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Summary: Lighten Up
Review: "Jemima J" is the kind of book you can't put down. It's a quick read that features a Cinderella/ Ugly Duckling theme. I think that anyone who can identify with overcoming feelings of inadequacy would adore this book. The plot line did become a bit redundant but I still believe that "Jemima J" is a fun and entertaining book that's definitely worth reading.
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Summary: I liked it..
Review: I dont know why this book is getting so many horrible reviews. I enjoyed this book, read it in two sittings. Maybe it's because I can totally relate to Jemima. It gives a girl hope. :) If nothing else. There were quite a bit of editorial errors, but other than that, I loved it.
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Summary: Even though I'm a bit out-numbered,
Review: I still must say I really loved the book. It's every fat girls fantasy. I mean some of us like our bodies and that's wonderful- but I don't. I hate mine. So, it's kind of inspirational to see a "plus size" lose some weight and be able to meet the internet man of her dreams, with confidence- but the ironic twist kind of screws that up, which brings her back to that one guy who she always liked and kept in the back of her mind, but never thought she would have a chance with. Most of us have that one guy who still makes us weak at the knees that we thought we never had a chance with for one reason or another- being fat or not having enough self confidence to go for him- in Jemima's case, both. So she got her chance, finally, to look amazing and feel amazing, and "fate" just happeded to let her run into him when she did.
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Summary: Waste of Time
Review: At the beginning of this book, I was sure that I had stumbled upon a great tome about how weight doesn't matter and that even sometimes the "fat girl with a heart of gold" will end up with the man of her dreams (i.e. 'Ben Williams'). However, I was in for a big surprise.
As the book went on, I was more and more irritated by the triteness and superficiality of the whole thing. This book reeked of a played out, and somewhat insulting storyline: Fat girl lives a boring life, is passed over for promotions and spends her days admiring a handsome co-worker from afar; fat girl meets an "internet hunk", makes up lies about how she looks, and then somehow ends up looking like that just in time to meet him at his Los Angeles mansion; now-skinny girl finds out that her dreamy boyfriend is a fatty-lover in disguise (a fact which is unearthed as his "unbelievable secret", as if there are no men in the world who are openly attracted to Rubenesque women), now-skinny girl runs into her handsome co-worker of yore (of course, he doesn't even recognize her because she's so far removed from the frumpy and obese woman he overlooked for so many years), they instantly fall in love and live happily ever after.
The only "entertainment" I found in this book was in how pathetically contrived and cookie-cutter it emerged as. "Jemima J" is insulting to women, fat and thin, and is not worth the time it takes to read it.
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Summary: A No-brainer, and not in the good way
Review: Feh. I can say that the only thing that I liked about this book was the eye-catching cover. Not only did I find the story to be forced and unbelievable, but it managed to be condesending to overweight women like the book's heroine. The characters were equally as shallow. It's a bad sign when the author puts the most effort into providing details of a character's hair, clothing, and body size.
I loved Bridget Jones, but I loved it for being light, funny, and original. This book came in 0 for 3 on that count and screamed rip-off the whole time.
I have to admit that this book wasn't so bad to cause me to abandon it midway through, as I often do. Maybe there was something compelling about the story. Or maybe I just had chores to do that day so reading seemed like a better idea. A good choice if you really want to avoid laundry and there is nothing on t.v.
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Summary: Have to chime in.....
Review: Read it in 2 days and was sorry I did. I too skipped pages, as a previous reviewer mentioned, and it made no impact on the predictable and boring storyline. If you're a real, intelligent woman with an actual life please skip this book. PLEASE no more "single-chick" books, esp. those set in the UK - the British witticisms and jargon are not nearly enough to save these stories.
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Summary: I'm a sucker for a book cover
Review: I picked up this book before I boarded a flight. I thought the cover was interesting and truth be know I had been binging a bit on the "overweight" genre. However after reading this book, I advise not to judge a book by its cover. It was trite, boring and down right poorly written. After reading it, I only wanted to have friends read it just to agree. I don't even want to waste time writing a review. I think I will leave it outside and hope it gets rained on.
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Summary: My New Bible
Review: Jemima J. is a spiritual bible for me. It deaply conveys the struggles of being overweight, and has motivated me to be like Jemima and shed those pounds! Jemima J. is one of those books you dred to finish reading because the next book you read will never compare to it! Read Jemima J. and it will change you!
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Summary: Not Even Close to Real
Review: I was encouraged and surprised when I found this book, to finally see a story where the heroine wasn't a model. But that was where the love affair with the book ended. It plays on one stereotype after another and not just of people, but of places and nationalities. This author is seriously out of touch with how a plus-sized woman feels and operated in the world. The heroine is pathetic, desperate and unhappy until she magically transforms herself. It is as if he life doesn't begin until she's thin. This is the fat-girl's Bridget Jones, and this version is poorly written, with characters you don't really care about, trite twists of plot line and oh so predictable. if you want to read something worth while featuring an overweight title character go buy "Good in Bed" by Jennifer Weiner.
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Summary: Fun Fiction
Review: Look. This is fiction not literature. This book is a light read for good-hearted people who like fairytale endings and want to believe in fate. Don't measure details and don't read between the lines. I enjoyed the switch between the omniscient character and Jemima's own thoughts. The omniscient one was sometimes annoying, but don't we all know someone who always says "i told you so." This book takes liberties that we most often see in movies with skips in time and sudden changes. If you like romantic comedies like Serendipity and Bridget Jone's Diary you will like this book.
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