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Summary: Relatively Satisfying
Review: Jane was completely overlooked at her job,a single twenty eight year old, and cigarette smoker. This book is about how she changes as a person. It was well written and made you feel good about yourself. I highly reccomend it.
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Summary: Super "chick" lit
Review: This was such a good book...I couldn't put it down. Story of a recent college graduate battling Boston after she is dumped by her college boyfriend. Laugh at her dating experiences and her coming of age...definitely recommended.
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Summary: See me laugh and wince...
Review: 'See Jane Date' is one among many 'chick lit' efforts, however, I find it one of the better written books. The characters are well developed, and I 'felt' for Jane, as well as her friends. Jane is a 28 year old single woman in NYC, struggling financially as well as emotionally. She still hangs onto old high school insecurity and grudges, and has to suffer through her seemingly perfect cousin's 'perfect' wedding to the 'perfect' man. I think more than a few women could relate to Jane's less than perfect life, as well as less than perfect dating record! 'See Jane Date' is definitely worth reading.
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Summary: Upper Crust Single Girl in the City
Review: I have to say that I completly loved this book. It's been a few months since I read it, but I can still remember the plot vividly. I found myself connecting to Jane, because first of all she's single (at the moment, I'm not), but it seems as though she has to kiss a lot of frogs before she finds the "perfect" date for her YOUNGER cousin's wedding. I know the exact feeling! This book is perfect for anyone who is in their dating years (or even afterwards!) and wants to read a book that will leave you feeling happy ever after with the hope that your soulmate is out there.
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Summary: For every "Why am I still single" girl out there
Review: This book is great. Light enough that it remains funny even through its more angsty/depressing thoughts. Serious enough that it doesn't turn into an episode of Three's Company or something. I couldn't put it down. I (and most of my single female friends) could relate so thoroughly that at times it was scary.
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Summary: A lie always leads to another lie!
Review: Jane Gregg has landed herself in a big mess! With her cousin getting married and pressure from her family, Jane tells one tiny lie! To avoid being set up by her grandmother, she invents a boyfriend who is good-looking, successful, and the perfect date to her cousin's wedding. But, now she has to find him and she has less than a month! We follow Jane through many dating adventures, each more discouraging than the last!
I enjoyed this book a lot. It was fun. Jane was realistic and endearing. She causes you to empathize with her plight in addition to her parents' deaths, her arch-enemy in highschool she's forced to work with, her smoking habit, etc! I wanted her to come out on top in the end! So, if you want a light, quick read, this is a good one!
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Summary: I was hooked
Review: I really enjoyed this one, it was fun...smooth and very relatable! Definetely a great summer read!
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Summary: What a relief!
Review: I've been in a "chick-lit" phase recently and was just about to abandon all hope of not being annoyed by the characters in every book I read until I picked this one up! This was so absolutely hysterical and at the same time very realistic. See Jane Date was definitely a breath of fresh air when it comes to these types of books ... she has no quirks or wierd habits that the rest of us twenty/thirty something singles don't have ourselves. You'll find an aspect of yourself in Jane. Very funny, and hopeful!
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Summary: Jane is so real.
Review: This book has the perfect balance of friendship, romance, trauma, work issues, and humor. Jane is so easy to relate to and completely vulnerable, which makes her a perfect heroine. The way her relationships transform through the story is one of the most interesting components. The only gripe I have with this author - and it's a minor one - is her constant use of the past perfect tense. Saying "I had gone" instead of "I went" is an example. At least she was consistant though, instead of switching back and forth. I got over that minor glitch by the 2nd chapter. This is a must read for 20-something single women.
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Summary: Even better than what you were expecting
Review: With a title like "See Jane Date", you know it's not literature. But I really love the chick books that followed Bridget Jones -- usually set in London but occasionally in NYC. This fun charming read combined all the elements of those other books --- single late-20s woman, urban setting, works for lowly pay in publishing, great friends, guy issues. But it also had heart and soul, and made me cry at times (and I am NOT a big cryer.) Jane Gregg lost her dad at age 9 and her mom at age 19. Her family now is her grandmother, aunt Ina, uncle Charlie and younger cousin Dana, who has been a princess since puberty while all Jane knew was low self-esteem, stolen boyfriends and pain. Dana is now set for a glorious wedding at NYC's famed Plaza Hotel -- in fact, purposely had a long engagement so she could be on the waiting list to get married there. Jane is a bridesmaid, enduring all types of familial hell for this "honor". At work, she has been chosen to edit the memoirs of Natasha Nutley -- another princess whom Jane has know since elementary school. Natasha is now a pseudo-celebrity best known for her affair with a guy termed "The Actor", since she signed a document never to discuss his actual name. Natasha has been invited to Dana's wedding as well. And Jane has lied to both of them that she has a fabulous successful boyfriend to bring to the wedding, so they will sit at the same table. Now she has to date like a fiend and find this mythical man in order to save face. But she wants something real to come out of it too. Jane is great -- she has spunk and gets caught in bad situations without becoming a goofy fool like the heroines of so many other novels would. But when she feels sorry for herself, it's part of a greater underlying saga -- her parents' deaths, her unhappy childhood, her decision to smoke to distract herself. Jane is a real person. She could have been you. That's what makes this book stand out and makes you hope Melissa Senate will write either a sequel or an equally fabulous novel about a similar woman.
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