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Title: Fat Chance by Deborah Blumenthal ISBN: 0-373-25050-9 Publisher: Red Dress Ink Pub. Date: 01 March, 2004 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.3 (10 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Don't bother
Comment: Against my better judgment, I found myself finishing this book. There are so many things wrong with it that I don't know where to begin. We immediately jump in and get no backstory about Maggie. I like to know a little bit about the characters but all I could gather was that she was the funny fat woman in the office. She was proud to be overweight but when a chance comes to meet a movie star, she immediately (and unrealistically) loses a lot of weight in a short period of time - and even has plastic surgery like it's no big deal. She goes to LA where she was supposed to consult with the movie actor about being overweight but they never do even discuss it. In the space of two weeks that she is gone, her assistant meets and falls in love with a guy, discovers a new talent for photography and gets a promotion, and finishes her book and it is rejected, all in TWO WEEKS!
I think there could have been a really good story here but it went off in too many tangents. It would have been nice to promote the storyline that you don't have to lose weight or change yourself to win the guy of your dreams or to have a successful career.
I will say I did like a lot of the essays and diet tips but it really wasn't worth reading the whole book for.
Rating: 5
Summary: Crash Diet....
Comment: "Fat Chance" by Deborah Blumenthal is a good first novel. It is light reading and fun and definitely "chick lit." Also thought the cover design was exceptionally good.
Fat columnist, Maggie O'Leary is happy with her life. She has a good job; she enjoys the "perks" of wonderful food and frequent dining with her editor Tex Ramsey; she has a great friend and assistant in Tamera; she loves New York City and she feels that she makes a difference in her readers' lives with her column, "Fat Chance." In it, Maggie espouses that, "Do what you can to be healthy - but accept and love yourself if you are fat."
All this changes when she receives a phone call from sexy movie star, Mike Taylor (think Pierce Brosnan). He wishes to hire her as a "diet consultant" to help him prepare for an upcoming role by understanding what challenges obese women face.
Maggy embarks on a "secret diet" and her life is never the same again...
The concept of this book was great and I look forward to reading more novels by Deborah Blumenthal. I especially thought the diet plan in the back of the book was helpful as well!
Rating: 2
Summary: Lost me quick
Comment: I couldn't finish this book. I am still trying to figure out the point-one minute Maggie is proud of being overweight and taking a stand by NOT dieting, the next she's doing the exact thing she claims to be against (dieting)? I only got to chapter 5 and couldn't bring myself to read any further. It felt like I was reading a VERY rough first draft and the author hadn't yet decided what she wanted Maggie to be or do. Usually the Red Dress Ink books are at least halfway decent-I'm not sure how this one slipped through the cracks.
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Title: Can You Keep a Secret? by Sophie Kinsella ISBN: 0385336810 Publisher: Dial Books Pub. Date: 23 March, 2004 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: Starting From Square Two by Caren Lissner ISBN: 0373250525 Publisher: Red Dress Ink Pub. Date: 01 March, 2004 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Wedding Season by DARCY COSPER ISBN: 1400051452 Publisher: Three Rivers Press Pub. Date: 23 March, 2004 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Weekend in Paris by Robyn Sisman ISBN: 0452284902 Publisher: Plume Pub. Date: 24 February, 2004 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Bergdorf Blondes : A Novel by Plum Sykes ISBN: 1401351964 Publisher: Miramax Pub. Date: 07 April, 2004 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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