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Loading... Fat Chance (Red Dress Ink Novels) (edition 2005)by Deborah Blumenthal (Author)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. This is another story about self image in high school-this time about bulimia. While the story and message of the book are great, I had a harder time connecting with the characters based on the writing style. Still a good read for girls specifically dealing with self image and weight loss, though if not it wouldn't be my top recommendation. ( ) First, I couldn't get into this book, at all. Then I read a post on a chick lit board about how someone had enjoyed it after a slow start. So I decided to give it more time. But over a hundred pages in, I was still not enjoying it at all. By then, it appeared that this book was simply not doing it for me. After putting it aside for a couple of weeks, I picked it up again and just plowed through the second half in one sitting. And, you know, enjoyed it. I don't know if anything changed in the book or if it was just my mood or attitude or what. It is so difficult to put a finger on exactly what makes a book work or not. Presumably, this one was short on a key ingredient. Perhaps it shifted too abruptly from scene to scene, requiring me to give more focus and concentration than I was repeatedly willing to give? In the end, I felt like one of the subplots was left hanging. Maggie's (the heroine) friend, Tamara, had submitted a novel for publication and been rejected. Her boyfriend and Maggie had given her a pep talk, seemingly being successful in convincing her to keep submitting the manuscript, but this was not really confirmed or followed up on. Also, the plot was a little shallow and treated drug use more casually than I like. So not one of my favourite chick lit reads, but it did pick up for me. Best line of the book (and a generally memorable line): "Normal people are the ones that you don't know very well." Ain't that the truth? no reviews | add a review
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HTML: Plus-size Maggie O'Leary is America's Anti-Diet Sweetheart. Her informed column about the pitfalls of dieting is the one sane voice crying out against the dietocracy. She is perfectly happy with who she is and the life she leads. Until she gets the chance to spend some quality time with Hollywood's hottest star. Maggie knows she can't exactly show up looking like...well, herself. So she swallows her words and vows to become the skinniest fat advocate Tinseltown has ever seen. Swearing her trusted assistant to silence, Maggie embarks on a "secret" makeover. From showdowns with her boss, who is convinced his star columnist is losing her edge--er, girth--to run-ins with her closest male friend, the trip through the famed red door of beauty is anything but graceful. But despite her doubts about abandoning the comfortable life she's known--not to mention deceiving legions of loyal readers who still think of her as their champion, L.A.-bound Maggie is hell-bent on getting her just "desserts"! Bursting with wit, insight and humor, Deborah Blumenthal's Fat Chance is a guilt-free pleasure that is good to the last page! .No library descriptions found. |
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