A review by abookolive
This Is My Life by Meg Wolitzer
2.0
I think Meg Wolitzer gained a few pounds in the late 80s, hated that she did, then took it out on this book.
By the end of this novel, I knew next to nothing about these characters besides how much they weighed and how they felt about that weight. Then I watched the movie (Nora Ephron's directorial debut) which is a very loose adaptation of the first third of this book and while it was nice that Dottie had jokes about something other than her weight and it had its funny moments, it was a mess of a different kind.
Probably my least favorite Wolitzer novel so far.
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By the end of this novel, I knew next to nothing about these characters besides how much they weighed and how they felt about that weight. Then I watched the movie (Nora Ephron's directorial debut) which is a very loose adaptation of the first third of this book and while it was nice that Dottie had jokes about something other than her weight and it had its funny moments, it was a mess of a different kind.
Probably my least favorite Wolitzer novel so far.
Click here to hear more of my thoughts on this book over on my Booktube channel, abookolive!