lindaunconventionalbookworms's review against another edition
5.0
I cried pretty hard towards the end, but I still loved this story! No whitewashing! Only true characters, who acted like actual people do in the real world.
Full review to come soon both here and on my blog (un)Conventional Bookviews
Full review to come soon both here and on my blog (un)Conventional Bookviews
mfabiano726's review against another edition
This book was heartbreaking - I cried and cried and cried the last 50 pages. This is the continuing story of Candice Shaperio. She is now married to Peter (the diet doctor) and her daughter, Joy is 13-years-old. Throughout this book, I was just a little annoyed by Joy's behavior. It also made me a little nervous because I got to thinking about what my daughter will be like just 10 short years from now. I just wanted to scream..."your mother loves you more than you will ever understand, so just shut up and be thankful for everything that you have!" But, of course, she is a teenager and these things are to be expected. I did not love this book as much as I loved "Good In Bed," but it was enjoyable. I just wish the ending could have been happier.
nat3780's review against another edition
3.0
A solid 3.5 I'd say. I really loved Cannie's character (just as I did in Good in Bed), but Joy's brattiness got to me after awhile.
dgignac's review against another edition
3.0
I was a little bit disappointed with this book. I didn't connect with the characters as much as I did with the characters in the Good in Bed novel. Also, I often forgot that each chapter switched perspective from Cannie to Joy, so was often confused for the first couple sentences at the beginning of each chapter.
kleedc73's review against another edition
5.0
This is an incredible book. Jennifer Weiner manages to write a book that I feel is closely personal to my own life almost every time she picks up a pen (or keyboard). I feel a definite kin-ship with Cannie in particular (except for the Jewish part) and I laughed and cried along with her in this book and in Good in Bed. Jennifer Weiner's books are simultaneously very "meaty" in terms of subject matter and light on the mind in terms of readability. I tend to dislike books and authors that are trying too hard to be serious and substantive. Jennifer Weiner's books strike the right balance between substantive and fun.
jenmsimmen's review against another edition
4.0
Enjoyed the book a lot. Twist at the end wasn't too fond of but, such is life... It goes on :)
offbalance80's review against another edition
2.0
What began as a bright, interesting sequel to Weiner's massive hit debut Good In Bed wandered wildly off track for me after 3/4 of the way through. What began as an engaging look at a mother and her daughter attempting to approach the fact that the daughter was not a little girl anymore took a completely incomprehensible turn in the end when the author (for seemingly no reason whatsoever) killed off Cannie's loving and patient husband. The book had plenty of dramatic juice to go on, and it would have made much more sense to leave Joy's unexpected trip to L.A. as the major moment of drama at the end that brings all of the families together. What's more, Peter's death deserved either its own entire book or at least more than the 15 pages devoted to it. I don't believe that the characters would have bounced back as easily as they did from his death, either. Joy seemed completely unaffected by it, and the cheap, weak "montage" of Cannie spending months at the kitchen table in her bathrobe or sobbing in the appliance store? Boring. What Weiner had started writing was far more original and interesting than what she ended off with. I was disappointed, but everything up to that chapter was great.
mattyzmom's review against another edition
5.0
Jennifer Weiner does no wrong! I loved her other books that I have read from her: Good in Bed and In her Shoes. I thought I knew where the story was going to go but then...Bam! Surprise twist! I loved the adventure of this story even though it is a similar storyline to many families. I learned a lot about Judiasm which I am thankful.
Great story!
Great story!
minniequinnie's review against another edition
2.0
I struggled with this book, as a book itself it wasn't bad. But as a sequel it was terrible. Cannie isn't even sort of the same character I fell in love with in Good in Bed. The spunky, lovable character turned into a pathetic mess whose only concern was smothering her daughter and pretending she doesn't exist. Her daughter was also insufferable, clearly written as more of an idea of a 13 year old and not realistic to any actual 13 year old. Hating her mother solely because she had big boobs or said I love you, I understand teen angst (we've all been there) but this went to an unrealistic level. The book was slow, and almost impossible to get through. I only finished it out of curiosity if it would get better, spoiler it didn't. The end is needlessly depressing and makes no sense, just give Cannie a happy ending.