Search - Certain Girls (Cannie Shapiro, Bk 2)

I love Jennifer Weiner's novels and this latest is no disappointment. I disagree with other reviews indicating that the book is predictable as I found it anything but predictable. The book did not take a conflict and tie everything up in a nice cute bow to make everyone happy. There are good times but there are a lot of difficult and incredibly tragic elements as well. I like enjoyable fun books and while this book was overall an uplifting experience, there were a lot of sad and very real elements in the book which made me connect with the characters. As a mother, I could relate to a lot of what the protagonists felt and it gave me a little heads up to raising a teenager...yikes! If you enjoy thought provoking and entertaining material, you will love this book

This book is the sequel to Good in Bed. I must say that I really enjoyed that book, but this one I ended up skimming about 1/4 of the way through. You will easily figure out what happens in the end if you pay attention to the first chapter. The writer gave too much away. Overall I thought it could have been better, but if you want to know what happened to the characters in Good In Bed, you will by reading this book...I gave it 2 1/2 stars.

Again we see Cannie Shapiro. A little later in life and finally in a happier place. I loved almost all of this book, but when I got to the "plot twist" I wanted to throw things - partially because I was angry for Cannie and partially because I was angry that Weiner would do that to her readers and her characters. But, that is the way she writes. She's not always a happy ending kind of girl, but you understand where she is coming from.

The first Cannie Shapiro book is much better than this one. In the first book I was very attached to the Cannie's character. In this book I kept skimming pages because I found myself not really caring. Also - the ending is terrible.

I enjoyed this sequel to the first book of this series, "Good In Bed". I found it interesting how the author switched between chapters, who is telling the story. First by Cannie, then her daughter Joy. I think that this switch in characters telling the story made it more interesting than if Cannie would have just told the story. It was a nice read.

Not bad, but not as good as the first one. A very different type of book--more heavy, an less lighthearted comedy.