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Summary: A poignant, compelling read!
Review: Red Dress Ink keeps getting better and better. Losing It is one of the most poignant and compelling novels the aforementioned publisher has ever released. The protagonist's plights spoke to me. Her emotions almost jumped out of the pages. I couldn't put the book down as a result.At thirty-two, Diana's life is in a state of paralysis. She's overweight, works at a diner and the memories of her dead father haunt her. Her ninety-three-year-old neighbor is her saving grace - her best friend. She is also the person who will teach Diana the meaning of life... There are some touching and flooring moments in the novel. I give kudos to Red Dress Ink for releasing such a wonderful novel. The characters are vivid, the dialogue sharp and crisp and the story development is excellent. At first, I thought that Diana's "epiphany" was a bit abrupt, for the novel's tone in the beginning was rather dark, but the protagonist's subsequent plights gave it a realistic twist. I love this book! Read it and pass it along to women with a penchant for enlightening reads.
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Summary: another amazing book from Red Dress Ink!
Review: Red Dress Ink rarely disappoints, and this release from debut novelist Lindsay Faith Rech is certainly no exception! The style is witty, crisp and humorous, while the story delivers a poignant message that is absolutely impossible to miss. Readers will fall in love with Diana. I know I did!
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Summary: finally, an author who gets it!
Review: Thank you so much Lindsay Faith Rech for writing a character who actually thinks and feels the way real women do! From her "morning after" paranoia with the pool player to her complex relationship with her mother - Diana was relatable on so many levels, it was hard to let go of her at the end. She is one of those characters you know you'll never forget. Congratulations, Red Dress Ink for releasing such a colorful novel. Lindsay Faith Rech has a fresh and engaging voice and I look forward to her next endeavor, though it's going to be a challenge to top this compelling debut.
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Summary: Thanks, Red Dress Ink!!
Review: Thanks so much for publishing a book that is not brainless, boring, and unrealistic. Thanks for realizing that chick lit fans want something with heart. This book is so different from other books I have read of this genre! It's dark and uplifting at the same time, suprising and touching. Lindsay Faith Rech has created a unique story with a character we can all relate to on some level. Diana Christopher is overweight. She works nights as a truck stop waitress. She lives alone. She does not have a network of loving girlfriends that she can confide in. She has no friends, expect for the elderly woman living in the apartment below her. She had one sexual experience in high school and has been celibate ever since. She is sad,lonely and desperate for her life to change. Through a number of ephipanies, she finally realizes that her life is worth living. Don't expect your typical "ugly-duckling into a swan" storyline here. This story is not just about looks. Diana becomes a new person. Her transformation is inspiring. Looks are part of it, yes, but it's also alot more than that. Read this book and witness it for yourself. I really hope that Red Dress Ink continues to seek out new authors with original stories to tell. Keep up the good work!!
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Summary: A strong character study
Review: Thirty-two years old Diana Christopher hates how she looks as a size sixteen and detests her job as the fat waitress butt of jokes. She would loathe her sex life, but that has been non-existent for fifteen years since she lost her cherry in the back of Barry's pick-up truck. Now she has good news as she has a tumor that will allow her to join daddy who died over two decades ago in a car crash. However, depressing her further is that the doctor informs her that her life escape route proved benign. Diana decides to reinvent her life by losing weight through diet and exercise, find a new job, and have sex. She begins to go to bars and even has sex and loses weight by ignoring her favorite foods. When she meets her neighbor's nephew she realizes it is her Barry from her teen days and they rather quickly they fall in love. However, heartbreak occurs due to excessive heat with a broken air conditioner, but though they are sad by their loss they are glad to find one another. Though chick lit in some ways, LOSING IT is a serious look at a lonely person willing to give up on what she perceives is an abysmal life not worth living. Readers will empathize with Diana who feels several pixels below the food chain of those enjoying life not just surviving. Though morbid at times, Lindsay Faith Rech provides a strong character study. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: What a mess
Review: This book creates a world in which a size 16 woman is the approximate equivalent of a hippopotamus, no woman over size 10 can ever get laid or hired, familial trauma is worked out with one good conversation, and making up with your date rapist constitutes romance. Want more? How about the stilted dialogue, lifeless characters, shifting motivations, poorly chosen point of view and awkward stereotyping? Since the author is only 25, I can give her a break. Very few people can write themselves out of a paper bag before they're 30. The people who cannot be forgiven are the RDI editors, who are allowing more and more shlock to slip through each month. I haven't been this annoyed since "Dating Without Novocaine."
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Summary: Talent
Review: This book displays talent. Lindsay Faith is a wonderful author and I would read her again. This is really different from standard chick lit and I think you will love it.
It's very funny but also touching and serious at parts.
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Summary: Amusing, but not a keeper
Review: This book was a diverting read, but not much more. I was disappointed in the deus ex machina ending: heroine goes over the edge after which much is revealed that makes everything okay now. The resolution of the relationship with her mother was just too pat and neat, and Barry's character is too saintly to be believed -- for instance, his failed marriage was blamed solely on a pathologically unfaithful wife. The fiancee of the hot guy in the pool hall was a terribly bitchy cariacature of the "pretty girl". And, to restate the opinions of several reviewers here, since when is 178 pounds obese? Catherine Zeta-Jones has said that she got up to 180-190 during her pregnancies, and did she ever look less than amazing?
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Summary: Oh, please!!
Review: This book was my first foray into Red Dress Ink, and I must say it was quite a disappointment! After hearing so many wonderful things about Red Dress, I admit I had high hopes. "Losing It" by Lindsay Faith Rech was tedious to read, and never at any point did I find myself caring how it would end. Two very important elements to successful writing are wisdom and experience, and it is apparent that the author of this book possesses neither. Not suprising considering that she is all of 25-years-old--wisdom comes with experience, experience comes with age (and this is coming from someone who is all of 27). Does she really think that if a woman is 2 months late and hasn't had sex in 15 years her first impression would be that she is pregnant? That total implausibility, unfortunately, was very early in the book, which may have made relating to the character throughout the rest of the book impossible for me. I don't know, though, if that part had been omitted I would have liked the book any better. I found the premise laughable (get skinny to get laid to give me self-esteem) and the dialouge corny. It seemed to me that the author was at times trying too hard to prove she could write and at other times over-simplifying. The result was an uneven novel that was a chore to get through. I hope the next Red Dress book is better.
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Summary: Fun and Uplifting!
Review: This book was so much fun to read. I felt as if I was taking a real journey with Diana, through all her emotional ups and downs, and she was just such an easy character to love. I don't know how anyone could read this book and not have a good time with it. It's just such a fast, fun, emotionally satisfying read. I heard Rech's new book, Joyride is completely different from this one. I'll definitely have to check it out. She's a very gifted author.
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