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Editorial Review:
Jennifer Weiner's Good in Bed is the story of a year in the life of a late-twentysomething American woman: Cannie, a journalist on the Philadelphia Examiner, who has recently broken up with her boyfriend of three years (cue endless similarities with countless other books aimed at young Western women). Fortunately, Weiner's book has enough originality to break out from the mould, with an overweight heroine and a mother who has recently moved in with her lesbian lover. Good in Bed has its funny moments, dealing with humour and sensitivity with Cannie's status as a "larger woman", her bizarre family and her regrets at splitting up with Bruce, but there is often more a feeling of pathos than laughter. Cannie is not a tragic figure through her dress size--Weiner successfully side-steps any attempt to pity her or her fellow larger women at a weight-loss clinic, taking the humorous path instead--but through her relationship and career predicaments. It is therefore not clear why Weiner cast Cannie as a plus-size, unless to drive home the eternal fact that whatever their size, all women have the same neuroses inside. Cannie's year offers more lows than highs--with a particularly heart-breaking low towards the end of the novel, which is unlikely to be read by anyone with even a wry smile--and it therefore is not a "feel good to be a woman" novel. For laugh-out-loud writing with a dash of pathos try Shannon Olson's Welcome to My Planet, but for sensitive and ultimately tear-inducing touching narration try Good in Bed. --Olivia Dickinson
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0
Uplifting I loved this book. I can tell that it will be one of those that I re-read again and again over the years and recommend to everyone. I picked up this book expecting a nice bit of easy reading chick lit but got so much more than that. So anyone put off from buying this book because of the girly title and cover don't be deceived. This isn't the usual chick lit and I think any woman can relate to Cannie whether your big or small. Every woman has their insecurities and that's what this book is about recognising... more info
Good But Not In Bed Reading Jenifer Weiner presented some strange "synchronicities" for me. Only two of them included: She went to Princeton where I grew up and also took some courses. This book is set in Philadelphia where I went to college. Aside from these interesting (for me) aspects I thought the book presented a good story about a woman trying to reconcile a past relationship that is failing while a better one is developing even though she is not aware of that process at first. The characters are believable and often... more info
A gem of a book This was such a lovely, deeply moving and uplifting book! Romantic but not gushy and so hilarious in parts it had me in stitches. I actually preferred this to Little Earthquakes and thought the author made some really thought provoking observations. Definitely more than meets the eye with this one.
Not Bad. I just got done reading Tino Georgiou's masterpiece--The Fates, and thought Good in Bed would be just the same old vapid chick-lit. Yeah, an overweight woman insecure about her weight. Wow, that's reinventing the wheel. Yet Cannie was different. She wasn't middle aged, like most protagonists in such works, she was in her late twenties. She wasn't an unattractive recluse who did nothing but eat all day. She was actual cultured, articulate and intelligent with an active social life. The book tended to be a... more info
