can relate to Cannie on so many different levels. The dialouge is snappy and rings true. This is the sort of book you read and then share with all your friends.
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Summary: Started well, but too many threads
Review: "Good in Bed" got off to a great start. The tension between Canny and her ex-boyfriend, Canny and her mother, and Canny and herself had all the makings of a compelling first novel. Half-way through the novel many of the original threads were abandoned, in favor of less satisfying plot twists that strained credibility. The second half the novel drove me to distraction, frankly, mostly because Canny (and Jennifer Weiner) had a lot of opportunities to make some important insights about herself and her relationships, but passed them up in order to keep up the breakneck pace. Ironically, the novel ended flatly, I thought. Maybe, on the second effort, Ms. Weiner can pare down the number of characters, in favor of her original, witty premise.
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