Rating: Summary: Funny, sad and real! Review: I loved it - I appreciated, understood and recognized this character. Although I am in my late 30s and am married with children, I totally understood the main character Jane. I believe at one time in all our lives there is self doubt, insecurity and jealousy and this book will make you laugh, cry and cheer!!Read it - the back cover will hook you!
Rating: Summary: Good Read Review: This book was a witty read! Senate makes the reader laugh and cry as you relate to the story line. I would suggest this book for any girl who feels singles awareness day (valentine's day)
Rating: Summary: Not Impressed and slight irritated Review: Why does Jane burst into tears at the drop of a hat? I thought I was in for a tale of hilarious dating stories - not so - Jane apparantly has some severe pyschological problems having to do with something her father said about getting married before he died. The parts I really took offense to was the constant crying. Are women today really emotional basket cases? Jane has a great job, wonderful friends and a loving family - but these things aren't enough - who is she trying to impress? For once I'd like to read one of these chick books where there isn't some terribly attractive, too good to be true man waiting there as the happy ending. Couldn't Jane suddenly realize that life is pretty damn good - and that success doesn't come from some man - it comes from inside? If it happens it happens but to put yourself through an emotional crisis because you don't have a date for a wedding? PLEASE!
Rating: Summary: Finding her way in love and life... Review: we watch as Jane struggles and succeeds. A fun journey with charming characters. We follow Jane as over the course of three months she falters and despairs and recovers beautifully in the pitfalls and passion of the elusive success in love and life. In any of her struggles one can easily relate. As she traipses around New York we easily fall in love with her "home town." Submerged in the pages of this book I became one of the characters and fell in love with each one that I met. A Great Book! Easy reading! Humor on every page!
Rating: Summary: Mediocre Review: I have not finished reading it but I am already disappointed. The actual writing lacks any sort of complexity and could be something I read in middle school, maybe earlier. The character also seems juvenile. She is supposed to be a little self conscious which I understand, but I feel like I am being told the story by person with a high school student's mentality. I suppose the poor writing contributes to that.
Rating: Summary: Desperation never looked so bitter Review: See Jane Date? How about See Jane Whine, or See Jane Complain, or perhaps See Jane Cynically Dissect Everyone As a main character, Jane is appealing only if you admire petty, immature, professionally resentful women. She makes nasty asides about just about everyone except her two friends, even people who have done nothing but be nice to her (her editor comes to mind), she's still nursing grudges over imagined injuries sustained in high school, and she has the sort of frequent, inappropriate emotional meltdowns common to two-year olds that recast everyone in her life as her mommy, people who have to wipe her snotty nose and make the world a nice safe place for her because she lacks the skills or emotional maturity to do it herself. Yet, despite all this, she ruminates endlessly about why she could possibly still be single. Gee, Jane, I wonder! Could it be that you're not much of a prize yourself?! I kept looking for something sympathetic about Jane, but there was truly nothing. She came across as desperate and brittle. About the only thing Jane did in this book I found admirable was quit smoking.
Rating: Summary: best in the series Review: Out of all the Red Dress Inc. books I've read, this one was the best. perhaps becuase it was a little more real than the rest or maybe becuase it was a little more funny without stretching. I have started a book club among my twenty something friends and this is the best one so far. I hated passing it along becuase I wanted to read it again. V. good
Rating: Summary: See Jane End Review: Another badly written chick book. This one attempts to wittingly capture a single girl's plight to find one suitable guy and the same girl's attempt to survive the "happy lives" of all those around her. Instead, the novel goes way too slowly from one uninteresting page to another and is packed with boring, stereotypical characters. Half way through the novel, we didn't want to see Jane Date; we just wanted to see Jane end.
Rating: Summary: An American Bridget Jones Review: At first read, Jane comes across as an American version of Bridget Jones. For lovers of the latter book, this one will absolutely please, bringing with it the Americanisms that so many of us recgonize (unfortunately) in the dating world. This novel is light and funny and makes for a very fast read. It won't disappoint.
Rating: Summary: True? Review: A somewhat realistic American interpretation to the British singleton genre. I found myself laughing, crying, and even feeling a bit of her brokenheart hurt.
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