Three women newly rooming together discover the meaning of living in a fishbowl after a small fire leads to a big repair bill and a big realization about insurance, bonding, and friendship.
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Allie is a perky 22-year old virgin with a hopeless crush. Emma is a free-spirited fashion editor's assistant who parties with a vengeance. Jodine is a responsible law student who makes efficiency an art form. The question is: can this odd trio can live together in a Toronto apartment without driving one another crazy? The answer is probably not, but what they can do is build friendships none of them ever anticipated. Mlynowski, following last year's Milkrun, delivers another fun piece of fluff about post-college 20-somethings trying to figure it all out as they struggle with fledgling careers, the opposite sex and financial woes. Considerable woes, in fact. Somehow, the new roommates must devise a plan to replace their kitchen, which has burned to a crisp. Each character takes her turn telling the story in alternating chapters, and the reader never mistakes one voice for another. When Allie is asked if she could be pregnant after a bout of nausea, she thinks, "Maybe it is morning sickness and I'm carrying Jesus II." Jodine considers her roommates "a munchkin and a truck driver." While making a list of past sexual partners, Emma asks her roomies, "Can I have another piece of paper?" A fourth narrator, in omniscient third-person, is not always as funny as intended, but reminds the reader of important plot points ("Do you remember the effect alcohol has on her when she gets drunk? She's like a librarian in a porno movie.") Mlynowski delivers a solid if formulaic roommate caper.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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*Starred Review* Mlynowski's second novel is a pleasant departure from the typical tale about young women searching for meaning and love in the big city. Roommates Allie, Jodine, and Emma are about as different as three people can be. Allie is enthusiastic but immature; Jodine is cold and closed-off; Emma is a stylish good-time girl. Despite the fact that they get on each other's nerves, they get along well enough, even after Jodine wakes up one night to discover that their kitchen is on fire. With no insurance, the girls are forced to come up with creative ways to raise money, including throwing big parties at a local bar and offering a seminar for men hoping to meet girls. Meanwhile, each roommate has her own man troubles: Allie pines for her friend, Clint, while the cute repairman flirts with her; Jodine is bored by her loyal boyfriend; and Emma has fallen for a sexy guy she meets at one of their parties, only to discover that she's smitten with Clint. Mlynowski wisely focuses the most on the girls' relationships with each other, creating fully dimensional characters and a terrific story. Kristine Huntley
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Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
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By Emma
Format:Paperback
I was going through amazon and fell upon Sarah Mlynowski. I was so glad I bought the book. I think I finished it in a week. Honestly I could've finished it in a day but I just anted to keep the excitement and laughs going. I think that readers will find themselves in every one of the characters. The story never gets boring and there are never too many details that make you want to pull your eyes out. I suggest that everyone buys this. My next book will definatly be Milkrun. Can't wait to get my hands on it!!!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By A. Marbach
Format:Paperback
I liked Milkrun and I like this book as well. Like not love. I love the three distinct voices in the book in addition to the occasional narrator...
Jodine is an anal control freak, Emma is a uninhibited free spirit and Allie is teetering the delicate line between being a teenage and an adult. The three unlikely girls become roommates but not friends...not necessarily. The bond a bit after an accidental kitchen fire causes $10,000 worth of damage that they need to repair themselves or suffer the wrath of Carl the absent landlord.
After the kitchen fire- the story becomes a little predictable but none the less entertaining as they struggle to make money to pay for the repairs. In the process one roommate falls for the other roommate's crush, one roommate acts out a fantasy with a bartender and ruins a relationship she didn't know she had, one roommate finds real love. But will their relationship as friends survive? That you will have to read to find out.
By C. Cheung
Format:Paperback
Amidst the many chick lit protagonists with established careers in fashion/law/TV/editing, it was nice to find heroines fresh out of university (or still a student) in the first years away from home (someplace other than NYC and London). There were definitely laugh-out-loud moments and readers can easily relate to different aspects of each character.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Great Canadian book.
This was a great book regarding girls in Canada.
Published on Dec 2 2005
5.0 out of 5 stars
A very fun read
I loved reading from 3 different aspects - Allie, Emma and Jodine. Some of their unspoken thoughts were so funny / sarcastic, etc... Read more
Published on Mar 19 2004
3.0 out of 5 stars
it was okay.
This book was actually one of the better chick lit books I read over the summer. I like how these three different girls came together, but other than that, I didn't find much of a... Read more
Published on Mar 17 2004
2.0 out of 5 stars
One More Thing
I already reviewed this book, but I forgot to mention one other thing that made it implausible. There is no way Jodine - a CANADIAN law student studying CANADIAN law would get a... Read more
Published on Feb 6 2004
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good Bathtub Read - That's All
This was a cute, if not altogether well-written book. I thought the plot line was a nice change of pace from the usual "I work in publishing, drink and smoke a lot, have crazy... Read more
Published on Feb 4 2004
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Chick Lit
Fishbowl is a great book. It made me laugh out loud at various scenes and proved no matter how different people may seem they can still become friends. Read more
Published on Jan 26 2004 by Janelle
4.0 out of 5 stars
Sarah does not disappoint!
I felt that I could completely relate to this story even thought I've never had a roommate before. You can definitely see characteristics of your girlfriends in each of the... Read more
Published on Jan 24 2004 by Simply Retta
5.0 out of 5 stars
I love this book!
Fishbowl is such a good book! It's funny because it's so real to life. If you've ever had roomates you will understand what I mean. Read more
Published on Jan 4 2004 by "lunaphish"
5.0 out of 5 stars
Nice read
I liked this one very much, I think its great "chick lit". The characters don't all start out as ones you would like but they all go though their own journeys. Read more
Published on Jan 2 2004 by Heather O. Barber
3.0 out of 5 stars
Enjoyable
The story kept me involved from start to finish. I wanted to figure out what sort of mess these girls would get themselves into next. Read more
Published on Dec 8 2003 by Emily Lathrop
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