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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Waiting Around,
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This review is from: The Waitress (Paperback)
Having read all of Melissa Nathan's novels, I can say that she is just as pithy and delightful as ever. Nathan's books have an energy and verve which move the pace along quickly, making the reader not want to put down the book until they are finished with it. Reading one of her books is like curling up to watch one of your favorite comedies unfold.
Nathan's latest novel, "The Waitress", tells the story of twenty-four year old Katie Simmonds, an Oxford graduate who works as a waitress while she is 'waiting' to find the perfect job. The perfect job seems to come along each week when Katie's mind alights on something she thinks she'd like to do, but isn't brave enough to risk a commitment to. And lack of commitment is a problem in her personal life as well. She's just walked out on a date with the only man she's liked, only to discover that he's her new boss, and he's already dating someone else. But that doesn't seem to stop him from showing interest in her, or is she just mistaken? "The Waitress" is Melissa Nathan's latest "chick-lit" offering, a genre that I tend to ignore. Yet Nathan manages to rise above most of the other fodder this genre offers by making her characters believeable and intelligent. While the stories are predictable - yes, we know that the girl will find the right guy and they'll live happily ever after - the in-between time is peppered with wit, frustration, and amusing subplots that keep the reader interested even when they know how it will all turn out.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Charming and very funny,
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This review is from: The Waitress (Paperback)
Katie Simmonds got her degree from Oxford, then froze, unable to decide what to do with her life. Or rather, she decides what to do--for a day or two. Her roommate has helped her write sixty resumes, for the dream of the moment. In the meantime, she and her actor-best friend Sukie work as waitresses in a cheap cafe. When Katie finally meets her dream man, she is torn with indecision, unable to talk to him at all, and bolts halfway through their dinner date. She doesn't dream that Dan the dream man is about to come the new owner of the cafe--and her new boss.
Katie wrestles with her growing attraction for Dan, and with her self-doubts and concerns for her future. In the meantime, Sukie tries to get acting jobs, Matt the dishwasher falls for beautiful and perfect Jennifer, and brainless waitress Patsy flirts with equally brainless (but talented) chef Nik. Adding to Katie's problems, though, Dan has gone back to his old girlfriend--and that girlfriend quickly makes the right noises to move from girlfriend to fiancee. Author Melissa Nathan keeps the laughs coming as Katie and Sukie turn being super-rude waitresses into something that appeals to the crowds, as Katie wards off advances from drunk ex-boyfriend Hugh, and as Matt wrestles with overgrown pimples that erupt just as he is about to enter into the perfect date with beautiful Jennifer. Too often, it seems like the world expects the twenty-something to know what to do. But school, even a degree from Oxford, can offer precious little practical direction--and it is easy to become trapped in a job. Of course, sometimes that job-trap can actually become something more. Fans of humorous England-set chick-lit will definitely want to add this one to their must-read list.
8 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Dan is not the man,
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This review is from: The Waitress (Paperback)
I gave this book three stars since the writting was good and I did laugh a bit, but the romance was not good, and since this was not a romance book I guess that means I should take everything into acount. But honestly I wanted to like this book, and I just couldn't. The main idea is that Dan and his friend buy aresturant and the it follows the lives of each of the employees and Jon who is the flatmate. I wasn't expecting so many stories so this was a little agrivating to. Anyway Dan had a horrible date with one of his new emplyees, and even though besides the date and one party he still felt stronly enogh about her to freak out and get back together with his witchy ex because she was such a bad date. He kisses and longs for his new employee even as he is engaged to another women, he admits that he doesn't love his fiancee but has no real intentions of breaking it off because he is to scard to be single. Basicly he is a gutless losser and on that alone not worth much. The book is well written and you will laugh but don't expect to fall in love with Dan he is just not worth it.
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