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Summary: Just a fun little book!
Review: This was just an awful book. I guess the reality of Bennington's life depressed me. I liked High Maintenence better. Waste of my time.
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Summary: Four days was all it took...
Review: Whenever I like a book, i try to read it as much as possible... at home, waiting for an appointment, in traffic. :) This is one of those books. It was so REAL. I don't know if being a prositute is close to what this character went through, but it was mostly about her, and not what she did for a living. Bennington was a strange, imperfect, hilarious character that i don't think you have to "like," to enjoy reading about. She took on many jobs as an escort, had a serious commitment problem, tried to raise all of this money to go to NYU, only deciding to quit it not much later. She also made a bad choice with her boyfriend, Adam, who treated her terribly. Of course she would try to do everything he said only to have him find fault with that as well. Obviously this is not a woman I would want to hang out with because she has some serious problems, but seeing her from afar, you can't help but feel sorry for her and be intrigued about what makes her tick. What I liked best about the book was the style in which it was written. She made observations about people that stick with you or make you laugh out loud, like "she had an unfortunate Pippi Longstocking appearance", or "I was friends with a girl in my building who was emotionally disturbed. She could recite Alice in Wonderland from beginning to end without stopping. Sometimes she would just scream for hours, going up and down in the elevator. I liked her a lot." Its obviously a book I should read more slowly next time, because I'm sure I missed a lot. I could have done without the Vivian and Lars characters, or at least leave them out of the second half of the book. Other than that, it's great!
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