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The Guy Not Taken: Stories
by: Jennifer Weiner

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Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780743298056
ISBN: 0743298055
Label: Washington Square Press
Manufacturer: Washington Square Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 320
Publication Date: June 26, 2007
Publisher: Washington Square Press
Studio: Washington Square Press
Sales Rank: 111002

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
Jennifer Weiner's talent shines like never before in this collection of short stories, following the tender, often hilarious, progress of love and relationships over the course of a lifetime.

We meet Marlie Davidow, home alone with her new baby late one night, when she wanders onto her ex's online wedding registry and wonders what if she had wound up with the guy not taken. We find Jessica Norton listing her beloved river-view apartment in the hope of winning her broker's heart. And we follow an unlikely friendship between two very different new mothers, and the choices that bring them together -- and pull them apart.

The Guy Not Taken demonstrates Weiner's amazing ability to create characters who "feel like they could be your best friend" (Janet Maslin) and to find hope and humor, longing and love in the hidden corners of our common experiences.

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- I expected more
This short story collection I could have lived without. Although, it was well written and funny, it wasn't a page turner. Many of the stories were not memorable. I expected more from this writer. I hope she will stick to what she does best. Write novels. And for the sake of her fans, leave short stories alone.

Rating:

- Need to find a new heroine who's not taken
This was not her best work. It WAS interesting to read a short story that was the basis of her book "Good in Bed," but in this collection of short stories all of the heroines melded together as one heroine template repeated over and over with different names. Most were Jewish, involved in writing, and somewhere on the 'unslim' side. The wit they employed in their stories was sharp, sarcastic, and downright funny, though. If the author had been as flexible in introducing unique characteristics to her 'gals' as she was their mates the collection of stories would have been much richer and more memorable.

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- Classic Jennifer Weiner in The Guy Not Taken
I greatly enjoyed this collection of short stories. Most of the tales revolve around the author's recurring themes of abandonment and self worth and allow the reader glimmers into ideas that obviously developed into her full length novels, and perhaps ones as yet unwritten.

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- EXCELLENT Seller!
Seller sent out quickly. Love the book - arrived in great condition. Just as described. Thank you!

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- Well-Written, But Lacking
While The Guy Not Taken is not Jennifer Weiner's best work, however, remember to take into account that she wrote these stories a while ago. That having been said, if you are looking for an okay book with okay short stories, then this is the book for you. It is not the best book I have ever read, however, it was a good beach read.
Some of the problems with the stories are that they end too abruptly. I understand the author maybe wanting to leave it to the imagination of the reader to decide what happens, however, it made the stories too vague. For example, "Travels with Nicki" started well enough, but just ended right when I thought the story should climax. It left me feeling like the author stuck an unfinished story in her book.
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