"He's got a pointy bald head, and too much flesh hanging around his neck. The resulting combination gives him an unlikely yet striking resemblance to an uncircumcised penis. I secretly call him Rumpelforeskin.
Rumpelforeskin always corners me at Bethany's parties, which isn't too hard to do because I'm usually lurking in the corner.
'You still working for that brainy magazine?' he asked, adjusting the tan knit cap covering his dome. I swear to God he looked just like a life-sized demonstration for Safer Sex Awareness Week."

I'd say this book actually gets 4.5 stars. I met Jessica Darling back in high school and loved her since the first page of Megan McCafferty's Sloppy Firsts. I only have one more to go and I'm not sure I want them to end yet. This series has had me laughing from the beginning to where I am now - finished with Fourth Comings. This book was wonderful, just as the others have been. I recommend them to anyone and everyone who has a good sense of humor and a bit of a cynical, snarky side.

Not my favorite of the J.Darling series, but mostly because it makes me sad and it's SO DIFFERENT from the others.

Spoiler

Not a fan of the very short span it covers, or how different she sounds because she's talking directly to Marcus instead of herself.
I do admire that McCafferty did make her sound different, I think you always censor yourself if you're talking to someone else.
I think what really gets me is that this is a really rough time in Jess's life, and it just gets me. Post college years, when you're trying to start your career and be an 'adult' totally blow. And she expresses it well.

Onto the fifth!

I honestly don't know why I keep reading these - I've never been impressed by them. I want to be, but never have been.

The format of the book was as a notebook written by Jessica to Marcus. However, she narrated events in explicit detail that Marcus was there for; who does that? It was a bit awkward in context. Also, her writing is SO unbelievably pretentious. She doesn't talk like that anywhere in the book, but yet when she writes she uses obscure words. It just didn't fit for me.

This book was a bit better than others since she's older and dealing with bigger life issues than high school. I found her hard to relate to, though, and felt pretty ambivalent toward her. I didn't dislike her, but I wouldn't say I particularly liked her, either.

Overall, very meh. Think I'm going to go ahead and delete the 5th book and read the reviews for spoilers.

Edited to add: So I went to read reviews to spoil the 5th book, but the reviews consistently say it's the best out of the whole series. What to do? I suppose I'll pick the last one up, but I'm less then enthused to do so. Hm.

I just genuinely enjoy McCafferty's Jessica Darling books -- they're lightweight but complex, and I really enjoy watching Jess screw up her own life (and then fix it). This one was a little less enjoyable than the first three, but the ending rang incredibly true to me and was well worth the other 300 pages of Jess's soul-seeking.

THESE BOOKS ARE RUINING MY LIFE AND NOW I'M OBSESSED WITH BARRY MANILOW

Definitely my least favorite of this series so far. Too much thinking, not enough action which seems to be Jessica's problem at this point in her life. So I guess it works. I did relate to many of her predicaments for sure, but the book was missing the spark of the first three. