Val and Addie were friends once, in elementary school, but Val left Addie behind in high school as she moved into the popular people clique and Addie ate herself into an enormous body. Fifteen years later, Addie has a nice house, a good job, and a thin body, while Val may well have killed someone. [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Chick lit’
February 6, 2009
This One is Mine by Maria Semple
Two self-involved, vacuous women who happen to be sisters in law set out to mistreat their husband and lover, respectively and bumble about until they get what’s coming to them, more or less. They are so inane and self-centered that I started rooting for the husband after a couple of chapters, even if he starts [...]
March 6, 2008
Manless in Montclair by Amy Edelman
What do we expect from chick lit? A lively story, a peppy heroin, assorted outrageous characters, and a happy ending – and for that we will tolerate unlikely coincidences, abundant stereotyping, and a breezy writing style. Manless in Montclair meets the challenge fairly well but the author would have been more successful if she had stuck with [...]
