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Publication Date: 2009

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5.0 out of 5 stars Move over, Bridget Jones!, January 29, 2009

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Half way through this book, as I read it on an elevator on my way to an appointment, a stranger actually said, as the doors parted: "what is that you're reading that makes you laugh so much?"

Now that doesn't happen every day.

But Super in the City is just the kind of laugh out loud story which will leave you with a bit of grief when it finally ends. The self-obsessed but never dull Zephyr was a ton of fun to follow around for a few hundred pages. And I'll never look at the floor of my closet the same way again.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Hot Town, Super in the City, January 27, 2009

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Setting the main constraints of the genre itself aside, this book was quite good. In fact, I just plain old liked it! The book is the simple, friendly little tale of an extremely likable woman with the fantastic name of Zephyr Zuckerman. She merrily skips through the novel, going through a range of emotions and catastrophic situations before finally getting her perfect, rainbow over Manhattan happy ending. It's great.

Most simply, this book was a nice little moment of escapism and one that is not so far-fetched as to really hurt you when you come crashing back down from chick lit land. Ms. Uviller's writing style is utterly fantastic: intelligent without seeming pretentious, funny without hitting you over the head with the punchline and wonderfully real-feeling, even in its moments of greatest unreality. Zephyr honestly comes to life, as do the people she encounters along the way.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Super Book, August 13, 2010

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I loved this book. The story was funny, sassy and smart. This is chick lit with some depth to it. I can't wait for more from this author.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Review from So Many Books, So Little Time
So, I've had this book on my bookshelf for almost two and a half years and I have to admit that I only picked it up because I needed it for a reading challenge. Read more

Published 1 month ago by A. Mason

2.0 out of 5 stars Not as good
I was hoping that the main character would be more grown-up and self-reliant than she turned out to be. Read more

Published 23 months ago by book lover

5.0 out of 5 stars Polished Chick Lit
Zephyr Zuckerman, at loss for her career interests (she packs a van for graduate school but can't quite manage to go), takes over the superintendent role in her parents' New York... Read more

Published on October 6, 2009 by Nancy Williams

5.0 out of 5 stars Loved it!!!!!
I thought Super in the City was AWESOME! It was funny, well-written, and very, very engaging! The protagonist was believable and funny, so I grew to really like her. Read more

Published on July 1, 2009 by Movie Watcher

5.0 out of 5 stars When is the movie coming out?
Soooo good! Picked it up on a Friday night, and didn't put it down until I finished it around noon the next day. Read more

Published on April 24, 2009 by J. Carlson

4.0 out of 5 stars I look forward to reading this author again!
Over qualified Zephyr Zuckerman finds herself as superintendent of her parent's Greenwich Village brownstone after the first super is led away in handcuffs. Read more

Published on April 19, 2009 by Kristi Ahlers

5.0 out of 5 stars I hope Ms.Uviller is almost finished with her next book!
I really loved this book. Ms. Uviller's heroine is a cross between a zany Walter Mitty and a clueless Woody Allen. I savored every moment and loved the new york locales. Read more

Published on April 16, 2009 by A. Kossoff

4.0 out of 5 stars Chick-Lit + Mystery = Super in the City!
I would classify Super in the City as a sort of Chick-Lit Mystery, I thought it was a great combination! Read more

Published on March 29, 2009 by Mint910

5.0 out of 5 stars a fine read
a fine read for chicks and non-chicks alike: an entertaining,satirical take on the NY urban woes and joys of thirty somethings in the crazy quilt of city life the mystery angle... Read more

Published on March 18, 2009 by Harriet Finck

5.0 out of 5 stars Laughed Out Loud - kept waking my husband!
This book goes down like water AND it's intelligent. What a fun read!
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Published on March 5, 2009 by Laura J. Breitman

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Dover Carter, Sterling Girls, Mini Dolly, Twelfth Street, Soho House, Darren Schwartz, New York, Fact James, Renee Ricardo, Alonzo Pelarose, Gregory Lucy, Bella Zuckerman, Senator Smith, John Doe, Beard Papa, Greenwich Village, Seventh Avenue, Hayden Briggs, Hudson River

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