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Summary: More porno than Bridget Jones
Review: I had enjoyed Amy Sohn's columns for a while before reading this, and I confess that the possibility that this was based on her life after coming to New York (tho I know it's fiction) interested me first. But I found the book very well written, with some real clever humor in it. Even though there are a lot of books out now about dating in the city, I think her book's plot is still original enough to shine through. Quick summary: Ariel Steiner (yes, note the initials) has her dating/life-in-NY column picked up by a local weekly newspaper, and must attempt to balance her need to write about love with her actual need to find love. There is also the problem of having your family (including your little brother) be able to pick up the paper and read about your lovelife. It had me hooked. It was carefully written rather than quick. I enjoyed the ending, too. I highly recommend it.
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Summary: Somewhat Disappointing
Review: I had heard that this book was funny and smart so I picked it up. I finished it in two days only because I cannot stand to leave a book unfinished. Although I smiled a few times during the course of my reading, I don't feel that it was worth my time. Although the sex scenes were obnoxious and there were far too many, I felt that the book's greatest fault was that the main character (Ariel Steinem) was completely unlikeable. She had a narcissistic attitude throughout the whole story, played ridiculous mind games with everyone, and to top it off, she had the annoying ability to never stop feeling sorry for herself. It's not suprising that I couldn't feel one ounce of sympathy for her whenever things started to fall apart. Save your money. If you really must read it, check it out from the library.
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Summary: Disappointed!!
Review: I just finished this book and I must say IT IS NOT " The thinking person's Bridget Jones" - The Independent. Whoever wrote that review should be fired ~
This main character in this book (Ariel) has very very very very low self esteem and acts really cheap. I didn't think that she was an interesting character. I kept thinking that the book would get better but it didn't, it was also too long because the character doesn't change or grow. The sex scenes described in this book were a little gross. Overall I didn't like it and I cannot recommend it. The only good thing I can say about it is that it has fast-paced writing.
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Summary: A bit over the top
Review: I liked the writing and the story line is decent enough but some of the sex episodes are incredible--few folks get there so quickly and attach so little meaning to it all, with people they hardly know. Or maybe few decent folks do. It's not the action--that's good and funky, lively and thrilling--but the related choices that just don't cut it for me.
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Summary: Disappointing
Review: I read great reviews and read this book in a couple of days, but was somewhat disappointed, expecting something more...the premise was promising, but I couldn't work up much feeling for the character. Talk about self-absorbed, imagining the whole city was aghast over her column? I think not! Unerotic pointless sex scenes, over and over...let me tell you, if you want to read a good book about a single Jewish gal yearning for love and marriage, go to the library and get out "Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York City". A wonderful funny touching novel about a young woman in a New York that is no more, but much better written (not to be confused with a horrible movie by the same name). "Run Catch Kiss" confirms two things, a) that men can put their you know whats in anything and its no more than a sneeze, and b) I am so very glad I'm not a young woman living in New York.
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Summary: Ariel Steiner makes Ignatius J. Reilly look like a gentleman
Review: I've seen Amy Sohn on TV a few times and decided to check out this novel at B&N. I finished about half of it, just out of sheer curiosity and obviously didn't purchase it. It's amusing if only because of what poorly written, self-important, right out of the gutter sewer sludge it is. The protaganist is self-absorbed, humorless and unlikeable. I'm not sure if this is supposed to be satirical or some kind of ironic twist on this sort of coming-of-age-20-something-hip-post-feminist genre, but I'm afraid it's not because I think the author expects us to actually RELATE to the main character and take her seriously.
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Summary: I want my money back
Review: If I ever run into Amy Sohn on the street I am going to ask for my money back. Seriously. This book was a feeble and weak attempt at writing. I think that more than the money, I regret losing every minute of my time that was wasted reading this book. I am all for a thrilling read and witty and provacative fare, but Amy Sohn is nothing more than a boring, remedial, and thoroughly uninteresting exhibitionist. Maybe Amy Sohn should keep the money - she has no career as a novelist. I'm cancelling my New York Magazine subscription too.
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Summary: Don't Even Bother
Review: It was only natural that Sohn was tapped to compile the official Sex and the City book, because the parallel between Run Catch Kiss's Ariel Steiner and Sex and the City's Carrie Bradshaw is obvious: single women in New York writing a column about love/sex/dating in a local rag, and their various misadventures end up memorialized in print. Where the two part company is Ariel Steiner's ineptitude. Satisfying her editors with bawdy details of her life, she barely disguises the names of her dates and becomes quite infamous very quickly, resulting in the loss of potentially good propects for fear of having their lives revealed in print, and the attraction of those who would do anything for the exposure. What kept me reading was Sohn's wickedly funny phrasings. I find it difficult to describe them--you just have to see 'em to believe 'em. She finds a way to take a mundane event and recast it in its snappiest, most humorous light. The book screams for a sequal, and I, for one, hope Sohn delivers.
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Summary: More than a Sex and the City Wannabe
Review: It was only natural that Sohn was tapped to compile the official Sex and the City book, because the parallel between Run Catch Kiss's Ariel Steiner and Sex and the City's Carrie Bradshaw is obvious: single women in New York writing a column about love/sex/dating in a local rag, and their various misadventures end up memorialized in print. Where the two part company is Ariel Steiner's ineptitude. Satisfying her editors with bawdy details of her life, she barely disguises the names of her dates and becomes quite infamous very quickly, resulting in the loss of potentially good propects for fear of having their lives revealed in print, and the attraction of those who would do anything for the exposure. What kept me reading was Sohn's wickedly funny phrasings. I find it difficult to describe them--you just have to see 'em to believe 'em. She finds a way to take a mundane event and recast it in its snappiest, most humorous light. The book screams for a sequal, and I, for one, hope Sohn delivers.
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Summary: A Hilarioius & Excellent Read
Review: This book is awesome!!! I picked a copy of it up in a Goodwill store one day when I went romping with my mom hitting the thrift stores in our area and looking for bargains. I was unsure at first, but, after I started reading it, I couldn't put it down. I have no clue why anyone would throw out a book like this!!! The interaction between the characters is hilarious and the main character- despite being semi-narcissistic and annoying at times- is endearing in that you can (or, at least, I can) totally relate to her. Amy Sohn hit the nail right on the head with this book in trying to describe what it's like being an educated young woman out looking for fun in these crazy times we call the new millennium. It can be rambling and boring at times, but, for the most part, it's a very entertaining read. I've read "Run, Catch, Kiss" several times already- it never fails to amuse me. Sohn is a very talented writer and this is a wonderful book. I recommend every woman go out and get a copy of this book- that is, as long as you can handle the frank dialogue and steamy sex scenes.
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