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Title: Could this book be a bigger rip off?
Review: Several reviewers mentioned that this book is a huge Sex & The City rip-off. I've never seen any episodes, so I can't speak to that, but this book is a BIG TIME Bridget Jones's Diary rip off. I'm less than a quarter of the way through the book, and let's see...a group of friends, all unmarried, JoAnne is obviously supposed to be Sharon. She also has a gay friend. Oh wait--and only one friend who is actually married. Although in Bridget Jones, that particular friend already had a child, and in this book, that friend is pregnant. The Mom and Dad who are recently separated/divorced and the mom runs off with an exotic, foreign man. References to Mr. Darcy (of Pride and Prejudice). The narrator falling for a cheating cad! Even the format of a chronicle of the narrator's year. WHAT A RIP-OFF! I would have put this book down already, but I might keep reading just so I can spot all the Bridget Jones material that has been stolen. It's almost like a game at this point.
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