Alison's Reviews > Good in Bed

** spoiler alert ** It's interesting to think about how this book helped set the standard for "chick lit" as we know it today because to me the quality of writing and subject matters in "Good in Bed" are above and beyond some of the smut that's classified as chick lit today. The story is downright dark and depressing at times and I thought she nailed the emotional reactions to every major topic (e.g. her father's selfishness and lack of love for his kids, Bruce's callousness and consistent immaturity, and finally the birth of a premature baby). I enjoyed reading it and would definitely say it's worth reading.

My qualm was only with the unfeasibility of some of the story's turns of events--specifically her chance meeting in the bathroom with the movie star who became her best friend, sold her screenplay for her, and then the section where she was in Hollywood just doing nothing for a month, during which time she wanders into a random doctor's office in California and finds her MIA father, all culminating in being pushed at the airport by her ex-boyfriend's new girlfriend, thus sending her into premature labor. To me, all of that really took away from the realism of the story, which up until that point had been its greatest strength. That succession of silly scenes is what I hate about chick lit. She got the realism back in spades for the ending, which was incredibly well done and emotional to read, but nonetheless, I just couldn't get over the Hollywood ridiculousness.