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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Oh the drama!!! This is why I avoid chick lit. There were parts that were witty and it was a quick read, but over all, it was childish. ( ) 1/2 way through and I like the book. Its a little juvenile, but then even the cover alluded to the fact that the main character feels she's living a high school drama. I like the dialogue, and some of the stunts that Gus pulls are pretty funny to read. Who wouldn't wanna yell/sing Janis Joplin's "Piece of my Heart" 3 inches from your ex's face (and the skank he was getting some from on the side.) Its annoying how weak Gus comes off being, but lets face it, thats generally how people live in life. Missing opportunities to defend yourself in the name of confusion, mental paralysis, or just in the name of social politeness.This was a good book. It followed Gus as she grew up. Yes somethings irritated me about the characters behavior traits, but I think the story was written well. Augusta "Gus" Curtis was banking on one person to keep her from feeling totally alone and backward on her 30th birthday: her aloof boyfriend Nate. So when she catches him lip-locked with college friend Helen, Gus is forced to consider how well she really knew or liked any of these people -- including herself. Frenemies is definitely a novel exploring the nature of women's friendship, as Megan Crane herself notes in the afterword. She says she wanted to write about the things women do to each other, looking at it all from a Mean Girls perspective. I think she succeeded in that. But was it all that interesting? Not really. I thought Gus was this strong-minded, almost rebellious librarian -- an interesting concept -- only to realize she's quite dependent on those around her, including best friends Georgia and Amy Lee. That's okay -- I wouldn't immediately hold that against her -- but it takes so long in the novel to see Gus's growth that it just becomes . . . frustrating. I wanted her to break out of the blindness to see that when Nate says he "can't be" what she needs him to be, he means it! And move on. She wasn't in love with him -- everyone sees that. She's just angry that Helen, her so-called "friend," took what was hers, thereby destroying the illusion Gus had created for her life. The novel is well written and full of witty banter, and I was relieved to see how far Gus had come at the end of the book, but getting there made me feel a little tired. Many of the peripheral characters are very unlikeable, including Henry, Georgia's former "crush to end all crushes" and Nate's housemate. I wanted to feel something about him, but I didn't. Overall, a quick read looking at friends-as-family and the way women depend and hurt one another. Did have some insightful scenes, but overall fell a little flat for me. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
Just a few months shy of her 30th birthday, Gus Curtis finally feels like she has it all: a strong career, great friends, and a wonderful boyfriend. But all of this comes crashing down when Gus discovers Nate, her Mr. Right, hooking up behind her back with her so-called friend Helen. Soon it seems like the life Gus has worked to make so adult looks a lot like the one she already had as a teenager, and Gus is left with more questions than answers: Can she win Nate back before she turns 30 alone? (And if so, does she really want him?) Is Helen really as devious and manipulative as she seems, or, worse, is Gus more like her frenemy than she ever imagined? And is she ever going to grow up? With the clock ticking down to her birthday, Gus discovers that sometimes the best thing about best-laid plans is trashing them altogether. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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