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“Not as good as The Nanny Diaries, but I liked it.”
Karen R wrote this review Tuesday, October 6 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I guess the main character is supposed to represent every woman (or at least every 20-something, college-educated, white woman living in urban America) so she doesn't even get a name in the book and is referred to only as 'Girl' throughout. Maybe her lack of name is why I didn't really care about her? Though I suspect she was not the kind of character I'd care about even if she did have a name. Ho-hum.”
Parlancheq wrote this review Wednesday, August 19 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I'm definitely in the minority here, but I liked it, quite alot! I found it much more substantial that the usual chick lit....heavens, I read "Remember Me" by Sophie Kinsella recently, and what predictable fluff. This is much better - must be the satire.”
pjam wrote this review Friday, August 14 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I am so sad I hated this book so much! Though, to be fair, I didn’t finish it. It is entirely possible Citizen Girl becomes infinitely better after the first 100 pages. But I doubt it.
Marian S wrote this review Thursday, August 13 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
There is nothing redeeming about our main character, “Girl” – the “bad guys” are so overdone they go from bad to ridiculous to annoyingly bad. Or something like that. I loved the Nanny Diaries – it was the perfect balance of great novel and social commentary. Citizen Girl was just social commentary masquerading as a novel. Characters sucked, writing was confusing and too wordy AND pretentious.
That being said, as a recent grad looking for a job, this book did a WONDERFUL job depressing me.
- You can read more reviews and all about my (fun) job hunt in publishing on my blog: www.marianlibrarian.com”
“terribly dissapointed...made it only to page 25. Couldn't bring myself to start reading it again.”
Nikki A wrote this review Tuesday, August 11 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Irritating!”
jodie wrote this review Saturday, August 1 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“So bad! I thought it would be fun because I liked the Nanny Diaries, but it wasn't nearly as funny... boring to the point of confusing, even. ”
Katherine K wrote this review Thursday, July 30 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“God what a disappointment to Kraus and McLaughlin's hit "The Nanny Diaries." This book was poorly written with a sub-par plot and boring characters, save your time, read another book.”
Ubah P wrote this review Thursday, June 18 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I couldn't get into it.”
Ella wrote this review Wednesday, June 10 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Not my fave”
tamaranicole wrote this review Wednesday, May 20 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
