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A review by scunareader
I Was Told There'd Be Cake by Sloane Crosley
2.0
I stand by my initial reaction when I began the book. I wouldn't say I hated it but I didn't like it either.
She speeds off into tangent world more expertly than most of my college professors. I may not have read many essay-type, Sedarisy, Burroughsy, type stuff, so maybe there's a sorta Rosetta stone to reading these and "getting" them that didn't come with the purchase of this book.
IMO, she could have used some basic storyline editing. Plus, I didn't think her stories were worthy of a book. I get that these stories may represent "everywoman." Sure, they're not overly extraordinary such that many more people can relate to her. I get that. But come on...getting locked out of one's apartment equals lucrative book deals? Really, is that all it takes? In that case, boy, do I have some stories I can write....! Anyone wanna hear about the one-testicled man on lithium that I (briefly) dated? That one's a doozy.
On second thought, Chelsea Handler cornered the market on stories about sexcapades and a crazy "dating" history. Oh well.
She speeds off into tangent world more expertly than most of my college professors. I may not have read many essay-type, Sedarisy, Burroughsy, type stuff, so maybe there's a sorta Rosetta stone to reading these and "getting" them that didn't come with the purchase of this book.
IMO, she could have used some basic storyline editing. Plus, I didn't think her stories were worthy of a book. I get that these stories may represent "everywoman." Sure, they're not overly extraordinary such that many more people can relate to her. I get that. But come on...getting locked out of one's apartment equals lucrative book deals? Really, is that all it takes? In that case, boy, do I have some stories I can write....! Anyone wanna hear about the one-testicled man on lithium that I (briefly) dated? That one's a doozy.
On second thought, Chelsea Handler cornered the market on stories about sexcapades and a crazy "dating" history. Oh well.