
A. L. (
Zydeco) wrote on 9/22/2007...
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Ugh! Too Romance novel-oriented and cliche to be any good.
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One of Crusie's early chick lit offereings, with strong glimmers of the powerhouse writer she will become. This one is about three sisters-in-law, each coming to grips in her own way with the end of her marriage. Doesn't sound funny, but it is.
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When a down-on-her-luck divorcee meets a determined-to-dominate detective they find out that falling in love can be murder.

Claudia S. (
ClaudiaS) wrote on 4/18/2007...
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Mystery AND romance AND comedy!

Melissa E. (
filam) wrote on 4/12/2007...
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This is my second Jennifer Crusie book I have read and I absolutly love her. She makes you really fall in love with the caracters!

Julie A. (
panurse) wrote on 4/22/2009...
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zzzzzz.. huh? Did she reread this after she wrote it?
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The title is not all what this book is about, Jennifer Curis is a great writer, I love all of her book that she writes on her own, I do not like the book that she co-aurthrs
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I didn't expect a lot out of this book, but it was a good read. Funny and the characters acted like real people. You know where the plot is going, but I enjoyed the ride.
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Smart and funny! I love reading Jenny Crusie's romances. They make you think and they have a plot. Its more like real life would be.

Lenore D. (
Lenore) wrote on 11/12/2007...
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Cute fast read - perfect beach day book. Though this is certainly an adequate effort, I did like Jennifer Crusie's other novel, Bet Me, quite a bit better. It was much funnier, much faster, and the dialogue was much better.
Fast Women feels more like a cute romance book rather clumsily trying to integrate an excessively complex murder mystery/whodunnit storyline.
The combination does add some punch but also blurs the focus of the narrative...in addition, there's a lot of side stories involving the female protagonist's friends, which also makes the novel a little less focused than I'd like.
Also, there is this slightly preachy undertone that you shouldn't stay married if you're not happy...and that being married to controlling men, its partly your own fault if you end up resentful and unhappy because you didn't stand up for yourself and just let them walk all over you. Not that I don't agree with the gist of that, but its sort of odd to find that sub-theme in what is basically a light romance novel. The upside, I will say, is that for once, it feels like the characters, while developing new relationships, do acknowledge some part in their first failed marriages/relationships, and don't act as though they fell apart all by themselves, or the Evil Men were 100% responsible and they could have done nothing to save the marriage because the guy was an unadulterated clod. For me, I like a little personal responsibility.