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Summary: Insulting both to intellect as well as morality
Review: This book starts out promisingly, with the voice of a woman who feels invisible due to her body. I really wanted this book to be good but it was awful. The book was predictable, the literary device of switching from 1st, 2nd, 3rd person was terribly applied (didn't really make sense and you lose the momentum very quickly). I can't believe this book got past the editors. The plot was contrived and terrible, and the last 2/3rds of the book were shallow and repetitive - every other adjective was "beautiful", "stunning", and "gorgeous". This book disrespects and insults women of all sizes, not just overweight women. I had to finish the book for hope of some kind of redemption of character. Finding nothing, threw the book across the room in disgust.If you want a book written with a more respectful voice, read Lady Oracle by Margaret Atwood.
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Summary: Readers with _no taste_ agree...this book is great!
Review: A more brain-numbing waste of my time could not be found. The three days I spent struggling with the vacuous, vapid Jemima J were horrendous. When I first saw the book, it seemed an interesting premise. (What was that Mom said about not judging a book by...oh, never mind) Then, it became everything that could possibly be horrible about a "feel good fat chick" book. The characters in the novel had as much depth as each separate page of this drivel-ridden book. Green seemed to plod through her book, writing only what would be expected in a Book Like This (oh look, she really *was* pretty under all that fat!). I would have rather read an Oprah Book Club book. <<shiver>>
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Summary: Not bad
Review: this book was ok, it was a good read. the bouncing back and forth from 1st to 3rd person took some getting used to. to the person who said this is the voice of every woman with extra meat on her bones, i dont agree. not every woman who has extra weight is unhappy with herself, and, i am not sure why someone would think that being 5'7" and 217 pounds is ONE HUNDRED pounds over weight??? all in all, it was a good "fiction" book :-)
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Summary: EXCELLENT
Review: I loved this book and finished it in almost one sitting. It's hard to put down, and has the perfect combination of love, comedy, and a little bit of mystery to create a almost fairy-tale sort of story.
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Summary: I loved this book!
Review: I thought Jemima J was such a fun book! Following J.J.'s changes during the book was great! A lot of people are saying how it's such a fairy tale, maybe it's a little far fetched, but it's just exhibiting a young woman's perseverance while striving to reach her goal. I find it to be an inspiring book, especially if someone needs a boost of confidence to loose weight.
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Summary: A great trip book
Review: I had a flight I was dreading but luckily I picked up this book and had read 91 pages in the first 45 minuted I had it. I loved it so much, you love all the charecters. This is a book all women can find something to relate to in it. I HIGHLY recommend it!
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Summary: Shallow and Badly Written!
Review: I cannot begin to describe how much I despised this "novel". The perspective, alternating between first and third person, was confusing and ineffective. The plot was terribly obvious and predictable, from the third page on there was no suspense. And, moreover, it was insulting to overweight individuals, the concept that someone who loves a large person must have a fetish and be ill, that Jemima can only be sociable once she has lost weight, that someone who was supposedly close to her didn't even recognize her (3 times!) after she lost a few pounds. This book is pathetic, it fails to be inspiring, or even mildly entertaining. I put it down after the first chapter, seeing it's stupidity, and the only thing I regret more than buying it was picking it up again and finishing it. A complete waste of time. Watch Harold and Maude instead.
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Summary: Great beginning - mediocre ending
Review: I loved the first half of this book - I couldn't put it down. As a somewhat overweight twentysomething, I could identify with most of what the character was going through. The second half, and especially the ending, was not as nearly as good. Overally though, it was enjoyable - fast and fun read.
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Summary: ????
Review: Good but could have been better. The middle portion of the book was as dead give away. It is too obvious of a plot.
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Summary: Hilarious!!!
Review: I could not put this book down. Anyone who loved Bridget Jones will ADORE this book. I read it in one day! You're always sitting on the edge of your seat, cracking up and crying in the same sentence. For anyone who's been in love or wants to be, go buy this NOW!!!
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