Nobody is reading a Snooki book and expecting great insight. She's obviously no Tolstoy, but A Shore Thing wasn't the worst thing I've ever read (or even the worst thing I've read this week). Just like every other ghost written celebrity book, it's superficial, silly and dramatic. But it is entertaining and fun. If you can appreciate something like Jersey Shore (or any other given reality tv show) for what they are - mindless entertainment - you can enjoy this book. It also deserves a bit of credit for its surprising moments of positive messages of female empowerment (this is seriously a story of a girl who gains independence from a controlling boyfriend and decides what to do with her future and a girl who realizes she's way too in love with her life to try so desperately to find a boyfriend). But that could just be my own bias of thinking Snooki is really a covert feminist figure for just doing her own thing and not caring about other people's (usualy unjust, always a bit gendered) criticism. I thought that this book was very interesting. I wanted to read this book because I watch Jersey Shore. This book sort of relates to Jersey Shore. I think that it is about Snooki and JWoww. The names are changed to Bella and Gia. The book was a little explicit. I would only recommend this book to a person who watches Jersey Shore. Then, they will have a tolerance for the language and content that is used. This book is about Gia and Bella, who are cousins and move to the Jersey Shore. They buy an apartment together and both look for jobs. The crazy shenanigans that they get into is very amusing. Whether it was almost burning down the house or getting revenge on “frenemies.” Gia and Bella both live their summer up. Gia finds the perfect guy. As for Bella, she lands the perfect job at the gym. She teaches a dance class called “Beat Up the Beat.” I recommend reading this book. It is very unpredictable. It had me wondering what would happen next.
Do You like book A Shore Thing [Hardcover] (2010)?
Horrible. Couldn't even get past chapter 3. Good thing it was a cheap book on my kindle.
—Crycreary
This book is shallow and the sad thing is this type of thing happens in real life.
—Torc
