Maneater

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Summary: Takes me Back
Review: No matter how empty you may call it- this book is so true its not even funny. My husband lived in LA, and all he told me about was how empty-minded and unconsciously evil everyone in Hollywood is. I really truely didnt beleieve him untill we went there, this book isnt supposed to give you some advice for life, or have strong characters. The setting the book is given is how the story and characters follow. My husband lived in a "non-talent actors warhouse" and everything in the story is true, be it disturbing. I laughed hard with this book, and it was for me, a breath of fresh smog. I give it one enthusiastic thumb up!

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Summary: Not worth the required effort...
Review: Only rarely have I not finished reading every page of a chosen novel, but this uninteresting story with uninteresting characters has become one of those instances. Thankfully, it must be returned to the library, and I can finally start reading something worthwhile.

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Summary: Boring
Review: The main character reminded me of a Monica Lewinsky wanna-be. If you want a good read, try Trading Up. I wish I'd checked out Maneater from the library. Too bad.

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Summary: Just a bit too trendy¿
Review: Thirty-something (she's perennially 28) Clarissa Alpert has no job, no mate, but fabulous shoes and friends! However, Clarissa decides it's getting time for her to catch herself a man to settle down with and sets her sights on Aaron Mason, the latest, hottest new producer in town. With the help of her four friends (one who seems like a Paris Hilton copy(...)) Clarissa starts to plan the wedding of her dreams, before the couple even has a first date! Clarissa gets what Clarissa wants, so landing Aaron shouldn't be a problem...should it? Clarissa does get a bit on the nerves occasionally, and sometimes all the trendy nods in the book makes it feel like it will be quickly dated. However, it was mostly a fun read, since Clarissa is quite the unpredictable character!

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Summary: Embarassment to literature
Review: This book is one that, once you are able to get 100 through pages, you are able to easily read the rest. Granted, many books do not hold this distinction. But dare I say the reason one is able to devour it so quickly is that it is on a 6th grade reading level, not to mention being about a 6th grade social dynamic. I live in LA and know LA well, having traversed all of the haunts mentioned in the book. The descriptions are accurate about this tiny fraction of LA, but that does not make them interesting nor worthy of the same shelves that house Jonathan Franzen and even Hemingway. It was like reading a thrown-out script of (the now pat and stale) Sex and the City. I prefer to spend my time with a book that is not only captivating, but illicits that reader's reward when an expert has done something magical with words.

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Summary: Maneater
Review: This book was beyond bad. In fact, it may be the worse book I have ever read and I have read a lot of books. The plot was lacking and total idiotic, the characters were cliched and truly loathsome and worse of all, the editing was non-existent. I have heard this book described as fun and light and instead argue that it is torturous to read. I truly believe the only reason this book was published was because of the author's married name. It just goes to show that in Hollywood it's not about one's talent but about the talent they marry.

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Summary: Don't waste your time
Review: This book was so bad that I feel compelled to offer a review any and every where I can just to save other poor readers from it. It's plot line is predictable and boring. I would be hard pressed to say that there was even one original thought in the entire book. I see now why Ms. Grazer felt the need to apologize to her parents in the dedication. I would call for a refund!

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Summary: Fun and Funny
Review: This book will make you laugh so hard! The main character becomes more and more endearing as you read on and her take on the world is absolutely hilarious! Also, Grazer manages to perfectly capture the modern world we live in and all of its trivial luxuries that are so much fun to mock yet even more fun to enjoy, at the same time. Light and easy- good book.

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Summary: Good in a cheesy way
Review: This is a good read for traveling and a long weekend. It is very cliched, which makes it funny in some parts but the Southern stereotypes were very annoying and old and very untrue, obviously the author has never been to Atlanta.

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Summary: Makes Sex & the City look TAME!
Review: This is more mindless chick lit, but it's still good. The story is about Clarissa and her determination to get married to someone famous. The story is VERY fast paced and some of the antics that occur seriously put Sex and the City to shame. There are interesting tidbits scattered thoroughout about Hollywood and the California lifestyle. Makes you wonder if Hollywood is really like how it is depicted in the book. Overall, a quick, entertaining summer read.