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The whiney character gets a bit old after a while.....

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Okay, I read this book because I had read everything by "Sedaris" and "Burroughs" and my sister recommended it. I now see why. The main character (who is a lot like my sister physically and sarcastically)is someone you start out liking but midway through the book she starts to get a bit pathetic. The amount this woman whines about "always being the fat girl" and how everyone that weighs under 200lbs must be mean, dumb, slutty, or just a plain [...] just becomes extremely bratty and annoying. Also most of the story line (including becoming best friends with a top hollywood actress in less than 48 hours) lacks realism. As a reader you want to like "Cannie" (the main character) but she spends so much time crying over her father leaving the family when she was in her teens and how much he owes her somthing, and it's all his fault that she is , how she is (which has happened to about 70% of the country in today's world) and the constant "it's because I am fat" or "I am so fat" or " nobody loves me because I am fat" (are we getting the picture yet?) story line. How can you base a story mainly on someone who is ridiculed and cannot stand being "so" fat but then on the next page she is stuffing her face with veal, or french fires, or a bagel and wondering why non of her weight loss plans have worked. Better yet she pushes the boundaries of sarcasim into just plain nasty jealousy and bitterness toward anyone who is not considered "heavy". I have no problem with a lead role being heavy. "Heck" more of the U.S is heavy than they are thin so I had hoped that would make this book more down to earth but really it just made me see why the "fat girl" got picked on so much... It's got to be all about her all the time and it gets a bit old..... I do however like the style in which this writer tells a story and I understand she has other works and will still try another of her books and just write this one off as having an unlikable character....

Ok for a beach read	Customer Rating:
I liked the book, but didn't love it. I kept reading b/c I am from Phila and could relate to the Phila references. I liked Cannie and wanted to find out what happened to her, but I could not really relate, and didn't like the references to thin people as the enemy (maybe b/c I'm thin)! I think Jennifer is a good writer, but this just wasn't my favorite book.

My collection is complete!	Customer Rating:
Good in Bed was Jennifer Weiner's first book. I have all of her books in my library, however my edition of Good in Bed was loaned-out one-too many times, and was in poor condition. I was so happy to find a hard-cover copy to replace and complete my collection. It arrived in perfect condition, and I am happy.

Pluses and Minuses

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Spoiler Alert. I will say that this book kept me reading, which is certainly a plus. It is rare in a "chick lit" book to witness the protagonist melting down. That attribute speaks of deeper writing, plus it builds your interest in seeing how the main character will come through it. A big minus is what a poor example this gives to single women who may be on the brink of a quality relationship. If a promising man appears to be interested in you, the last thing you want to do is show up on his doorstep at your worst, both inside and out. This will send most men screaming into the night, rather than to the jeweler for a diamond ring. Doctors tend to be affluent, with a lot to lose if they end up in a relationship with the wrong woman. If this is the type of man you are interested in, you should only allow him to see you in a competent - not to mention well-groomed - state. A lot of single women read "chick lit" books. Therefore I think these authors should be more careful to present plausible and realistic scenarios as to how a woman can successfully connect with a quality man. Escape from reality can be fun to a point, but this book really broke the bounds of feasibility and may well have given young and impressionable women some damaging ideas. That said, I still believe that Ms. Weiner is talented and she does have the ability to keep the pages turning. This was her freshman effort, so I would not allow this to scare me away from giving her more recent books a try.

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It has been a long time since i've connected with a character that i have so much and yet so little in common with. This is a book i can read over and over again