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Keep Calm And Carry A Big Drink (2013)

by Kim Gruenenfelder(Favorite Author)
3.87 of 5 Votes: 3
ISBN
1250005043 (ISBN13: 9781250005045)
languge
English
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publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
series
There's Cake in My Future
review 1: This book, which started with such a promising beginning, had absolutely nothing new to add to this genre. Gruenenfelder simply copied the same format, characters, and plot of what has unfortunately come to be called chick lit. These are characters that were cute and fun in the first 5-10 books of this type, but now have just become insultingly ignorant, weak, and unintelligent immersed in formulaic plots. With absolutely nothing to set this particular book apart, it became boring and predictable very quickly.
review 2: Not awful. That is damning with faint praise, isn't it? Probably I am just old and staid, but this one just made me tired for much of the book..I once was a single young woman and did not judge my life as okay/not okay depending on whether I
... morewas in possession of a boyfriend. When Mel has a man who she likes, it is all she can think of, to the nth degree, and it got boring.I actually started liking the book when Mel got to Hawaii and started acting like a grown woman, and not a angst-ridden teenager. less
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Nofy
Perfect book for the perfect time in my life. Mel was very relatable and inspiring.
Kasumi
A light book with some funny scenes. Cute. Perfect for summer evenings.
Alison
I love all her books. This was no exception.
djl310
Cute, Easy Beach Read!
italola
3.5
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