by Kate Karyus QuinnTagline: Molly's mom was right: Sometimes you can't get too much of a good thing...
In A Nutshell: Molly figures if she eats chocolate 24/7, it will cure her of her cravings. Unfortunately, it doesn't work. When her mom comes to visit, she confesses both her diet failure and her crush on the neighbor across the hall. Mom convinces her to share her final chocolate treat--a cake--with him, with excellent results.
Observations: Roberto is a pretty ethnic name for Woman's World. I wonder if we'll be seeing more of those.
Molly grows as a character when she conquers her fear about knocking on Roberto's door. That's always a nice element in a Woman's World story. It helps the reader identify with the character because we've all felt that uncertainty regarding the opposite sex.
Woman's World Standbys: A matchmaking mom
In My Humble Opinion: This story didn't quite work for me on several levels. The eat-chocolate-'till-you're-sick diet was a cute idea for a story, however, I doubt that anyone could eat only chocolate for five entire days and not become disgusted. I don't think they'd even last two days.
I also found it a little contrived that Roberto just happens to mention that he loves to tango, after Molly just said to her mother, "Go over there and say what? 'Hey here's some cake, and do you know how to tango?'"
2 comments:
Hi Kate,
I agree with the comment about not being able to eat that much chocolate. I went on the Israeli army diet a long, long time ago (two days apples, two days cheese, two chicken etc) and no matter how much you like those things by the end of two days you couldn't face another bite.
Wow. So all you had for two days was apples, and then the next two days was nothing but cheese, etc.? Brutal!! I think the prisoners in Gitmo eat better than that. LOL
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