Book Reviews of In the Drink

Hated it. Horrid book from the beginning. I felt as though the author was trying too hard to show off what she learned in her college writing classes. "Look at me, I can use big words! I'm a college graduate who majored in English or creative writing. My vocabulary is bigger than yours." How pretentious can you be?

I really enjoyed this book! A funny (sometimes actual laugh out loud moments), quick, easy, and light hearted read. Think it helped that I'm in the age range of the main character, and thus was able to relate to much of what she goes through, and thinks. The narrative is witty, sarcastic, and fiery. Something I would recommend to the girlfriends as a fun read.

Read this several times over the years. A funny, twisted little novel, SMART chick-lit

The cynic's anti-heroine. Pretty quick read but a little depressing. Despite that, I enjoyed the heroine's little antics with her employer and the slight romance. The endings a little unsatisfying but I finished it and that means a lot.

In this compassionate, wise, and comical debut, Kate Christensen gives an engaging and authentic voice to a new generation of single urban women. Claudia Steiner never intended for her life to become such a disaster. At the age of twenty-nine she finds herself serving as secretary to an insane, aging socialite who barks orders from her toilet, specializes in devastating backhanded remarks, and expects Claudia to ghostwrite her best-selling novels. Her job pays enough to keep her in overpriced cocktails, cabs, and take-out but doesn't cover the rent on her roach-infested apartment or keep her creditors at bay. Her romantic prospects are no better. She's hopelessly in love with her best friend, a corporate lawyer who may or may not be gay, and she's still relentlessly pursued by her ex-lover, a married unpublished epic poet. All Claudia can rely on--aside from her wry sense of humor and her faith in the medicinal properties of whiskey--is a persistent little flame of belief in herself, which gives her the glimmer of a chance for a happy ending.