I probably shouldn't have tried The Next Best Thing after not liking Good in Bed by the same author. But, I am always willing to give an author another try. I wanted to like this book. I even gave it 1and a half discs. I just was so bored, I couldn't continue anymore. I didn't care about the characters or about what was going on. The book felt very disjointed to me. The main character starts telling us about her big break and how she was going to be running a sitcom. Then she launches into her parents' car accident and her grueling recovery as a child. What did that have to do with anything? I got that she loved TV after watching The Golden Girls in the hospital, but did I really need all of that background to get the point? Not really. It just seemed to ramble on and on. It looks like this one has gotten mixed reviews, so try it out for yourself. I, for one, think I'm done with this author.
