Kate Christensen - In the Drink

Pros: Good storyline, great writing style, very emotional
Cons: characters unsympathetic, ending fizzeled

(review title taken from a song by Stone Temple Pilots) Claudia Steiner, aloof alcoholic and drifter has become depressed with life, burdened by the unfair nature of the world and the endless rounds of hopelessness and depression. ...

Pros: Christensen has a flair for descriptions and writes intelligently
Cons: I found it nearly impossible to empathize with the main character

Kate Christensen’s debut novel, In The Drink, is precisely the sort of book that I dread reviewing. While the novel has many strong elements, I found it to be ultimately an unsatisfying read. I almost decided not to review this novel after...

Pros: very quick read
Cons: main character has few redeeming qualities

Note: If you don't want to learn any details of this book's plot, you should stop reading now.

I picked up Kate Christensen's In the Drink because of its cover. It wasn't the cover pictured above; it was a rich black and pink cover, boasting...

Pros: the writer has talent, but its very minute in this book
Cons: everything. who has that kind time of to list?

another pretty book i picked up with glowing reviews.
another pretty book i ended up wanting to use for firewood (which goes to show the old adage "don't judge a book by its cover" is all to true in this case).

"in the...

Pros: Vivid descriptions
Cons: Pathetic characters who seem to experience no growth

In the Drink by Kate Christinsen mixes quality character development with the overuse of similes. The descriptions are rich, and the reader has a genuine sense of the sights, sounds, and tastes of the novel's world. There is a dry wit in the narrator's...

Pros: Upbeat. Easy to relate to the main character. Drinking and sex!
Cons: Sometimes you get the feeling you want to smack the main character if you could when she makes stupid decisions

In the Drink tells the story of a twenty-something woman named Claudia Steiner in Manhattan who finds herself stumbling through various funny experiences.

The story is fast-paced as you follow Claudia trying to get her life together while...