Como se ve en la sinopsis del libro en ingles, por una lectura (muy breve, para no sufrir excesivamente), se confirma el comentario en el sentido de que la autora, en efecto, carece de toda pretension literaria, ya que pasta de escritora no tiene ni habra tenido nunca, solo de ensuciadora de laminitas de celulosa sacrificada para permitirle emitir sus zonceras. Para colmo de males, este libro sale en casi todas las busquedas, como basura indeseada y estorbante. Habria sido tal vez mas interesante de haberlo escrito en castellano la tipa, pero eso, sin duda alguna, habria sido pedirle peras al olmo. No gasten plata en este simulacro literario, indigno de ni un minuto de lectura.

Now and then, I enjoy reading something fun and different, way out of my normal genre. I found this book to be very easy to read, filled with a lot of great insights to life and love, friendship and relationships. I like the idea that friendships formed in high school and college can last a lifetime. Here are some of my random comments about the book.

1. The author is a pro at writing in the first person and giving us a sometimes hilarious stream of consciousness as each of the six girls tells us what is going on in their lives at a given moment. We receive these extremely private thoughts and private reactions to what is being said about them that makes us understand and enjoy each of the characters. For me, this is the main core of the enjoyment of the book. It is surprisingly well done and intimate and as we move from first person of one of the characters to the next, and hear her side of the equation, we understand and more fully understand the relationship.

2. Each of the individual stories is fun and interesting if not a bit exaggerated. But this is what makes a fun story. Something very significant happens over the course of a year to each of the girls as their very unique and successful lives morph primarily through their choice of relationships with men. Each of the girls have this Latina girl baggage of growing up that affects their choices and make them do sometimes foolish things.

3. An additional genius of the book is to show how important these friendships really are and how each of the girl's lives is enhanced and aided by the other five girls and their opinions and the strength they offer to each other through some very difficult and trying times. It's clear that on their own, they may have faltered and could have made bad decisions. It reminds me somewhat of the friendships in "Sex and the City" series.

4. Each of the girls are from "Latina", yet totally different backgrounds and I think there was a lot of good information about how difficult it can be for people from different backgrounds to be approved of and successful in the American culture.

I think you'll find this to be a pretty fun and easy read full of mischief and fun, while still a pretty strong and insightful group of stories that fit very well together.

This book gives latinas a bad name. Basically it's about a group of empty headed, useless, lazy, out of shape, and on the top of that boring girls. They are a disgrace to latina community. The book was the most boring one I've seen in ages. Yuck!

This book is like a delicious dessert - so quick & easy to read, yet also captivating and thoughtful. It's also such a pleasure to read about successful, intelligent Latina women. I highly recommend this.

First, let me say I do not usually read these kinds of books. So to me, it was a little on the slow side. I really got it cause it was written by a Spanish author about spanish women...which I am. Good drama, with a lot of human...at least from what I read. Unfortunately, i did not finish the book.