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Readers' memories of Knocked Up will likely be similar. In the opening scene, the National Post columnist is aghast after drunkenly insisting on having sex with her fiancé without protection. Her pregnancy paranoia turns out to be entirely justified, a turn of events that will have a radical impact on her carefree, girl-about-town lifestyle. Or maybe not--written in the breezy fashion of contemporary chick-lit, Knocked Up is less about profound life changes than about wondering if she'll ever be able to fit into size 26 jeans again. When not obsessing over her caboose, Eckler cracks wise about food urges, bad baby names (Apple?!), and hormonally induced crying jags. She also copes with a quasi-crush on a man she calls Single Cute Guy and a professional rivalry with the Sexy Young Intern who's taking her place at the Post.
Eckler provides plenty of scenes of Sex and the City-style banter with her friends, though few exchanges are as snappy as they need to be. Her writing is sufficiently breezy but rarely funny--clichés are common ("You can quote me on that") and she. Likes. To. Use. One. Word. Sentences. For. Emphasis. Even so, her irreverent disinterest in her own pregnancy sometimes yields amusing moments. "I am never studying another pregnancy book until I absolutely have no choice," she writes. "It will be just like high school. When I start having contractions, I'll cram." In the meantime, Knocked Up blithely pushes some contentious ideas about modern birthing, as when Eckler jokingly cites Vogue to support her choice of a C-section over a vaginal birth: "Once it's in Vogue, it's like the law." Ironically, a more dramatic birth scene would have better served the book. As it stands, the oddly muted climax is hardly enough to justify the 300-plus pages of navel-gazing that precede it. Nevertheless, women who find themselves having to sacrifice lives of fabulosity for modern motherhood may relish Eckler's unorthodox take on a subject that is usually treated with stultifying reverence. --Jason Anderson
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Knocked Up is the witty, engaging and refreshingly frank chronicle of a modern woman’s journey into motherhood. We follow Eckler from the first trimester (a.k.a. the longest three months of her life), through the “fat months” of the second trimester, on to the "even fatter months" of the third. Flipping the pages of this Bridget-Jones-style diary, we share in Eckler’ s discovery of prenatal vitamins and nursing bras, ultrasounds and obstetricians. And we experience her growing horror at the physical symptoms of pregnancy: all-day “morning” sickness, fatigue, varicose veins, and cravings. And the weight gain, oh the weight gain. Who knew the day would come when she could no longer put on her own socks?
Along for the ride is a cast of characters as comical as any met in fiction. There’s the Sexy Young Intern, a Sophia Loren look-a-like with her skinny eyes set on Eckler’s job; the glamorous friends who continue to drink Manhattans, while Eckler sips Perrier; and the Cute Single Man who knows just when she needs a carton of ice cream or a game of Scrabble. And then there’s the fiancé, living in another city, who, thanks to the miracle of long-distance phone lines, appreciates better than anybody the highs and lows of the hormonal rollercoaster pregnant Eckler is on.
Lighthearted, intimate, and very funny, Knocked Up is the diary of a modern mother-to-be determined not to let pregnancy and motherhood change her life. Not. One. Little. Bit.
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
Grow Up Rebecca Eckler!!!,
By Vicki (Toronto, Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Knocked Up: Confessions of a Modern Mother-to-be (Paperback)
As a fan of Eckler's writing in the Post, I looked forward to reading her experience with pregnancy and motherhood. While she is no doubt a good storyteller which allowed me to finish the book, I could not BELIEVE what a self-absorbed, spoiled, vain and immature brat she is. She whines the ENTIRE book about EVERYTHING: her weight gain and how she can't get to the gym her regular 5+ times a week, her inability to smoke as much as she wants, her inability to drink as much as she wants, her loaded fiance who pays for everything, her smitten "male friend" who gives her extra attention... whatever. I'm sure with her full time nanny, night nurse, personal trainer and four hour work day, she'll dump the weight in no time. Get a life Rebecca.
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
This Book is Gross,
By Sickened (b.c.) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Knocked Up: Confessions of a Modern Mother-to-be (Paperback)
i am a new mother and someone gave this to me as a mothers day present. i threw it out. it is not funny, not well-written, and disgusting. the author doesn't deserve the gift of a child. and i feel so sorry for her baby having to grow up, read this and realize what an inconvenience she was to her self-absorbed, shallow, vain, childish, disloyal, mean-spirited, brainless mother. the poor baby. there is chick lit, and then there is crap. this is crap.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
Don't buy me!,
By A Customer
This review is from: Knocked Up: Confessions of a Modern Mother-to-be (Paperback)
I glanced at the book in Chapters and stood there reading most of it. I was curious about Eckler's ability to write more than a column at a time and was quite disappointed in her writing style. She comes across as very self-absorbed, and not at all pleased about her blessings at having a healthy child. Complaining about being "fat" etc was really disappointing that she couldn't connect her body's changes to the joy of having a child.
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