Go West Young F*cked-Up Chick : A Novel of Separation

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Summary: One Amazing F*cked Up Trip
Review: I concur with the bad reviews - the author tried too hard to be alternative and edgy. The "chick" and her l.a. experiences sound so contrived and uninteresting that I presume the author leads a very boring life. (and I'm convinced the 5-star reviews are from friends of the author.)

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Summary: doesn't bear any resemblence to l.a. save for street names
Review: I concur with the bad reviews - the author tried too hard to be alternative and edgy. The "chick" and her l.a. experiences sound so contrived and uninteresting that I presume the author leads a very boring life. (and I'm convinced the 5-star reviews are from friends of the author.)

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Summary: Yeah, but its fun
Review: Sure it may be a bit amaturish, even a little jumpy at times. But it made me laugh, it even inspired me to write again. There are some genius ranting within its sophmoric style, and it makes it all worth reading. Well worth the read. I'm looking forward to her next novel.

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Summary: Go West, Young Pretentious, Oh-so-jaded Chick
Review: Well, I have mixed feelings on this book. Obscured by all these annoying I'm-so-blase-and-hip descriptions of places and people are actually a few prosaic gems. But, alas, Ms. Resnick's writing is indeed like B.E.E., as someone else noted above, in that it's entirely too self-absorbed. The author tries too hard to name-drop, place-drop, and brand-drop, while at the same time trying to make the reader think the protagonist is all broke and tragic. Ugh. This reminds me too much of Elizabeth Wurtzel's "Poor Ivy League Girl on Prozac Who Sluts Around and Acts Like a Disaffected Spokesperson for Generation X" attitude. Fun to read, but this book needs some editing (sorry, but Resnick ain't no female Jack Kerouac - the run-on sentences and grammatical inconsistencies just don't work) and its author a bit of an attitude adjustment.

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Summary: one more try,
Review: Where are the women writers who write women characters that overcome obstacles or are just plain interesting? I dont think this is what V Woolf meant when she spoke of Women and Fiction. Here is the situation. This writer was teaching a class at UCLA called Strong female characters. I thought great title for a class so I bought her book and read as much as I could fathom. Have I been hit by a train? What a dissapointment. Who is she trying to fool? Will the real Rachel Reznick please stand up and write. I know she has it in her. I saw her read, she seems sexy enough to write sex and smart enough to write good characters..but Huh? shocking and disappointing that she would subvert feminism or project a feminist sentiment when in fact her writing is just some cool slick way to write.