The Guy Not Taken by Jennifer Weiner
I read this book after loving Weiner's Little Earthquakes. While I quickly made my way through this one as well, I wasn't quite as impressed. It's still an easy read (broken down into multiple, unrelated short stories) and was still worth my time, but if you want my suggestion, read Little Earthquakes first. If you love it, give this a try.
From Publishers Weekly:
Garrison gives a fine reading of Weiner's collection of short stories about girls and women at various points in their lives (and one about a young man at a crossroads). As a narrator, Garrison's style is unobtrusive and understated; she reads with expression, drawing the listener into the story, but she does not create memorable character voices or give a "flashy" performance. She uses one basic voice for the protagonists of each story, and clearly differentiates between the main character and the supporting characters. The result is a narration that steps back and lets the author's words take center stage. Bridges, meanwhile, is excellent in his narration of the one tale from a male point of view-he does a great job voicing the drunk young men at a bachelor party, the Bronx-accented stripper who entertains the guest of honor, the one conflicted young man among them trying to decide whether to propose to his longtime girlfriend and the sensible girlfriend herself. Simultaneous release with the Atria hardcover (Reviews, Aug. 7).
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