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Loading... Confessions of a Sociopathic Social Climber: The Katya Livingston…by Adèle Lang
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. odd at first, then funny, fast read. couln't put down. quick. diary style (  )vegaheim | Mar 25, 2008 |   Whiney, whiney, whiney. Thank goodness it was a short book! (  )debavp | Jan 24, 2008 | Hilarious easy read. I think I read this in one sitting and laughed out loud the whole time. If you like Janet Evonovich or Sophia Kinsella you will like this book ( )bethmal | Oct 11, 2007 | #99, 2004 I was disappointed by this book. It started out well enough, and at first I really enjoyed the writing style, but after the first 50 pages or so, it seemed as though there just wasn't much in the way of a plot. It's not a very long book, though, so I kept reading, and kept hoping for a plot to appear . . . but it never did. It was interesting as a character study, but went on about five times longer than necessary to explore Katya's character. Especially because Katya has got to be the least likeable main character *ever* - the book's title *is* disturbingly accurate. When I first read Bridget Jones, I thought Bridget was a real loser (although I've since come to appreciate her, and I do realise that having flawed narrators is part of the charm of Chick Lit), but compared to Katya, Bridget is a saint. Katya is thoroughly despicable. Not just quirky and thoughtless, but truly, truly awful. This might have made for a funny book, except that the author never took it anywhere, and after a while it became tedious to read. I also felt that the author didn't make Katya consistent enough. Sometimes, Katya acted in ways that were awful, but believeable. Other times, her behaviour was so over-the-top as to be ridiculous, and I found this off-putting. It wasn't satirical enough to be really funny, yet Katya was far too horrible for me to feel any sympathy for her whatsoever. So I ended up sitting through 197 pages of Katya describing the awful things she did to other people, all the while not seeming to have a hint of remorse or any awareness that she really is a wretched excuse for a person, and then it ends. Disappointing. LJ Discussion (  )herebedragons | Jan 17, 2007 | 1  Ugh, I couldn't wait to finish this. No plot, annoying characters, and just bad bad bad. (  )moonriver | Oct 25, 2006 | 0.061 seconds to build listing  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com (ISBN 0312288115, Hardcover)It's really not a bad idea. Adele Lang joins the throng of post-Bridget Jones novelists with Confessions of a Sociopathic Social Climber, a fictional diary by Katya Livingstone, an advertising copywriter-turned-journalist who is, in short, a nasty piece of work. Katya has never met a friend she didn't stab in the back, a boss she didn't take advantage of, or a man whose net worth she didn't appraise in five seconds flat. Most of Ms. Jones's offspring are dear, dewy, put-upon creatures. Sure, they crack wise, but mostly they seem to mope around hoping for Mr. Right to happen upon them. The idea of a vile anti-heroine out to screw the world before it screws her has a certain appeal. Unfortunately, Lang's reach has exceeded her grasp, and the result is far from heavenly. The book veers wildly in tone. We never know quite how we're supposed to feel about Katya: Should we despise her? Admire her for her chutzpah? Or just shut the book in frustration? Meanwhile, sloppy grammar and unfunny jokes topple this tenuous house of cards. --Claire Dederer(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:57:53 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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