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Summary: see jane date
Review: I love this book. I can relate to Jane Gregg, being a single 28 year old in New York. You dont have to be from New York to relate, you just have to be a single woman who has expierenced horrible dating. This book is not only funny(LAUGH OUT LOUD), It is also sad. I definetly recommend this book.
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Summary: Melissa Senate Rocks!
Review: See Jane Date is witty, poignant, and timely - just what the twenty and thirty-something woman needs to get through her day! Reading this charming, wry, totally laugh-out-loud new novel, I knew the author would be someone I'd be pleased to call a friend. She really connects with the average urban chick - I could tell as much from a line on the very first page. "Like I didn't own a miracle bra in every color..." Ha! It's nice to know there are others out there with a fine appreciation of the ironies of the liberated woman. I look forward to the next Melissa Senate venture!
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Summary: pedestrian and predictable
Review: The amazing success of "Bridget Jones' Diary" has spawned a sub-genre of popular literature: books where anxious 20- or 30-something heroines complain about their lives and are desperate to catch husbands. "See Jane Date" is another book along those lines. Same jealously of someone else's marriage, same insecurity, same frantic dating. Blah, blah, blah. The ending of this book was predictable from the first chapter. Having said that, if the writing was good, I could have forgiven a recycled plot. Sadly, it was not. None of the characters are particularly likable -- frankly they are all charicatures. Dialogue is stilted. And the writing just isn't good. Save your money for something better.
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Summary: Jane is my new best friend!!
Review: SEE JANE DATE is an irresistible read. From page one, I was charmed by the bond between Jane and her best bud, Eloise. I loved all the eccentric publishing folk Jane has to put up with in her assistant editor job. Adored the too-beautiful Natasha Nutley (in spite of myself). My favorite character (besides Jane, of course) was Jane's aunt Ina. She was so real, so lovable as the nagging-but-well-intentioned mother-figure in Jane's life ("Go ahead, Jane, be single. Never get married. End up all alone like your great-aunt Gertie, God rest her soul.") Can you just picture Aunt Ina in her Forest Hills living room?? SEE JANE DATE is a must-read for single women everywhere. I can't wait to read more books from Melissa Senate! (Especially a book about Eloise, hint, hint...)
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Summary: Chick novel written all over it!
Review: I shall be the first to admit that I hadn't anticipated an original novel in this one. After all, I must've read hundreds of single-in-the-twenties/thirties-living-in-NYC/London chick novels! I also shall be the first to admit that I happen to love said novels. So I shall spare the potential reader of this book from comments like "unoriginal" or "Bridget Jones wannabe." (Okay, fine! That was my first impression when I started reading this novel.) However, See Jane Date turned out to be one fun book! Jane Gregg is an underappreciated assistant editor at a Publishing House who chain-smokes and has had it with her chronic single status (Sound familiar?). She also endures having to edit the pretentious memoir of the Nicole Kidman look-alike named Natasha, the woman Jane's always envied. To make matters worse, she will be the bridesmaid at her cousin's wedding. Add insult to injury, the wedding will be held at the Plaza Hotel in Manhattan. Having led everyone to believe that she's got a fabulous boyfriend, Jane embarks on a hilarious and at times poignant journey to find a boyfriend for the wedding by way of blind dates. Jane becomes a serial dater. I am pleased to announce that there are some twists and turns that lead to a surprising ending. This novel was slow at first. The plot seemed too familiar and I almost gave up on it. I am glad that I continued to read it. It's got wit and warmth and vibrant characters. However, I was annoyed with the fact that almost every character in the novel resembled a celebrity. Yes, See Jane Date is a typical chick novel. It is a cross between Bridget Jones's Diary and The Trials of Tiffany Trott and TV's Sex and the City and Ally McBeal. I know I said I wouldn't compare it to other reads, but I just couldn't resist! :-)
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Summary: Avid Reader
Review: Frankly, it insulted my intelligence. It was not funny, not witty, not even slightly amusing. I couldn't even finish it.
