The Spinster Diaries by Fattore, Gina

The Spinster Diaries by Gina Fattore
My rating: 1 of 5 stars


"Our heroine, a moderately successful TV writer in L.A., wants her life to be as sunny and perfect as a Hollywood rom-com: a cool job, a wacky best friend, and lots of age-appropriate hot guys just dying to date her. Instead, she’s a self-described spinster who is swimming in anxiety and just might have a tiny little brain tumor. So she turns to an unlikely source for inspiration: the eighteenth-century novelist and diarist Frances Burney, who pretty much invented the chick-lit novel.

A semi-autobiographical unromantic comedy, The Spinster Diaries is a laugh-out-loud satire of both the TV business and the well-worn conventions of chick lit―as well as the true tale of the forgotten writer who inspired Jane Austen to greatness. It's an endearing and refreshingly honest testament to how one person’s life can reach out across the centuries to touch another’s."

Review:

I don't think that this was a cute book, nor did I find it humorous (actually, it was very depressing most of the time).
Written in the first person (diary form), this was supposed to be a semi-autobiographical book. If this is true, then I really feel sorry for this author.
If you like books that drone on about author Miss Francis Burney (Google--->"Frances Burney, also known as Fanny Burney and later as Madame d'Arblay, was an English satirical novelist, diarist and (sic)playwright.") and her unending history (actually most of this book was about her). Also, the fact that this supposed "spinster" rambles on about her health, especially her brain tumor, and has no end -no conclusion whatsoever...then this book will be to your liking.
ARC supplied by the publisher.

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