The most disturbing aspect of this steaming cesspool of vomit on paper is that it's actually marketed to teenagers. Who knew there would be a book out there that's literally too difficult for me to read because it's written for a level of stupidity that even I can't comprehend? Sounds like fun, no? From the bad, 'I stare into the microwave, waiting for my egg to puff up like a chef's hat,' to the downright confusing, 'Jase snores like he's gargling furniture,' I kept having to re-read entire passages because I was unable to follow the pseudo-adolescent banter. A rambling, senseless, and superficial monologue from an unauthentic sounding teen about reality TV stardom. In short, this book reads like being talked AT by an adult's idea of a teenager. So why they are writing about teen reality stars is beyond me. Why? WHY? (Now do it like Nancy Kerrigan.) WHYYYYYYYYYY?Įmma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus are not teenagers.

But for some reason, someone out there is still letting these chicks write books. They knew their material, they knew the intricate, scandalous, and absurd details of their uber-rich clients' lives, and they were able to write a mildly amusing best-seller. What made The Nanny Diaries so great was that authors Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus had both been nannies in New York City. There must be other fools out there like me who were conned into buying this book because they vaguely remember liking The Nanny Diaries. At least there's one bright spot in the train wreck that is her suddenly public senior year: Jesse's crush has also made the cast.Īs the producers manipulate the lives of their 'characters' to heighten the drama, and Us Weekly covers become a regular occurrence for Jesse, she must struggle to remember one thing: the difference between real and the real real.

All she has to do is trade her best friend for the glam clique she's studiously avoided, her privacy for a 24/7 mike, and her sense of right and wrong for 'what sells on camera.'. But there's a tuition check attached to being on the show, and Jesse needs the cash so she can be the first in her family to attend college. When Jesse O'Rourke gets picked for a 'documentary' being filmed at her school in the Hamptons she's tempted to turn down the offer. Imagine that your hometown-your school-is the first place XTV descends to set up cameras. Imagine there was never a Laguna Beach, a Newport Harbor, the shimmering Hills.

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