Review: The Next Big Thing
July 18, 2009 by Rian
Filed under 5 Star, Dieting Lit, Favorites, Glamour & Hollywood, Reviews
If you enjoy books that feature bigger than average women, you will absolutely adore this book. Even if you tend to steer clear of such books, you will still love this novel. The main heroine isn’t annoying, cliche or whiny – she is strong, sarcastic and will grow on you throughout the book.
Meet Kat Larson – she is overweight, slugging away in a PR company, and has a British internet boyfriend. Unfortunately he thinks she is a size four because she doctored the picture she sent him in Photoshop. Sound familiar? She isn’t exactly unhappy, but she knows she needs to improve her life in a big way. When her British boyfriend begins making noises like he wants to meet, she knows something has to be done.
When an opportunity arises to be on a TV reality show called “From Fat to Fabulous”, she jumps at the chance. Amazingly she gets chosen for the show, and although the producers warn her that it won’t be easy, she is excited. Finally she can lose the weight that has plagued her for so long, and become the person she has always wanted to be… right?
From catty housemates to persistant cameras and major challenges, Kat discovers the road to “fabulous” isn’t easy. Can she hack it? Will she be able to get over the absolutely shocking and horrible secret that the show’s producers spring upon her? Just what IS it like with cameras following your every laugh, every heartache and emotional outburst? Find out in this wonderful, riveting and absorbing novel.
I picked this book up to read at about 9pm and didn’t put it down until the wee hours of the morning. The Next Big Thing was THAT good. Kat as a main character was admirable, sarcastic, real and funny. The story moved along at a pace that entices the reader to keep reading. Overall I was very impressed with Johanna Edwards’s debut novel and HIGHLY recommend it to everyone!
5 stars
reviewed by Rian
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