by Kim Gruenenfelder
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Charlize "Charlie" Edwards certainly knows, in theory, what it takes to lead a successful and happy life. She owns a nice house in Silverlake, LA's trendiest neighborhood. She has glamorous and loyal friends who accompany her to the hottest clubs in town. And she works as the personal assistant to Drew Stanton, Hollywood's sexiest movie star. But she's also turning 30, chronically single, and faced with serving as maid of honor at her younger sister's wedding. Charlie finds herself struggling to juggle the chaos of wedding planning (while wondering if she'll ever wear the white dress herself), her all-consuming job for lunatic boss Stanton, and a serious crush on Jordan, a photographer on the set of Drew's latest feature--a man who might actually return her feelings. A page-turner from start to finish, A Total Waste of Makeup puts a fresh face on women's fiction.
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 Author Has Potential but Questionable Attitude, 2008-10-01
Forgive us "Country Bumpkin" Midwesterners for questioning the attitude expressed through the protagonist in this novel. We may have to take our novel buying dollars elsewhere.
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 Loved this book, 2008-09-28
This is my first chick lit and i thought it was great. I usually read more horror/sci fi kind of books and this was a good change. It started out in my opinion kind of slow but once it picked up I couldn't put it down. This book make me cheer, laugh, and even feel bad for the characters. This is the first book I've read and felt like Charlie, Dawn, Drew, and Andy were my friends as well. A book you can really relate too especially if your single or just got out of the single world. Loved it cant say it enough and i went looking for a sequel guess what no luck. I would definitely read again on a hot or cold day. especially loved some of the quotes in the book
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A "MUST READ", 2008-04-25
I'VE READ SIMILAR STORY LINES TO THIS ONE, BUT THIS BOOK IS THE BEST BY FAR. THE CHARACTERS ARE HILARIOUS AND YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO PUT IT DOWN!
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Funny and well-written, 2008-01-25
I was expecting just another chick-lit book, but I ended up loving it. It's much more well-written than most chick-lit. After finishing it, I immediately came on Amazon to look for another book by the same author. I hope she writes more! Really, don't miss this fabulous book. It has great advice for all ages.
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A Refreshing Chick Lit Change of Pace, 2008-01-14
So I managed to snag this book at a bargain price, not expecting much, and was pleasantly surprised by this slice of life book about a single woman on the verge of turning 30 faced with the gripping fears/annoying cliches about single women in their 30's, which is of course only exacerbated by the fact her younger sister is getting married. Charlie, the main character, is a personal assistant to a huge Hollywood star in LA, lives in a great place, has wonderfully sweet friends, but also bears the burden of bad luck in love - several instances of which are observed throughout the book.
The question is - what is the 'hook' of the book? It's not so much about Charlie's career or her love life or her friends as it is about the realities of being a single woman, age 30, in the 21st century - and how things may not have progressed as much as we'd like to hope. The 'hook' so to speak is Charlie writing a book to her future great great grand niece (the spawn of her sister's marriage, presuming Charlie doesn't have kids of her own) of advice, some pertaining to life and family, other bits pertaining to the aforementioned love life.
There are a few things that I didn't like about this book - the fact most of the characters names were oddly androgynous (Andy & Charlie are girls while Jamie is a boy) and the fact that a lot of them had four letter names beginning with 'D' made for a confusing read at times. Also one could point the finger to the East Coast and Sex & The City as the inspiration for a lot of the characters and thoughts about singledom.
But at the end of the day, I'm giving this book 5 stars for being a refreshing, funny departure from your typical chick lit romance (where the 'guy' at the end is always a give-in) and for having a good library of advice at your fingertips to boot.
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