The Nanny Diaries: A Novel

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Summary: CAN'T WAIT FOR THE MOVIE
Review: The Nanny Diaries is one of the funniest and entertaining books I have read in a long time. This book was just too good to put down. I read it cover to cover. After I read the last page I found myself angry. It was infuriating to me to think that this is how the upper crust treat their paid employees.
The authors have done an outstanding job keeping the reader fully engaged in "what happens next."
This is a terrific little book and I can't wait for the movie version!

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Summary: A bit too much...
Review: The over-the-top outrageous nature of the book was funny for about, oh, the first chapter. And then it just got tedious. And boring. I understand that THE NANNY DIARIES is supposed to be a satirization, but for the love of pizza...since when do satires sound this forced? Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus go out of their way to slam in every stereotype about rich people into their book, and boy, is it obvious!

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Summary: child abuse
Review: anyone who says this book is funny has a completely warped sense of humor. This is page after page of the cruel torment of an innocent four year old boy by a couple of hateful narcissists (his parents) and an underhanded, sanctimonious passive-aggressive white girl (the nanny). There's nothing funny about these totally awful people or the plight of Grayer, the kid. By the end of the book, I wanted all the adults in the book dead (except for the guy from Harvard, who could perhaps end up with custody of Grayer and they'd live happily ever after). This book [stinks].

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Summary: Do all rich parents go to the same school?
Review: My father sent me this book after he read about it while shopping on amazon. I had work for a wealthy family and he thought I could "relate". Well let me tell you not only could I relate but several of the lines written in the book had been said to me by my employer! Do all rich people go to a school to learn this stuff? I absolutely LOVED this book. I started reading it on a car trip when it got too dark I opened up the glove box to read by the lightin it until my husband complained. Even though I was exhuasted I was up until 4:00am finishing the book. I just couldn't put it down! I actually laughed out loud while reading it. I kept reading funny parts to my husband. I was sad when I finished it I didn't want it to end. These girls know their stuff and sure can write!

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Summary: the nanny diaries
Review: Funny? Yes - but also incredibly sad.

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Summary: Loved it !!!!
Review: What a great book. As a mother of 5 children I tried to place myself on both "sides" of this book. I found it sad, funny, meaningful, and true. I wanted to reach out and help Grayer, but for one day I wanted to be Mrs X, if for nothing else then the "freedom" she had.

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Summary: Should be titled The Doormat Diaries
Review: This is a good book to read while you are commuting or on the beach. However, I found none of the characters sympathetic and Nanny was the most pathetic character of them all. If they write a sequel, I hope Nanny will develop a backbone.

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Summary: Right to the point
Review: This was addictive. I finished the book in two days and have recommended it to everyone I know.
The first few chapters are hilarious, but as I got into the book a little more I just couldn't help but feel terribly sad for poor Grayer (the child). Grayer is neglected by his selfish mother who can only think about how to lure her philandering husband back to bed, and his horrible father who flees the house while Grayer is screaming his lungs out to have his father pay attention to him.

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Summary: Loved It!
Review: Having gotten away from reading lately, this book captured my attention and was well worth it. I enjoyed it even though it was a fast read. I loved the main character's sense of humor and her struggle with balancing priorities along with her love for the child she takes care of.

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Summary: These vile yuppies (the authors, not the Xs)
Review: There is (or should be) a special circle of hell reserved for so-called authors and publishers who push this kind of toxic sludge on an unsuspecting public. Where to begin? The wafer-thin stereotypes...the adolescent noodling/ whining masquerading as prose... the mindless name-checking of yuppie brands, restaurants, schools, destinations... the almost complete absence of irony. I say "almost complete" because the only irony I could find in this book was of the unintentional kind. Kraus and McLaughlin are creatures of the very class they seek to pillory/ parody. Same schools, same background - same aspirations, from what I could tell. "Harvard Hottie" - oh, please. The satire here stings like a moist noodle. No doubt our heroines are now (even) richer and smugger from their 15 mins in the spotlight. My favorite line in the book is on the back flap bio: "They are no longer nannies." Really. How nice for them. What a jolly lark it all was. Weep not for the nannies. Weep not for the little...Grayer princelings of this world. Think of the 3rd-world nannies who do what they do because they don't have a choice. Think of the public who wasted $[money] and an hour of their life on this souffle. Think of the trees that died! And last but not least, a minute's silence for the real authors who refuse to stoop to the level of this guff. The horror - the horror!