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Leave the Building Quickly: True Stories (P.S.)
by Cynthia Kaplan
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Edition: Paperback
Publication Date: May 01, 2008
Publisher: Harper Perennial
ISBN: 0060548525
Amazon.com Sales Rank: 116752
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List price: $13.95
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 Great laugh, quick read, nice pick-me-up, relatable, September 16, 2008
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I loved this book. I thought it was witty and funny and a great read to relax with and just enjoy. I wish it were longer.. I didn't want to finish it.
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 Terrible, self indulgent, trite, July 27, 2008
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I bought this book after reading a good review. It was terrible! One chapter explains how a close friend and mentor told her that the book wasn't ready for publication. She made fun of him for being so foolish - she should have listened!
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 If you like essays..., July 6, 2008
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This is a book of essays (unlike a novel, which I thought it was when I bought it). But, I read it as I had already bought it. As essays, they are amusing; not hilarious or funny as is described elsewhere, but just amusing. They do not have much substance; they did not make me think, or change my mind, or do anything except amuse me. If that's all you want, by all means, buy this. But do not expect to be greatly enlightened or have your thinking changed; Plato or Machiavelli are much better authors for those purposes.
In short, if you like essays about nothing in particular, you might want to consider this book. If you're expecting something else, forget it.
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Laugh out loud funny!, June 28, 2008
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Very easy and quick read. I was laughing out loud the whole time. All the things you thought only you were thinking, wrong- Cynthia Kaplan is too!
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 Disappointed, June 18, 2008
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I read many titles steeped in humor but this just failed to impress me. I didn't get very far into it before I made my decision to discontinue my time with it. I've never read Kaplan before and doubt I will again. She attempts to write in a self-deprecating manner like other humor authors, but for me, it failed to have the same effect. I just didn't think she was that likable. Her stories failed to capture my interest. There were a few notable points, but they didn't arouse laughter in me as I was expecting.
I suppose if you're in the mood for a few stories from a mostly negative-minded Mother, then this book is for you.
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