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SnooRay

Boring and disjointed

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on 22 November 2012

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Yeah, pretty much hated it. Too bad, because I really liked The Pleasure of My Company. Shopgirl felt really disjointed, with too many loose ends, weird rabbit trails, and lots of gratuitous sex and language. Plus it was just boring to me, and I started skimming pages. I never really cared about Mirabelle like I cared about Daniel Cambridge (the protagonist in The Pleasure of My Company). Daniel had issues, but he was likable. Mirabelle was just...stupid. Actually, most of the characters seemed stupid - and by that I mean, lacking in common sense. Hard to root for them when they're being idiots. Maybe that was Martin's point - these stupid, shallow people trying (or in some cases, not trying) to get a grip on their souls, but...it felt very flat, and in the end I just didn't care if they grew up or not.
Martin did a lot of telling instead of showing, and a great deal of explaining the inner workings of his characters, and it kind of came off as someone who really wanted to be a psychiatrist deciding to write a book because "I'm an author" would sound more sexy at dinner parties.

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Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on 22 November 2018

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I would like to see this obviously most creative writer head in a more wholesome and uplifting use of his talent. Find fiber and depth to fill in the shallowness.

2 people found this helpful

Love to read!

I did not enjoy this book AT ALL

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on 7 January 2017

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Ugh. I did not enjoy this book AT ALL. The writing style was very difficult to read. Very descriptive.....went on and on. I wanted to put it down but I struggled on through.

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lew

mess

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on 14 June 2014

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It is a mess of a book. It seems so fake and it is meant for a women to read but it feels like a boy wrote it for women.

6 people found this helpful

XS115

Disappointing

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on 11 December 2016

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Disappointing. Weak character development and predictable plot. Expected much more from this usually funny and often brilliant writer/performer.

3 people found this helpful

BBiker

Tried it. Didn't like it.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on 15 December 2015

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I love Steve Martin but couldn't stand this book. The writing style was numbing.

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E. Starling

One Star

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on 7 May 2015

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The story isn't fully developed, nor are its characters.

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Brandy

One Star

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on 1 August 2015

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This book was too sexual and inappropriate.

5 people found this helpful

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