Hooked Right Away

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	• In Her Shoes: A Novel Jennifer Weiner Washington Square Press, 2003 - 448 pages average customer review:based on 2 reviews view larger image
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Hooked Right Away

From the moment I read the first few paragraphs of this book, I fell in love. Jennifer Weiner effortlessly seams character plots throughout this book, which follows two sisters who have nothing in common but the size of their feet and their love for designer shoes.

Rose is the ugly-duckling who grew into a swan but doesn't quite realize it, while her younger sister, Maggie, has been the beautiful girl all her life who struggles with a learning disability and uses men to get by. The book takes such a personal look at the depth of two people that society fits into two typecasts: the older heavyweight, responsible woman in Rose versus the beautiful, spontaneous child-like qualities in Maggie. The themes can be recognized in every woman's life. We all know the girl who gets everything because she's beautiful but has deep rooted fears, or the woman who doesn't recognize her own spirit and beauty because she's grown up with poor self-esteem.

Rose and Maggie grow considerably throughout the book. I flipped through each page, rooting that each would find their way and become that better person that we all try to see in ourselves. I couldn't put the book down. This is the first time I have ever read a Jennifer Weiner novel, and this surely will not be my last.

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Pretty good

Two sisters could not be more different. Rose, the together, prim and proper attorney and Maggie, the beautiful, disorganized, mess. They are forced to cohabitate after Maggie runs short of money, causing a shock to Rose's world. However, they both have some things in common: they hate their stepmother, they would like to meet the grandmother they were cut off from when their mother passed away, and they are looking for men who will not turn out to be jerks (which does not turn out to be an easy task).

Quote: "Maggie showed no signs of leaving . . . and, Rose noticed, the money she'd given her had magically disappeared."

I liked this book somewhat - it takes different chapters from the viewpoints of various main characters, which I dislike. I found myself skipping over certain characters to keep with the story I was into at the time, because I like that continuity (then, of course, I had to go back and read the other characters' chapters in a row), until eventually the different characters more or less come together. It is a nice vacation read, if a little bit predictable.

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