Death By Chick Lit
by Lynn Harris (Goodreads author!)
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Read in April, 2008
My ever faithful book-loving friend sent me Death by Chick Lit. It fills a great niche that she and I both read. We both love a good mystery and we both love a good mindless chick lit novel. So, when there's a chance to merge the two, it seems like a win-win situation. Lynn Harris's novel definitely fit that category.
Death by Chick Lit is a hilarious, satirical story about the media frenzy to publish anything and everything. Lola Sommerville, the novel-writing heroine, finds herself in the midd...more
Death by Chick Lit is a hilarious, satirical story about the media frenzy to publish anything and everything. Lola Sommerville, the novel-writing heroine, finds herself in the midd...more
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I can't quite figure this book out. It's supposed to be this smart, feminist, satire of chick lit, right? I just felt like I was watching an extended Sex and the City episode while reading this book. Which is not entirely oft-putting; indeed, if you want silly one-liners, a semi-strong female protagonist, and lots of eye-rolling at quote unquote hip NYC folk, then this is your book.
I was surprised to read all the feminist-love for this book while browsing reviews and various interviews with...more
I was surprised to read all the feminist-love for this book while browsing reviews and various interviews with...more
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Read in June, 2008
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Kelly C.recommends it for: anyone who sees the comic potential of the publishing industry
This was a quick enjoyable read that was more of a satire than a mystery. Brooklynite, Lola Sommerville, has recently published a book, to very little acclaim, and she's trying hard not to hate all the successful chick lit authors around her--especially because some of them are her friends. However, she certainly doesn't want any of them to die. But when they do start dying (and Lola always seems to be stumbling upon the bodies), Lola worries that she may be next (and perhaps is even more a...more
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I looooved Harris' writing when I was in college (back during the Breakup Girl website days--now she does freelance stuff. I sometimes see parenting-related stuff she does for Salon), so when I saw she had written this goofy-looking mystery, I had to check it out. The premise is that a sort-of-unsuccessful writer Lola (who clearly is a little bit autobiographical) gets caught up in a series of murders--but all the victims are very successful chick lit authors! Lola takes up the investigation--bu...more
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Read in August, 2007
I'm giving this book the second star because I liked that it's a feminist critique of the publishing industry, but otherwise I wasn't that crazy about the book. The main character, Lola, is not particularly likable or sympathetic and a lot of the "satire" is just so over the top that it's ridiculous and not believable instead of clever and on point. The conclusion of the whodunit is at least a little surprising, but by the time I got there, I was so irritated with the rest of the book ...more
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I really had to force myself to finish this book. There are about 100 pages of complaining about why chick lit is called chick lit. If you get past this, there is a boring mystery and really annoying characters. Our lackluster hero whines her way through finding 3 or 4 women chick lit writers murdered. She does find the murderer, but I really didn't care. The most interesting part of the hero is her green thumb.
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Read in October, 2007
This was an OK chick lit whodunit. Really, the best part of Lola's tale is the fun they poke at their own genre. Seems everyone is getting on the publishing bandwagon, much to Lola's chagrin. But, some of the top selling chick lit authors are being murdered and Lola puts herself in the position of discovering whodunit.
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Read in June, 2008
Recommended if you are any of the following:
-- a writer
-- a New Yorker
-- a Brooklynite
-- a fan of standard chick lit fare or mysteries
A smart, fun summer book... and everyone in my book club was surprised by the ending.
-- a writer
-- a New Yorker
-- a Brooklynite
-- a fan of standard chick lit fare or mysteries
A smart, fun summer book... and everyone in my book club was surprised by the ending.
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Read in January, 2008
This book, although slightly funny, is full of cheesy lingo and tries really hard to be uh... hip... I guess. If you can handle phrases like, "what the dilly" being used in actual dialogue, this book may be for you.
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my mom got it for me for christmas since the author's a yale grad - it's sardonic and smart and pokes fun at "chicklit" while being, entirely, a chicklit book that's kind of pointless. an easy read.
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Read in September, 2007
a humorous book...somehow these authours who have written chick lit. are being murdered..slueth lola investigates...a easy fun read...if you have the time worth the little time it takes to read.
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this book has its moments.... more of a 3.5 than a four, it amused and even induced a snort or two. most amusing is its take on the horror that is the chick lit genre.
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OK, so what?! I used to live in NYC and I get a little trashy every now and then!
And it's very good trash!
Lynn Harris rocks!
And it's very good trash!
Lynn Harris rocks!
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i am so cheap, so you KNOW it's a real deal when i want to buy this book. really excited.
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Read in September, 2007
Eh. Not the best book I've read. It was hard to get into and barely kept my attention.
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Read in June, 2008
recommends it for:
chick lit lovers, mystery lovers
Fun read, good satire for lovers of "chick lit" and people who enjoy a good mystery
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Read in January, 2008
A superficial and shallow murder mystery, just a little too cheesy for me.
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Read in September, 2007
good, snarky-type mystery, kind of like a grown-up lulu dark heroine.
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Read in September, 2007
One of the silliest books I've read in a while. Skip it!
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