Good in Bed

This was not at all what I expected but was a real treat. She is someone you can easily relate to and you get caught up so readily in her challenges.

I love this book. A "normal" woman, not a stick figure with Farrah Fawcett hair and perfect teeth, gets the good guy! You can really put yourself in the shoes of this woman as her life takes unplanned turns. She DOES have a life. Most authors, and Hollywood, want us to think that if you are larger than a size 4, you never get the opportunity to have a life, let alone a HAPPY life or even a LOVE life.

This book proves them all wrong. Overweight women are not parriahs. They are people who love and are loved. They are mothers, daughters, friends, lovers. Thank you for finally putting that into print for the whole world to see!

If you are looking for a provocative romp where the heroine jumps from bed to bed, try another book. This is a romance, not erotica -- cute at the beginning, sad in the middle and they all live happily ever after. It is a light, quick read, like cotton candy, another tale of a 20-something finding out that life has nothing to do with what we see in TV sitcoms or glamour magazines. It's a 21st century Harlequin romance -- and we all need a little Harlequin every now and then.

I had high hopes for this audiobook. I had just finished "The Guy Not Taken" (Also by Jennifer Weiner - which I loved). "Good in Bed" started out great. The narrator was excellent. Her voice was perfect for the main character, and she brought the words to life. The story was also very interesting... and also very funny. But about 2/3 of the way through, I found myself wanting to fast forward. It seemed a bit repetitive. I also was very disappointed because there were too many of the same plot lines and even the same dialog lines as "The Guy Not Taken". In both books, main characters were big swimmers, had fathers that had just vanished, had relatives that didn't like to be touched. I could name more. That was disappointing, it's not like these books are a series. Did Jennifer think readers wouldn't pick up on that? At some points I had to stop the tape and reorient myself because there were too many similarities. The end was also a bit unrealistic. But I did love the first 2/3rds of the book, and it was a very good listen :)

I expected a light, cute, and perhaps slightly comedic story from the sample and the blurb, I was not disappointed. Good in Bed was all of those things at one point or another. What I had not expected were the passages of depth, heartbreak, and moments that could only be described as poignant.

Best of all, it lacked the "WWWAAAAAAAAHHHHHH! All this bad stuff happens to me because I'm fat" shtick.

Be warned, if you buy it for a long drive thinking light snarky beach trash.... you may find yourself parked outside of a hotel unwilling to turn it off and being stared down by the valet...I did.

First, this was a great book. Very well written and thought out. Characters were very understandable and you felt them. It just was not what I was expecting. I thought it was going to be really funny and the beginning was (I needed a funny book at the time.) However, about 1/3 or half way thru – it became pretty sad and ended that way but for the last minute of the book. Don’t get me wrong, I couldn’t put it down. I kept waiting for the fairytale ending. It has a little one but this is more like a real life novel than a romance fairytale. So if you want a good afternoon read and can just sit and listen and experience, this is the one for you. But if you are looking for something while you are trying to have a good time, save this one, but do have a listen – it was very worth it.

The book started out really funny. The thoughts that run through a single, over weight woman's mind is right on. Funny and sad, but very real.

The narration was nicely done, very believable.
The characters were adequately developed giving just enough description to understand the characters relationship to the main character.

The story flowed nicely and I never got bored. I listened to the entire book in one afternoon.

Its kind of funny in some spots. Pretty predictable mostly. And I'm still trying to figure out what the publisher meant in the synopsis by "the strangest dog you'll ever encounter..." because there was nothing remotely remarkable about her dog let alone earning the title of "strangest." Mostly though, my biggest gripe about this book is after a while I just got sick and tired of this woman's complaining. I just have very very little tolerance or sympathy for a person who feels the need to lay blame on someone else for all their problems, can only see the negative, and never shows an ounce of gratitude for all the loving people offering support - especially when she's such a miserable person and dosn't deserve it! Oh, except until the very end when she suddenly has some epiphany and becomes an entirely different person in the blink of an eye. Yeah right.

light and enjoyable -- perfect for the commute.

Started out very funny and ended as a very sweet, thought provoking story.