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Summary: Demanding Dating Dilemmas!!
Review: See Jane Date is a humorous look at dating, with a nice bit of 'serious' life, too. In Jane actually liking her job, and working towards being promoted, SJD refreshingly proves there is more to life than just dating. In the beginning, Jane is invited to a wedding and refuses a set-up ("he's such a nice boy") by saying she has a boyfriend. With two months to the wedding, Jane has to strike out and start dating in order to find someone to bring. As Jane wasn't dating before having to find a wedding date, Senate addresses a different set of fears and emotions about the dating life. Instead of "oh, there are so many men and none of them stack up" Jane is more "oh, I need a date for a wedding and I have to rely on blind dates to meet any guys." Jane portrays a world, even in NYC, where meeting tons of men and dating isn't the easiest task in the world if you're only an average outgoing personality. Senate's writing is crisp, articulate and engaging. For a first novel, she really demonstrates a natural storytelling ability and a gift for drawing the reader into a character's world. In addition, she does a believable job of creating additional characters without them seeming like faint ghosts of the original character (take "Opera Man" for example). The ending isn't a great surprise, and does keep you guessing until the final couple pages (will it end like I suspect; will it not?). This is a quick read, and enjoyable.
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Summary: A Date Worth Keeping
Review: For laughs and pithy social commentary, this book doesn't measure up to Sophie Kinsella's two Shopaholic romps, or Dorothy Samuels' fun take on thirtysomething romance and America's crazy celebrity obsession in her recent novel, Filthy Rich.
Still, See Jane Date is a fast, enjoyable read. Melissa Senate is a talented writer with a knack for amusing detail, and some of the dating situations she depicts are simply hilarious.
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Summary: Great spring break reading
Review: I confess...I actually shed a tear while reading this novel. Senate's tale of frustrated Manhattanite, Jane, is surprisingly moving. I enjoyed taking a peek into the world of publishing, and the characters are realistic and entertaining. This is a wonderful read if you are taking a little weekend trip or if you're looking for a fun diversion. This is nothing intense, so if you're after high drama, keep looking. Otherwise, sit back with a cup of tea and tag along with Jane on her many, many bad dates.
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Summary: OK, this book was really bad.
Review: I am frankly surprised that other readers rated this book so highly. I bought it for a plane trip and had to literally force myself to finish it. The in-flight magazine was more interesting, and better-written. Besides being [similar to] the excellent "Bridget Jones' Diary" (right down to Jane's chain-smoking and the "girl's night out" on Fridays) it is just extremely poorly written. I also think that it portrays "twenty-somethings" as extremely shallow people. Not one of the characters had any depth. Overall, it was just boring. I am a 28-year old who lives and works in a big city (Boston), much like Jane, the title character, but I found her so poorly portrayed and one-dimensional that I could not relate to her at all, nor did I care what happened to her. The "plot" (to use the term loosely) was totally juvenille and the whole book had the feel of being written in about a week. Conflicts were resolved in one-sentence scenes, and that gave it the overall feeling of being totally unrealistic. It was also, to be frank, really annoying. The character of Jane was really annoying and so was the entire "tone" of the story. I have seen many, MANY better things written in my undergraduate writing seminars. I honestly cannot believe this got published. And I honestly cannot believe that so many people think it is a good work of fiction...
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Summary: Pucky
Review: drivel... I hate the main character she is pathetic, and selfish, whiney and generally unlikeable. I could not even finish the book for fear that in the ending would be happy for the twit
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Summary: Hey Melissa Senate - Get a Map!
Review: I don't think the author has ever been to the Upper East Side of New York - 818 East 81st Street? No such place. Is she serious? Was this a typo? The bit about the talking through the cabinets was entertaining but the rest was pretty weak. People that aren't from New York City might like this book but as someone that lives here it was stupid.
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Summary: GREAT READ!!!
Review: I Read this book in exactly 1 day. It usually takes me weeks to read a book, but I couldn't put it down. As a 28 year old husbandless female...I totally related to Jane and all of her men...
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Summary: A Wonderfully Witty and Well-Written Novel
Review: Don't miss out on Melissa Senate's novel SEE JANE DATE! Join Jane Gregg in New York City as she brilliantly dodges the daily set backs she faces a thiry-year-old singleton, and assisstant editor at Posh Publishing company. Desperately seeking a date to her cousin's wedding after lying to the "Ms.Popularity" of her high school about haveing the perfect boyfriend, Jane finds herself in quite a few sticky situations on the road to happiness. Battling a bad smoking habit, striving for a much earned job promation, and having her heart broken one too many times, you can't help but feel as if you know the scenario all to well. Of course, one thing she does have to help along the way are a few good friends. Think Bridgett Jones' Diary meets Sex and the City-I must say not a bad combination-nor book.
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Summary: Single? You'll Love this one
Review: This book couldn't have been more right. As a 28 year old single female blind dates are awful and everyone you know wants to line you up. I loved the book, I couldn't put it down and finished it in 24 hours. You'll be sorry if you don't pick this one up.
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Summary: Give it a miss
Review: This young-woman-on-the-verge-of-success-and-happiness genre is quite popular now, and I've read a lot of them. This is a resoundingly average example, featuring characters that lack definition and vibrancy, a standard plot with few insights and no surprises, and the death knell -- no humor about its navel-gazing subjects. I didn't even bother passing this one on to friends, but left it on the magazine rack at the gym.
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