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How To Look Hot In A Minivan: A Real Woman's Guide To Losing Weight, Looking Great, And Dressing Chic In The Age Of The Celebrity Mom (2012)

by Janice Min(Favorite Author)

2.95 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0312658974 (ISBN13: 9780312658977)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

St. Martin's Press

review 1: To start, in compliance with FTC guidelines, I must disclose that I received the book for free through Goodreads First Reads. I think I just killed the last few braincells I still have reading this book. It reflected everything I hate about the world of celebrity and the pressure that is put out there to be superwoman instead of just chilling and enjoying your life and baby. The author is very contradictory. She writes that she does not buy into the world of celebrity and that we should not aspire to look like them or bounce back within weeks of giving birth, yet she then goes on to write a whole book about how you can get to look like the very same celebrities! While the sections on healthy eating and exercising were just common sense (for anyone not just Mums), the ... moresection on different types of Botox/plastic surgery type procedures just made my jaw drop.The photos throughout of "celebrities" looking good and bad will, no doubt, interest some readers but I hate it when you see a photo of anyone and then everyone gets to comment on how good or bad they look. What does it matter if Gwyneth Paltrow looks better with a paler lipstick or if someone wears Crocs on their feet (I am sure they are very comfy for running after a toddler), we should just accept them for who they are and their decision to wear whatever they are wearing, who are we to criticise anyway.I managed to take one positive piece of advice from this book and that is, a recommendation for a dry hair shampoo for those days when you don't have time or can't be bothered washing your dirty hair. I know I am grasping at straws but I am trying to say at least something positive about this book. Although, I thought the author did have quite a good writing style and dry wit, I just wish she would put it to better use. 1 out of 5 stars for this alone.
review 2: Super easy read. I am not too fazed by the eat better/work out more business, since I feel like I already have a decent handle on it and would not be too bothered by it in the future.It's the stuff I CAN'T control that bothers me, and in that sense, this book was a mix of terrifying and inspiring. It definitely showcases as many as possible examples of those genetically blessed women who made it through with no or minimal "damage." Inspiring.... but petrifying. Nothing new here, but still, entertaining. less

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