I just didn't like her sour attitude
583718
Eh, it was an interesting read.  I just didn't like her sour attitude.
4934630
I really wanted to like this book. I've read all of Chelsea Handler's other books. But this one definitely had her ego and immaturity showing in a way that brought up feelings of disgust rather than amusement.
2901677
I'm an avid reader. I love to read and have read a huge variety of books from different perspectives. I was looking forward to this book because I thought it would be a funny but real account about her experience with her background. Instead, I found a sad, bitter and sarcastic book. In places she is just plain mean! I understand that she left her Mennonite upbringing behind, and has obvious contempt for it. She didn't need to belittle her brothers and other family members. I stopped reading after she mocked a man who was helping his elderly father.
2532367
Well written but half the book is wishy washy inner dialogue. Heroine comes off as whiny and resentful. I gave up on it, but gave it 3 stars because the reasons I didn't like it were personal preferences. I don't like heroines who are constantly looking to pick fights. And since most of the book was spent listening to her complain, there wasn't much to keep me interested in the story. I didn't connect with her, didn't feel bad for her. There was just something very unlikeable about her.
3897900
This book is very blunt, and sometimes offensive. She has had made some really bad choices in her life, and is quite open about them. I wish I understood the reason behind the way she chose to live her life. I still don't.
Her writing style is very hard to follow, at times I did not know who she was referring to.
I guess it's a good view into the restaurant world, but not all that interesting.
1321029
Seriously cried so much, got frustrated with the step sisters like IT'S HER BIOLOGICAL DAD STOP ACTING SO RUDE and the family was all so mean to her, it was annoying and I cried at the treatment of her constantly, I don't like when that happens because I'm extremely sensitive so I got frustrated a lot espacially at the sisters, it was so annoying that they acted like she wasn't really the dads daugher UGHHHH I cant even out that part into words
3139311
I didn't like the main character much. It wasn't because she was an introvert, I'm an introvert. To me she seemed petty and rude.  I don't like rude. Also, her dogs needed basic manners. Just because you love dogs doesn't mean that you should neglect basic training. It is good PR.
2315945
I have to agree with the other reviewer that mentioned it was hard to sympathize with Andrea.  Her passive-agressive behavior was a complete turn-off.  Besides, after my own stressful day, I found it hard to read the rantings of someone else's stress.  Had to finish it on a day off!
3983876
I did not care for it, but my sister liked it.
1997459
I liked it for the first few chapters and then it was just hard for me to redeem her selfishness.  I can't read it without putting it down every few chapters.  I just don't like her character.
1634749
While Grealy showed superior grammar and vocabulary in this book, she lacked a positive attitude. I found this book extremely sorrowful and drowning in self-pity. I don't mean to sound harsh, and I am very grateful that I have not contracted this disease, but I found it rather pig-headed of her to write with such detail about her appearance when she had a 5% chance of living with this disease- and she lived. I took no pleasure in reading something 240 pages long that talked only about how ugly she was and how terrible her life was, because in all honesty, things could have been a lot worse.
520461
My daughter stopped reading after coming across a swear word. She also didn't like the negative feeling of the book.
795344
I didn't like Callum's attitude at the wedding of hers for that matter. It didn't really tie together at all. It was all over the place and one event didn't really lead to the next. She was a very weak woman and I didn't like  that at all.
2510884
sorry, but do not like her as a singer. not that she is not talented, too much of the same emotion (or lack thereof) on each track.
4615859
I could really feel for her, and how she put up with so much BS in that marriage, but when she got out of it to go back into a place that is going to ruin the life of her gay son, it made me feel not so compassionate for her.  I wish she would have brought more of her family's life into the end of the story, so we know how life was for them after her reconversion to Mormonism.  Her poor son will have to be celibate for the rest of his life, or marry a woman, and that don't usually work out to well.  I think she should write a sequel to this so we know what happened with the whole family, as I am sure the husband is not going to be around for some time.
925156
I "love" Ms Garlock's early historicals, but this one left me cold.

I thought Garrick Rowe made a nuisance of himself with his insipid adoration of Katy Burns, and I found her rejection of him to be right on. I understand that he felt it was some sort of reincarnation between them, and I don't doubt that happens between people, but he was just a slobbering idiot. She wasn't much better in her defiance.

There were a lot of stories going on in this book, and it seemed Ms Garlock could not find her footing on any one of them.

That said, she is still a better author than most.
1420246
Overall, meh... I had a hard time with the main character, she was a little annoying.