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Normal Girl: A Novel
"Randa, what's wrong with you?"
"Nothing. I mean, I'm a crazy cocaine addict with a hankering for heroin, but other than that, I'm just a nice Jewish girl from the Upper East Side with Prada shoes. How could anything be wrong?"
Molly Jong-Fast's Normal Girl is striking-and as funny as it as real. Inspired by her own experiences growing up in the decadent, fast-paced netherw...more
Paperback, 208 pages
Published
July 13th 2001
by Villard
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Shallowest. Book. Ever.
I wish Jong-Fast would just stop writing altogether. None of her books are entertaining in the slightest.
I made it about fifty pages from the end until I just... quit. I didn't understand half the references she was using, which basically implied that 'unless you are famous you shouldn't be reading this book'. The main character wasn't likable in the least sense, being a jerk to everyone who came her way then moaning and complaining when people didn't l...more
I wish Jong-Fast would just stop writing altogether. None of her books are entertaining in the slightest.
I made it about fifty pages from the end until I just... quit. I didn't understand half the references she was using, which basically implied that 'unless you are famous you shouldn't be reading this book'. The main character wasn't likable in the least sense, being a jerk to everyone who came her way then moaning and complaining when people didn't l...more
Argh, just the thought of this book makes me shudder. I like to think that I can stomach just about any kind of writing and I can usually appreciate the book for what it is, even if I don't enjoy it myself. But honestly, there are no redeeming qualities to this book. None. It's self-involved, self-indulgent, vapid, depressing drivel. I reviewed this book when it first came out ages ago for my college newspaper. I had to force myself to finish it for the review's sake, and all I kept thinking whi...more
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Normal Girl by Molly Jong-Fast displays the downward spiral of a nineteen year old socialite named Miranda. The book starts off with the death of the Miranda’s boyfriend. Making everything more suspenseful, throughout the book, Miranda continues to say she thinks she killed him. This creates a sense of wonder for the reader throughout the entire novel. And as the novel continues, Miranda’s downward spiral of blowing money to get high off drugs and drinking excessively makes the reader wonder...more
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I thought this was a poor man's version of Glamorama, from a female point of view. The things that would have made the book more interesting were barely skimmed over, instead focusing on odd acronyms and boring details.
I'm glad I didn't read the author bio until I was 10 pages from the end, otherwise my view would have been even more tainted by the famous last name. I wish that a book by an unknown author had been published in the place of this.
It's short and a quick rea...more
I'm glad I didn't read the author bio until I was 10 pages from the end, otherwise my view would have been even more tainted by the famous last name. I wish that a book by an unknown author had been published in the place of this.
It's short and a quick rea...more
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I have mixed feelings about this book. Really hilarious at times, but it also seemed a little sporadic. And although the main character is meant to eventually become more than one-dimensional, I don't think it really works, for the most part. Her transition in rehab wasn't very believable...she goes straight from junkie to recovering addict without a substantial event happening. Yes, it's meant to be a quick, fun read...and it is. But that's pretty much ALL it is. It got some good laughs out of ...more
i was too young to get the subject matter in his book (trust fundies with coke & heroin habits) but i do remember that absolutely nothing happens, plot wise. it's kind of just a bunch of shocking things that happen, and the appeal is that it's a thinly veiled autobiographical account of her own life as the spoiled brat daughter of erica jong.
so, yeah. but a fun read nonetheless.
so, yeah. but a fun read nonetheless.
I wanted to like this book. I went to camp with Molly and only remember her as a kind of little kid and that her mother was Erica Jong, which fascinated me. The problem with the book is that it seemed forced–the voice and the tone. Too much. I also simply couldn't relate. So maybe it just wasn't for me.
I bought this book in high school and each time I've tried to read i I get only a few chapters in and give up. I am never really one to just give up on a book entirely, I like to give them a chance..but this one I just haven't ever been able to bring myself to finish.
Great book. I would conside it YA. Not sure why there are so many bad reviews. I think it was an interesting story with a really great ending. Give it a try. There's also funny and very very sad parts. That's all I need from a good, quick read.
Didn't love this book...to me it was Story of My Life meets Prozac Nation. Wish Molly Jong-Fast would get over her Elizabeth Wurtzel obsession. She's at her best critiquing manhattan in her darkly satirical way. She has a bitchy humor I love though.
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I honestly can't remember if I even finished this book or not.
This book was too boring, I only got to the third chapter.
Two and a half stars. Real easy read but not my favorite writing style.
Normal Girl is a good title for how the main character, Miranda Woke, wants to feel, normal. She has famous socialite parents and she also gets tied up in the party scene when she eventually has to go away for treatment to her addiction. I liked how her time in the facility wasn't cute, it was tough, she really had to work at being better. If this was made into a movie, I can see Lindsay Lohan playing Miranda. Isn't it Lindsay that has been in and out of treatment these days?
It is just fun, and then unexpectedly touching. Miranda is a bitchy, funny, glamorous New York character whose harshness is second only to her self-hatred. Miranda's perspectives on the nihilism of addiction, wealthy Manhattan society, and the prosaic experience of rehab all seem fresh and truthful, and I wound up embracing this character who shares so many of her prejudices, flaws, and transformations.
wow. this is a horribly written book. molly jung fast seems to change details from page to page so that the book is as incoherent as some of the characters in the book. yeah, yeah, i get it, poor little rich girl is like this because she doesn't have her daddy's love. other books do it way better. if you want an empty read filled with stinkiness, then read it.
So I can't remember if it was Matt Dillon, Matt Damon or Matt Diamond who like sold me the drugs. It was dark and without good editing they all look a like.
That's how this book is written. If you can stand about 200 pages of it, then read the damn thing. I actually liked it and used it for a paper, but then I'm known for torturing professors.
That's how this book is written. If you can stand about 200 pages of it, then read the damn thing. I actually liked it and used it for a paper, but then I'm known for torturing professors.
A friend lent me this book and swore it was SOOO good. I've read a few books on druggies/junkies and didn't get wrapped up in this one like I have with the others. Don't get me wrong, it was okay...but if you're into druggie kind of books there are better ones out there.
Trite, glamorous and foul. I was so damn depressed that my second-wave icon's (Erica Jong) daughter wrote this piece of high end drivel. If I have to read about socialites snorting coke in these pseudo-novels, then why am I subscribing to People magazine?! I mean really, people.
My favorite book ever. About an overprivileged Jewish girl from the Upper East Side battling drugs, booze, her crazy mother and high society in general. I try to read it every year because it's that good.
Basically about a girl who is out of control in a trashy way, read it if you want to find out what happens. Wouldn't be a total waste of time.
Daughter of Erica Jong and Jonathan Fast, Molly's first book is witty, funny and totally relevant. I loved it.
Normal for her is so not normal for me! It was so fun getting caught up in this lifestyle that I will never live:)
Read anything by her-she's also a big Bret Easton Ellis fan as well.
Terrible, terrible book.
This book was a little like Girl Interupted. It is a coming of age story about a girl who lost all sense of self after her boyfriend died of an over dose. Convinced that she killed him, she goes on a rampage looking for the truth while doing an incredible amount of intoxicants. After she spent sometime in rehab life goes on.
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