Robin Rountree's Reviews > Such a Pretty Fat: One Narcissist's Quest To Discover if Her Life Makes Her Ass Look Big, Or Why Pie is Not The Answer
Such a Pretty Fat: One Narcissist's Quest To Discover if Her Life Makes Her Ass Look Big, Or Why Pie is Not The Answer
by Jen Lancaster
by Jen Lancaster
I wanted to like this book better, really I did.
But the author's writing style grates on me after a while and I really feel so much of this book was filler. She proposed a book about her experiences with weight loss, and then spends too much of the book talking about her book proposal. For most of the book she's failing miserably at her goals. Then in the last third of the book she finally kicks into gear. I appreciate how she makes fun of the weight loss experience, but sometimes I wanted to shout "stop eating the mac & cheese"!
I will say her personality definitely comes through on the pages, and she did make me laugh a time or two.
But the author's writing style grates on me after a while and I really feel so much of this book was filler. She proposed a book about her experiences with weight loss, and then spends too much of the book talking about her book proposal. For most of the book she's failing miserably at her goals. Then in the last third of the book she finally kicks into gear. I appreciate how she makes fun of the weight loss experience, but sometimes I wanted to shout "stop eating the mac & cheese"!
I will say her personality definitely comes through on the pages, and she did make me laugh a time or two.
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Jan 28, 2009 06:23am
I agree with you completely, Robin! I was excited, but the balloon deflated early...I got tired of her humor and whining!
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See, I felt completely different, and I think it's because I could relate to her so much. Many of the thoughts and complaints she had so mirrored my own that I didn't mind it at all. In fact, I kept thinking, it's NOT just me! It's interesting to see the difference.

