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9 internautes sur 9 ont trouvé ce commentaire utile :
1.0étoiles sur 5
This book belongs in the Diaper Genie, Jui 18 2007
I'm not really sure where to begin. This book is a complete disaster, well actually Rebecca Eckler is a complete disaster as a writer and possibly a mom. Her writing is completely uninspired and pretty hokey not to mention the unnecessary bad language littered throughout. As a new parent, I was hoping to get some comic relief along with finding some relatable situations and hearing how someone else dealt with them but the entire book is filled with superficial complaints that come off as an adult tantrum rather than anything else and none of it is funny. I actually worry for the Dictator's future...Eckler is the epitomy of the problems with parenting today. I want the 2 days of time back that I spent reading this drivel (my money back would be nice too). I hope this review saves you from losing the same 2 days (and your money).
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6 internautes sur 6 ont trouvé ce commentaire utile :
1.0étoiles sur 5
Not funny, just very sad., Sep 7 2007
After reading Knocked Up, which was marginally funny (between the extreme bouts of self-obsession)I put this new book on hold at the library, which is the only positive thing I can say about reading it: At least I didn't pay for it. Beginning with the introduction, where she charmingly reminds us just how unplanned and unwanted her child was (memorable line she repeats from Knocked Up: "Did he ___, in me?")and progressing through her first months with her daughter, she relates how upon waking in the morning she doesn't go get her baby (as most mums do) but first goes to the bathroom where she can look in the mirror to see if her stomach is "going down." Perhaps with Knocked Up, you could laugh at her ego, but this book is so different...here she has a child, and yet the world still revolves solely around Ms. Eckler (pity the poor relatives who phone her and want to hear about the baby, as she's hugely disappointed it is no longer "all about me.")It's not funny, it's just sad and disappointing that no one has given this idiot a wake-up call (I truly want to know about "The Fiance," who puts up with her unreservedly.) There are a lot of funny parenting books out there which gently poke fun at what "disasters" some mums are, but by that they mean they never get the wash done, or the other mums have cleaner cars, but at the end of the day, these "disorganized" mums put their kids first and love them dearly. Despite the odd referrence to kissing her daughter, Ms. Eckler obviously loves herself (specifically, her "100 lb." body and her lifestyle)first and foremost, and it shows. She's self-absorbed, lazy and obnoxious. There's nothing funny about not bonding with your baby because you won't breastfeed so you don't get saggy, you won't change her diaper because that's what the nanny's paid to do, and you spend her first visit to the pediatrician not asking questions about the baby, but rather weighing yourself on his scale. I think she must think she's "telling the unvarnished truth" about parenting, but really, she's just a pathetic egomaniac, and she needs therapy, not another book contract. If you want to read a GOOD funny book about parenting, try Hens Dancing by Raffaella Barker, it's a hoot.
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5 internautes sur 5 ont trouvé ce commentaire utile :
1.0étoiles sur 5
I'm giving this one star because there isn't an option for zero stars., Aoû 26 2007
Three other reviewers have read this book and commented before me. These three others did not enjoy this book. Should I continue to beat this dead horse? I feel I have to so as to spare other poor and unfortunate souls from reading this drivel.
This woman is so dislikable...so spoiled and such a monstrous brat that I can't even find myself rallying for her when she does perform well. The story opens with a woman who is so tired and sleep-deprived that when she tends to her baby in the middle of the night she accidentally walks into a wall. It seemed somewhat promising - haven't we all been there? But a page later we hear her full-time nanny arrive and start cleaning up the dinner dishes. The Nanny does the laundry, the diaper-changing [inappropriate and unamusing jokes from Ms. Eckler here about how she is going to train the child not to poop unless she is around the Nanny and this way she will never have to change a dirty diaper], and apparently does alot of tidying up as well. Sympathy flies right out the window and continues to soar from there. Postpartum depression? How about a trip to Hawaii for two months? Feeling fed up? - how about dropping the kid at her parents for two nights so she can stay in her out-of-town apartment and get "drunkity, drunk, drunk, drunk" - a direct excerpt of the brilliant writing of Ms. Eckler. Diaper bags are a pain to carry around, so why not just leave it at home and have to re-use the diaper baby was already wearing at the Doctor's office.
One of the last things I read before deciding to pitch this book in the nearest trash bin was Ms. Eckler's character on an airplane changing baby's soiled diaper on the seat beside her since she can't stand airplane bathrooms. She states something along the lines of "it's an incredibly rude thing to do, but I don't care" - I feel like her sentiments in this situation sum up her character as a whole. This book is not funny, it's not relatable and it's downright distasteful. I'm not finishing it because even if the character does redeem herself, I'm beyond caring.
If you want to read a book about a spoiled, first time Mom that is written WELL and does produce laughs - pick up Sophie Kinsella (Shopaholic and Baby).
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