Toni's review
Same As It Never Was: A Novel
by Claire Scovell LaZebnik
Toni's review
Same As It Never Was: A Novel by Claire Scovell LaZebnik
Toni's review
rating:
recommended for: moms?
With three minutes left until the library closed and nothing to read for weeks I picked this book because it had Barbies on the cover. Predictable and cynical though it was, I enjoyed it. I have no idea what type of book this is. I am pretty sure it is the closest I have ever gotten to chick lit, and the internet informs me it is "the number one beach bestseller." Whatever that means...
Mostly a brainless read, there was one particular passage that was interesting. The narrator went for ice cream with a mother from her sister/daughter's pre-school class. They were talking about parenthood and responsibility. The mom referenced that Talking Heads, quoting "This is not my beautiful house. This is not my beautiful life." And talking about how it was sometimes so unbelievable. I thought that was a great point. I appreciated the fact that the author never tried to make it a more intelligent read then it was. Since the narrator was an English major she could have q...more
Mostly a brainless read, there was one particular passage that was interesting. The narrator went for ice cream with a mother from her sister/daughter's pre-school class. They were talking about parenthood and responsibility. The mom referenced that Talking Heads, quoting "This is not my beautiful house. This is not my beautiful life." And talking about how it was sometimes so unbelievable. I thought that was a great point. I appreciated the fact that the author never tried to make it a more intelligent read then it was. Since the narrator was an English major she could have q...more
