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I wanted to like this book - it was obviously written in the spirit of "Mean Girls" and had a lot of promise, but the plot fell flat, the editing was terrible (and the author was a copy editor, come on!) and I just found myself wanting it to end.
I think the biggest problem was including too many characters such that none really ever got fully developed - you have Chloe and Zoe, but then throw in the six or so women at work, the boyfriend and husband of the main characters, parents, a mother-in-law, the hairdresser, the pizza guy and it is a recipe for disaster. I almost ended up wishing Blair would take over and get rid of Zoe - which I am sure was not the hoped-for response.
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Miss Understanding by Stephanie Lessing
ymo, August 13, 2008
I wanted to like this book - it was obviously written in the spirit of "Mean Girls" and had a lot of promise, but the plot fell flat, the editing was terrible (and the author was a copy editor, come on!) and I just found myself wanting it to end.I think the biggest problem was including too many characters such that none really ever got fully developed - you have Chloe and Zoe, but then throw in the six or so women at work, the boyfriend and husband of the main characters, parents, a mother-in-law, the hairdresser, the pizza guy and it is a recipe for disaster. I almost ended up wishing Blair would take over and get rid of Zoe - which I am sure was not the hoped-for response.
(1 of 2 readers found this comment helpful)