I think I saw the movie of this book but don't really remember. I read another book by Diane Johnson and thought I would read more, but now I'm asking myself why? I had the impression that this book would be a quick, light and easy to read book. However, I found it difficult to read, very wordy, with sentences that went on and on. I was going to read the other two books "Le marriage" and "L'affaire" but now am reconsidering....

let me just say i hate when a book's cover is changed after the movie comes out. i have not seen the movie but the book was better than i expected it to be. i didn't think i'd getted sucked in by the whole american in paris thing but eventully i did. definitely some surprising twists.

If I could give this book less than one star I would. Horrible. The movie might be better, but I don't want to waste my time. I give this book a solid "OH Puuhleeese".

I read the whole book, but honestly, I don't really see this as much of a story. It's definitely lacking intrigue, and the questions I developed as a reader were never answered anyway. I'm not sure if some parts, like Isabel taking photos and noticing them at a stall in the flea market, were supposed to be foreshadowing or not because while there seems to have been a burglary ring, no one really is ever sure who's been involved. I can't even ruin the ending becuase I feel there isn't an ending by the last page of the book.

While I didn't really care too much about the characters, I have no idea where they are headed. Will Roxy remain in France? Who knows?! Will Isabel return to California? She doesn't even know. We're told the rest of the family goes back to the United States, but we don't even get a picture of that.

This book doesn't seem to be about relationships because there's no real insight into anyone and even less into any bonds they might have with one another.

It ends up being frustrating instead of entertaining, whether comically or through suspense or action.

Oo la-la. Silly Americans in an even sillier Old World. France is still the place where you can pretend that you are better than everyone else on the planet! And here I thought Argentinians on vacay where a pain in the ass. Manners & style are evidently as relevant today as ever.

I needed a light book so grabbed this off my bookshelf - and then was pleasantly surprised to find it had a lot of substance. It has some implausible plot twists but I thoroughly enjoyed the cultural commentary (yes, French adults do throw bread at the dinner table) and the characters were interesting. I highly recommend this as vacation reading.

A truly great read. Not chick lit. The only modern book I have read that really captures the experience of living in a foreign country. I feel the author must have done it, and not just dreamed it. Also highly entertaining. Main character is very sympathetic. Light-hearted without being trivial.

I don't remember a lot from this book except a narrow staircase to an apartment. p.s. in real life Le'divorce Le'sucks!!!!

Frivolous - no substance.

If given the option, I'd actually rate this 2-1/2 stars. I kept wanting to like it, and there were good parts. It was reasonably entertaining, but I wasn't compelled to read it, had to convince myself to finish it after some promising opening chapters. The main character was so selfish that while her sister is going major crises, Isabel can only feel self-pity about whether her married lover (easily old enough to be her grandfather) will continue their trysts. On the plus side, it's always fun to fantasize about living in Paris. The author splits her time between Paris and the USA and there are some fascinating cultural comparisons drawn. I had no idea until I had finished reading that there is a film version of this book. (I picked up my copy from a yard sale). Once I saw that who the filmmakers cast as Isabel, I both rolled my eyes and went "oh, but of course!"

The amount of negative reviews for this book, which is perfect, has both enraged me and confirmed my suspicion that Goodreads Don't Know Shit.

My thoughts are mixed. At times I liked it. I thought it reasonably well written. I enjoyed reading about Paris and the two sisters and all that came with that. However, at times I struggled. It seemed to lack a real plot. It read more like someone's diary. I kept waiting for it to go somewhere and it really never did.

It was described as chick lit but it was much too sad and foreboding for that description. Some of the topics that were touched on are rarely discussed in chick lit, which I have to say I liked because it challenged my thinking more than I expected it to. The ending came out of nowhere and didn't seem to fit with the rest of the book. I have no idea why the author took the book in that direction but it didn't seem to work in my opinion.

I saw the movie after reading the book. I felt the same about it as I did the book.