The title of this book is ironic because I feel like this was definitely not her best book!
By the end, it all got very shallow. She's ready for more, while Dave views the situation with a more critical eye. I fear Weiner has become a "has been" who is no more! First off, I’m sure you won’t be surprised when I say that I LOVED the book. However, I never fell in love with Ruth, despite her background, and felt she was pretty bitter and judgmental . I felt no connection with the characters, the relationship between the main character and her grandmother was a rehash (and a bad one at that) of another of her character relationships and the constant repetition of all the things that have gone wrong in the main characters life was maddening.I really look forward to Jennifer Weiner's books. I really enjoyed this book. Consider a sequence where, as Abbie's best friend, he is delegated to pick up her house keys after she breaks up with her early boyfriend Kevin ("I want to date less complicated women," Kevin tells her).Kevin is a record producer, and we see him mixing the tracks in a studio for a rap group when Robert swishes in and pretends to be his ex-lover, while there are lots of yuks from the homophobic black rappers. There will be more and perhaps they will be better than the criticism in front of her in black and white for the world to see. Particularly, Good in Bed is a really fun read. Because I couldn't put it down. The major problem I had with this book is that Ruth wasn't that likable to me.
A lot could have been cut from this book. I think I went in with pretty high expectations for this novel and it fell short. Overall, I was disappointed.Definitely had potential with your atypical protagonist and love interest in a chick lit - we actually have characters who are disfigured and disabled (instead of your normal nonexistent flaws in lead characters). She wants to see Ruth make in Hollywood, but also to know the love of a good man. Yet she has the nerve to be indignant? The story was not something I found to be interesting (even though it was somewhat autobiographical) and I did not root for a single character. Paddy the Next Best Thing (1923) Plot. The Next Best Thing; The Next Best Thing. July 3rd 2012 I was excited to read it because I thought that "Swim" was captivating as a short story. I felt no connection with the characters, the relationship between the main character and her grandmother was a rehash (and a bad one at that) of another of her character relationships and the constant repetition of all the things that have gone wrong in the main characters life was maddening.I really wanted to like this novel, because I enjoyed Jennifer Weiner's earlier books like I really wanted to like this novel, because I enjoyed Jennifer Weiner's earlier books like Was this the funniest book Weiner has ever written? I found this book to be rather boring, nothing like the JWeiner books of the past. While I was pregnant, I read "Good in Bed" and found it to be a revelation. The model takes into account factors including the age of a rating, whether the ratings are from verified purchasers, and factors that establish reviewer trustworthiness.This page works best with JavaScript.
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I was disappointed in Weiner's last book and am afraid that she is now going down the path of other very popular authors, who get to the point of popularity where they begin to phone it in- I think I will just enjoy the fact that I liked her earlier books and take her off my list of must-read authors.
Ruthie develops feelings towards Dave, his wheelchair not an issue until they decide to become intimate. She actually works for Two Daves Productions. email.
I wish the film had scaled its lifestyles to the realities of service industry workers, instead of having the characters live in the kinds of places where they can dance around the living room to (I am not kidding) Fred Astaire's "Steppin' Out" and have catered backyard birthday parties that I clock at $10,000, easy.In describing the plot, I've deliberately left out two or three twists that had me stifling groans of disbelief. "The Next Best Thing" is a garage sale of gay issues, harnessed to a plot as exhausted as a junkman's horse. I feel for Jennifer Weiner, in a way--I really do. Start by marking “The Next Best Thing” as Want to Read: She then spends the entire book bitter towards him for something she did.