Diary of a Working Girl

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Summary: Fun, But Seriously Shallow and Unrealistic
Review: "Diary of a Working Girl" had a very promising beginning, but after a while things just got ridiculous. The book tells the story of Lane Silverman, a recently-dumped-by-her-boyfriend, twenty-something year-old who lives in New York City, and writes magazine articles for no-name and little known publications. At the beginning of the book, Lane is trying to break into a big-name magazine, but keeps getting rejected. That is, until suddenly she stumbles upon the perfect idea for an article, which is approved by the Editor-in-Chief at Cosmopolitan magazine. The article idea is to explore love in the workplace. Lane must somehow land an office job and a new man within 2 months. And keep a diary about it.

Sounds like a great idea for a story, right? It lays the foundation for an exciting book detailing the struggle of getting and keeping a new job and man, right? Of course it does. However, sadly enough, this is where "Diary of a Working Girl" begins speeding downhill at an alarming rate. For the rest of the book fails to deliver anything solid or realistic, or even interesting. The book also contains an awful lot of speculation and rambling that failed to keep my attention for long.

I found most of the story ridiculous and the main character self-absorbed and shallow. Things were just too good-to-be-true, and I couldn't once sympathize with Lane. I seriously wonder what this book was written for? Where is the suspense? I do admit in the beginning of the book, it appeared the story would be interesting with Lane having trouble thinking of great article ideas and having editors turn them down, but it didn't last long.

Overall I was disappointed, because even though the book is fiction, it should have something realistic and plausible in it. But it doesn't.

Rating:
Summary: Fun, But Seriously Shallow and Unrealistic
Review: "Diary of a Working Girl" had a very promising beginning, but after a while things just got ridiculous. The book tells the story of Lane Silverman, a recently-dumped-by-her-boyfriend, twenty-something year-old who lives in New York City, and writes magazine articles for no-name and little known publications. At the beginning of the book, Lane is trying to break into a big-name magazine, but keeps getting rejected. That is, until suddenly she stumbles upon the perfect idea for an article, which is approved by the Editor-in-Chief at Cosmopolitan magazine. The article idea is to explore love in the workplace. Lane must somehow land an office job and a new man within 2 months. And keep a diary about it.

Sounds like a great idea for a story, right? It lays the foundation for an exciting book detailing the struggle of getting and keeping a new job and man, right? Of course it does. However, sadly enough, this is where "Diary of a Working Girl" begins speeding downhill at an alarming rate. For the rest of the book fails to deliver anything solid or realistic, or even interesting. The book also contains an awful lot of speculation and rambling that failed to keep my attention for long.

I found most of the story ridiculous and the main character self-absorbed and shallow. Things were just too good-to-be-true, and I couldn't once sympathize with Lane. I seriously wonder what this book was written for? Where is the suspense? I do admit in the beginning of the book, it appeared the story would be interesting with Lane having trouble thinking of great article ideas and having editors turn them down, but it didn't last long.

Overall I was disappointed, because even though the book is fiction, it should have something realistic and plausible in it. But it doesn't.

Rating:
Summary: fun but predictable
Review: But then, aren't they all by now?

This is a cute enough book about Lane, a struggling freelance writer (age 26)in NYC, with money issues, a gay best friend, and troubled relationships.

She pitches the idea of changing industries to meet men and Cosmo takes her up on it. So she goes to a temp agency and gets herself hired to a well-known financial institution as the assistant of a managing director. He is cute but wears awful ties (kitsch factor designed to keep him from being too perfect.)

She also meets Liam outside of the job, and he seems absolutely perfect. Therein lies the problem --- she is supposed to meet the man at her new job in order to publish the article and get the badly needed $7,500 she has been offered.)

This is cute enough, but very predictable, and the fact that she throws around the names of authors/titles of similar books, which is supposed to be ironic, doesn't detract from the fact that this book has been written before by many other women.

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Summary: Laugh out loud!
Review: Daniella Brodsky knows how to blend humor with reality. She created a character that everyone can relate to. This book is like eating a great box of chocolate. You are sucked into the story instantly and you won't want to put it down. Bravo!

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Summary: Although I love happy endings
Review: I found that I only read to the end because I wanted to read the obvious happy ending. Already stated is the unecessary reference to other authors which displeased me. In addition, the use of the word pregnant was drained, and I didn't end the book with much respect for the Lane. However, I was happy that she found her M&M. Other than that it was sort of weak.

Rating:
Summary: Although I love happy endings
Review: I loved this story - the main character's witty remarks, the nyc references, it all just came together great. Would highly recommend it to anyone. Looking forward to seeing more novels from this author!

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Summary: A fun, lighthearted book
Review: I loved this story - the main character's witty remarks, the nyc references, it all just came together great. Would highly recommend it to anyone. Looking forward to seeing more novels from this author!

Rating:
Summary: Fun, Funny, and a quick read!
Review: Lane Silverman is a girl that all of us know and will grow to love in this laugh out loud story of her search for love in NYC. You won't want to put this book down and will keep reading until you get to the end of this fun story. Daniella Brodsky keeps you turning the pages as you get to go inside the world of free-lance writers living in New York trying to make it in this crazy city.

Rating:
Summary: Fun, Funny, and a quick read!
Review: Lane Silverman is a girl that all of us know and will grow to love in this laugh out loud story of her search for love in NYC. You won't want to put this book down and will keep reading until you get to the end of this fun story. Daniella Brodsky keeps you turning the pages as you get to go inside the world of free-lance writers living in New York trying to make it in this crazy city.

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Summary: I want to read more from this author!!
Review: What a great book! I literally could not put it down. I loved the author's writing style and was laughing out loud at several different points throughout the story. I will definitely be recommending this book to my girlfriends and will be on the lookout for more from this author!