I had high hopes for this but it really fell short. The first thing I didn't like were the footnotes, it was damn annoying to keep flicking back and forth (I read this on my Kindle but I think footnotes at the back of a book are annoying in print too), I didn't like when the letters started because they made no sense at first and jarred with the book I'd read up until then. The characters lacked depth (apart from Herr, who I liked) and so did their relationships - especially Lauren.
I had to keep reading just to see how it ended...it was quite sad but because the characters were just so meh it didn't really make me feel sad.

I found this book made for incredibly uncomfortable reading. I guessed from the synopsis that there would be an affair, but I was still surprised at how awful it was to read. I've read many books about infidelity (being such a fan of 'chick lit') but I think with this book it was the juxtaposition of Tessa and Valerie's first person and third person narratives.

Despite it being an uncomfortable read, I did enjoy it - the writing was good (very good for the genre and I'll definitely be checking out more of Giffin's books) and I liked the characters, but there were aspects that weren't fleshed out enough for my liking and I didn't like the ending.

My first 3.5 stars...it wasn't as *good* as 4 stars but it wasn't as average as 3 stars. This was an intriguing book that was brilliantly written (of course) with characters that really took hold of my imagination. I don't really know anything of the story behind Franny & Zooey, other than they're two short stories, but reading it as one book left me wanting more, especially more from Lane. Plus I wanted to see Franny begin to pick herself up again.

I think Danny writes better when he's writing about his own life. This story was just too try hard and cheesy. The only thing that saved it was that it was very funny

I could've read this for another 600 pages, I absolutely loved it