Abbie is the food critic for the New
York Sentinel newspaper. Or she was – until her photo is splashed
across the front page of a rival newspaper, and Abbie finds herself
shuffled sideways at her job, and it would seem, in her life as well.
Her husband, William, thinks this is
the ideal time to start talking about babies, her best friend Jess is
having an affair, and Abbie's homeless friend George isn't who he
seems, either.
Abbie has to go on a diet in order to
keep her job, which she does, sort of. Well.
I don't know. I mean, I'm in two minds
about Slim to None.
There was a lot about it that I liked.
The recipes that intersperse the text are a nice touch, and Abbie –
when she's not distracted by food metaphors – is interesting. But
... it's a very slight book (excuse the pun).
The food metaphors get distracting –
there seems to be at least three on every page, which, in my
opinion, detracted from the overall story and from Abbie's internal
struggles.
Abbie kind of rambles about everywhere,
and there are dropped threads that are just never picked up. Also
some of the editing was sloppy, which is always annoying.
It was pleasant enough? I guess? By
which I mean "I liked enough to finish it but beyond that ...
eh."
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