Lesley S. reviewed on 12/13/2008 + 50 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 5

Writers who lazily resort to endless cliches - tripping the light fantastic, light as a feather, in the final analysis - should be arrested and charged with crimes against good literature. Coming upon the dreaded cliches in any book makes my eyes roll involuntarily, so I should have suspected the worst when the eyeroll count was already topping 10...sometime in Chapter 1. For someone who purports to love and adore good books, enjoying the company of many fabulous writers throughout her career, this autobiographical tale of one of the first mega-successful female book buyers and saleswomen turned out to be quite boring. There's definitely an exciting story lurking in there somewhere begging to get out, but unfortunately it's buried under too much length, too many cliches, and not enough editing.

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