থেকে Сен-Марселен-ан-Форес, Франция
The actor Steve Martin wrote the book Shop girl. This isn’t a type of book that I would usually read but surprisingly I enjoyed it. I thought the book was well written and it was a good easy flow throughout the story. He uses her thought process in order to paint a visual for the reader and the interaction between characters was well done. Steve Martin is an actor/ comedian so I was surprised to see that he wrote this book. I feel like he stepped out if his comfort zone to write it and he did a good job. After reading the book I thought that the point of this book was that you have to understanding that you need live life and enjoy/ hold on to the special moments. They might not last long but the memory will last a lifetime. In this story, Maribelle (main character) is looking for affection from a man but can’t seem to find what she wants. She experiences different types of relationships throughout the book, starting with a younger man named Jeremy. He has a hard time communicating with Maribelle and being passionate with her. On the other hand she has another man. He is much older, rich, successful, divorced, and selfish, desiring her without obligation but he wanted her around. Usually using materials in order to keep her around; “Ray Stays in L.A. for three days, sees Mirabelle one more night, calls her twice, hurts her inadvertently one more time, levitates her spirit once, makes love to her again, buys her a watch and a blouse, compliments her hair, gets her a subscription to Vogue, but rarely, maybe twice, kisses her.” Even though she doesn’t realize it yet but she still feels unfulfilled. As I continued to read the book, I started to enjoy reading it more and more and after finishing it I got a stronger respect/ appreciation of the book known that it came from an actor/ funny man, Steve Martin. He did a good job laying out the story and creating and explaining scenes. This book in my opinion was enjoyable and from it took that your most memorable and favorite moments in life can come from simple or small experiences.
I'm not really one for American fiction, but this is one of the exceptions, obviously!