Women From Away

Week twelve - January 9, 2014

A Dirty Job - Christopher Moore

Karen: "It made me laugh out loud. There were lots of one-liners and quirky comments. The side conversations were interesting." I rate it 4 out of 5 and would recommend it

Lauren: " I didn't really connect to the story. I didn't get the humour; maybe it was over my head but I didn't find the book that funny. There was no real concept of time and I couldn't figure out what the timeline line was, so everything seemed really disconnected. I couldn't get I to the characters; they were too bland. I feel the author wrote the book for himself, like for his own inside jokes".  I rate it 2 out of 5 and would not recommend it

Nikki: " I didn't finish the book, but I will! I struggled because I always judge a book by its cover! (The graphic design is important!) I found the first part hard to get into. I don't really like books that are really descriptive and this one is maybe too descriptive. It seemed like there was two story lines happening at the same time that didn't connect" I rate it 2.5 out of 5 and would not recommend it

Amy:  "I liked it. I didn't find a deeper meaning. It was mostly entertaining for entertainments sake. I thought it was maybe geared to younger audience maybe into Tim Burton. The story was hard to picture and a little bit unbelievable. I really liked the interactions with the nannies". I rate it  3 out of 5 and would recommend it

Danielle: "Maybe a bit of disconnect but easy read. I didn't like how the story just ended. But I really liked that the book was inspired by his own grief and loss of his own Mother  and Mother - in - Law". I rate it 3.5 out of 5 and would recommend it.

Robyn: "I really enjoyed it. Really sad at first but really interesting the way it happened. All the characters had their own personally. Had some real laugh out loud moments. Liked the dark humour". I rate it 4 out of 5 and would recommend it.

Lacey: "I read it like a 'Bubble Gum Book' and read it for fun! I liked how each character had their own personality.  I really like the swearing!" I rate it 3 out of 5 and wouldn't recommend it.

Laura: "I found it very interesting, but didn't connect with it.  It is not a book I would normally read. I liked the concepts of old souls and young souls and wished he [the author] went into more detail. It wasn't me my sense of humour but there were some funny moments". I rate it 2 out of 5 and would not recommend it. 

Nicole: "I really wanted the concepts to go deeper. If the book is going to be dark, I want it to be dark. I found myself really liking Lilly. I normally read non-fiction and so I couldn't quite understand how this story could happen. But I realize it isn't that type of book". I rate it 3 out of 5 and would recommend it to certain people. 

Group Rating: 3 out of 5

Then we took the Beta Male Quiz at the end of the book! Here is how we turned out! We didnt really think the questions were easy to ask as a female, but interesting none the less.

Karen - Beta male
Lauren -Beta male
Nikki - Beta male
Amy - Omega male
Danielle - Low beta male
Robyn - Low beta male
Lacey - Pathetic
Laura - Omega male

Nicole - Omega male