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In the Drink: A Novel
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BOOK REVIEW FROM AMAZON
Brava, Kate Christensen! What a wonderful first novel...I can't wait for a follow-up.
"In the Drink" is the story of a 20 something single woman named Claudia Steiner. She lives in your typical roach-infested Manhattan apartment, works for a complete passive-aggresive nut case, dates the wrong men, and is madly in love with the "Unavailable-Man." There were many times throughout the novel when I wanted to shake Claudia and tell her to wake-up and change her miserable existence. But the beauty of the book is that Claudia IS flawed just like we all are. There is no "tied-up in a pretty bow" ending. Claudia plods through her life making the same mistakes over and over again and expecting different results. But Christensen always kept me believing that Claudia would turn out OK. And even though the ending is not "happy" I had a gut feeling that when Claudia finally hits her bottom she has the inner strength to pull herself out of it and end up on the right track. This is what kept me going.
While "In the Drink" is a dark story, Christensen has an amazing sense of humor and writes some of the funniest scenes I've read in a long time. Her affair with the married John Threadgill is hilarious, as is a party scene at the apartment of her "crush," William. I so identified with Claudia because there was a period of my life where I WAS her. But fortunately, I pulled myself out of it as I believe Claudia will. Another wonderful part of the book is examining Claudia's relationship with her mother. How many of us have been at a restaurant with our mothers and been pressured into ordering what SHE wanted us to eat? I've been there! There are some things Claudia does that I don't necessarily approve of. Obviously stealing from my boss and forging her checks is not a behavior I'd care to emulate. But when Claudia does it, it's OK because I felt she was remorseful. That doesn't make it right but it does humanize her.
I've read in many reviews references to "Bridget Jones' Diary" and I think this book is hands down ten times better than "Bridget" simply because the characters are real and are dealing with their lives on a level that Bridget doesn't. I've also read in reviews that people think Claudia is a loser and hated the book becuase of that. Well, in a way I suppose she is a "loser", but a temporary loser, and who among us hasn't been a loser at one point in life? If you're a woman in your 20s or 30s DEFINITELY read this book. You won't be sorry.
Brava, Kate Christensen! What a wonderful first novel...I can't wait for a follow-up.
"In the Drink" is the story of a 20 something single woman named Claudia Steiner. She lives in your typical roach-infested Manhattan apartment, works for a complete passive-aggresive nut case, dates the wrong men, and is madly in love with the "Unavailable-Man." There were many times throughout the novel when I wanted to shake Claudia and tell her to wake-up and change her miserable existence. But the beauty of the book is that Claudia IS flawed just like we all are. There is no "tied-up in a pretty bow" ending. Claudia plods through her life making the same mistakes over and over again and expecting different results. But Christensen always kept me believing that Claudia would turn out OK. And even though the ending is not "happy" I had a gut feeling that when Claudia finally hits her bottom she has the inner strength to pull herself out of it and end up on the right track. This is what kept me going.
While "In the Drink" is a dark story, Christensen has an amazing sense of humor and writes some of the funniest scenes I've read in a long time. Her affair with the married John Threadgill is hilarious, as is a party scene at the apartment of her "crush," William. I so identified with Claudia because there was a period of my life where I WAS her. But fortunately, I pulled myself out of it as I believe Claudia will. Another wonderful part of the book is examining Claudia's relationship with her mother. How many of us have been at a restaurant with our mothers and been pressured into ordering what SHE wanted us to eat? I've been there! There are some things Claudia does that I don't necessarily approve of. Obviously stealing from my boss and forging her checks is not a behavior I'd care to emulate. But when Claudia does it, it's OK because I felt she was remorseful. That doesn't make it right but it does humanize her.
I've read in many reviews references to "Bridget Jones' Diary" and I think this book is hands down ten times better than "Bridget" simply because the characters are real and are dealing with their lives on a level that Bridget doesn't. I've also read in reviews that people think Claudia is a loser and hated the book becuase of that. Well, in a way I suppose she is a "loser", but a temporary loser, and who among us hasn't been a loser at one point in life? If you're a woman in your 20s or 30s DEFINITELY read this book. You won't be sorry.
Journal Entry 2 by GanzoFlorence at GANZO ACLI -associazione culturale arte & enogastronomia in Firenze, Toscana Italy on Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Released 13 yrs ago (3/2/2011 UTC) at GANZO ACLI -associazione culturale arte & enogastronomia in Firenze, Toscana Italy
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Firenze ITALIA
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vieni a ganzo e chiappalo!
GANZO ACLI
Via dei Macci 45r 50122
Firenze ITALIA
055241076
