I needed a bit of chicklit fluff when I picked this up to read, and I got exactly that. While I give my chicklit books a lot more leeway than I do others, I didn’t quite gel with The Nanny Diaries. (And if I’m going to be honest, I wanted to read the book just so I could watch the film starring Scarlett Johansson and Chris Evans. I love them.) It was a great glimpse into the life of a Park Avenue nanny, but there wasn’t much depth to it.

I wasn’t connecting with Nanny and the family she cares for, so by the time the big climax came, I couldn’t even cheer along with her. It was a so-so book, and I enjoyed the movie a little more if only because of Scarlett’s charm and Chris Evans’s everything.