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Summary: A hilarious look at dating in the new millenium
Review: It is not that easy being a single late twenties female living in New York City. Everyone Jane sees seems paired and her closest friends want to set her up with someone one so she can share in coupling bliss. Her cousin Dana is marrying in two months and Jane desperately wants a date to quiet her relatives about her prospects. Her best friend's husband knows a lot of eligible males, so Jane agrees to go on a series of blind dates. Each one starts with tremendous promise, but each time fizzles into failure at least from Jane's perspective.
While Jane struggles to find a date for the upcoming nuptials, she seeks a promotion at work because after six years as a great assistant editor, she believes it is past time to get a promotion. To gain her professional goal, Jane must work closely on a project with Natasha, a woman she despises since they were children in the same Queens neighborhood. Jane is striking out on both fronts, but to know for sure how it all turns out, read SEE JANE DATE.
This is a serio-comic look at life for a single woman in New York. Readers will like the cast especially the intelligently drawn lead player. Anyone who ever resided in the big city knows a Jane story, but Melissa Senate brings humor, passion, and poignancy to a delightful person that makes the Red Dress Ink imprint start at a high level of quality. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: Not a mushy, "happily ever after" romance
Review: Much to author Melissa Senate's, credit, SEE JANE DATE is not the typical mushy, happily ever after type of romance novel.
I purchased this book for one reason, because the fictional heroine went to my high school. Though she's a generation younger than I am, her fictional life of place and career are not altogether different than my real one.
While I didn't expect much from this novel, having bought it for this most personal of reasons, I was pleasantly surprised as the plot unfolded. Senate's story is engaging, and very believable. What single woman has not desperately sought a date for a special black-tie occasion? That is a main subplot of this book, as the heroine prepares to attend her perfect cousin's perfect wedding to the perfect man. The struggle that dating then becomes is the book's unifying motif, to funny effect.
Along the way, Senate explores some life lessons. She leaves her readers with the important theory that it is important to know who one is oneself, rather than creating a phony persona in the hope of connecting with a dream man; that until a woman is comfortable with herself, she cannot be comfortable in a relationship. As Senate sees it, it all comes down to basic self-worth.
The setting of this book almost rises to a character, so good is the sense of place that Senate creates both of Manhattan and of what it is like to have a job on a top magazine peopled by backstabbing co-workers.
SEE JANE DATE is not the usual "chick lit." It is far better.
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Summary: Sounds like my luck!!!!
Review: I truly loved this book. Jane reminded me so much of myself. After going on one blind date after another, Jane finally see the light that Grammy was leading her to. Two thumbs up for this one!
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Summary: Not your typical chick-lit
Review: Jane Gregg works as an assistant editor at Posh, a major publishing company now benefiting from the popularity surge of intimate, explicit biographies. Her newest assignment can make her career, if she can survive it. She's been assigned to edit the memoirs of Natasha Nutley, a woman riding her 15-minutes of fame after riding (literally) a famous celebrity. Now, she's telling all to Jane, who doesn't want to hear most of it. `The Gnat', as Jane fondly calls her, stole her boyfriend back in high school, something Jane has never really been able to get over.
To make matters worse, Jane has two months to find a boyfriend to bring to her aggravating cousin's wedding. At the prodding of her two best friends, Jane agrees to go on a series of blind dates, meeting one `Mr. Wrong' after another. With a deadline rapidly approaching and a very busy calendar, Jane's on a mission to find Mr. Right.
I'm the first to admit that I'm normally not a fan of chick-lit. Most novels I've read in the genre have been shallow, superficial, and poorly written. Imagine my surprise, then, when SEE JANE DATE not only captivated me, but quickly became the kind of book I couldn't put down. I'd grab it out of my purse while standing in line at the grocery store, eating lunch and even - eek! - at traffic lights.
Incredibly well written, with three-dimensional characters that make the romp through New York City engaging and fun, SEE JANE DATE is a must-read for any woman who's ever been single.
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