Tracy QuanReseñas

Like reviewer Lara, I can t figure out what review to give this book, either!

I picked it up from one of those Little Library boxes on the street to read while I was working the Memorial Day Weekend. I figured it would be utterly trashy fluff.

Instead, I found myself happily chuckling at the hidden (okay, half hidden) puns and ogling the fashion porn (by which I mean, the passing mention that Vitton never goes on sale or referencing "the pantsuit revolution" in the 60s).

Couldn't finish it.. which says a lot. I love a quick trashy read every now and then.. but this wasn't the one!

For most of this book I really enjoyed the story - however as it got near the 'end' the plot moved too fast and ended unclearly (as in there were plot holes because things moved so quickly).

Made me laugh twice, otherwise, don't bother.

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The pink girly cover of the book was deceiving. I thought it's more chick lit than an actual call girl's diary. It was quite entertaining and eye-opening to read. I found it too funny that they worry about being caught for tax fraud. The less entertaining things about prostitution, her years on the street and later escorting were carefully avoided to keep it light. I'd have liked to read about it, but it wouldn't have fit with the writing style, story line etc. At the same time I wouldn't want to read a "True Crime" kind of book about prostitution but more a fictionalised but more realistic account. But I have to remember not to read something like that on the subway because I find reading the juicier scenes on public transport embarrassing. It makes me squirm and check if someone's reading over my shoulder

Made me laugh twice, otherwise, don't bother.

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The writing is good but the plot moves slow. It starts to pick up right at the end but then ends abruptly. I realize that Quan wrote a sequel but that doesn't excuse the lack of resolution for some of the main conflicts in this book.

The first Nancy Chan novel was okay; ultimately frivolous but funny. But this one wasn't interesting at all. Nancy's married now, and I found myself getting bored with her attempts to keep her husband in the dark about her job. Once the plot with her family drama (the Laytons) got introduced, I sped-read through this just so I could have the book over with and done.

I had no intention of reading this book right away, but I picked it up, read the first page, and that was that. The book is fairly entertaining at times, but it's a lot of fluff with very little substance. And the final few chapters were horribly rushed and didn't have much explanation at all. The author put the character into a potential world of trouble, and then the next six months of her life were conveniently skipped, telling the reader nothing about what had happened. Very disappointing.

I feel dumber now. Hint to other intelligent chicks: avoid.

I didn't like this book much. It is rather predictable and boring. There is no real story and the storylines that are there aren't finished. We never get to know how it ends with Nancy's colleague and her stalker, while that is the only thing that kept me reading. And why is Nancy's sister-in-law acting so suspicious? Tracy Quan raises a lot of questions and answers none of them.

This semi-memoir is the mildly entertaining tale of the life of a Manhattan call girl. The first half of the book is the best as the author describes the ins and outs of the girls' lives and schedules, keeping fit and limber, and their posh lifestyle. It tends to drag towards the middle as the characters worry about confessing their true work to loved ones, obsessive johns, etc.