While the subject matter was interesting the writing style was very stilted and had very little flow to it. Especially in a lot of the dialogue between characters. The conversations and how the characters spoke seemed contrived instead of natural. Also there was too much technical jargon in a book that comes across as a light read. I'm not sure what the author's intention was with this book, whether it was supposed to be a beach book kind of read or something heavier. But the cover alone conveys a kind of flippancy in my opinion and so closer to the beach book side of the spectrum is where I expected this to lie. While the financial terms were often explained, it detracted from the book itself. I found this book from a review in some magazine a few months back, so when I saw the library had the unabridged audio, I downloaded it for fun.It's chicklit written by a Wall Street insider-type and the story focuses on a handful of women who lived the high life before Wall Street blew up in 2009. Several of the women live such extravagant lifestyles in their own ignorant world that the reader can't help but feel smug as the crash happens and their life blows up around them. But a couple of the women are smart, savvy and sympathetic.All in all, it reads like a lifestyle expose of the rich and stupid, which wouldn't be so bad were it not for a couple of glaring inconsistencies by the author (and not caught by the editor) that bugged the heck out of me.A quick read and not entirely bad, this isn't heavy stuff. It did, however, lead me to some good nonfiction about the crash, so I had to give it a couple of stars for that alone.
What do You think about The Recessionistas (2010)?
Good book...the end was a little rushed and a bit had to believe, but all in all very enjoyable!!
—sabrina
