Miki B. (MikiOz) reviewed For a better read, try "Goodnight Nobody" by Jennifer Weiner on 2/8/2009 + 43 more book reviews

You can definitely tell that this book is the first novel published by the author. The writing has too much of the author in it - she's obviously not able to keep her direct voice out of her fiction, which is the mark of a truly great writer (think Shakespeare and Austen).

I picked it up because I read her essay "Good Enough" in "Mommy Wars," which was very good, but non-fiction is definitely her forte. Hopefully, she'll stay away from novels in the future.

Jennifer Weiner handles VERY similar subject matter much better in "Goodnight Nobody," so I would recommend reading that instead.

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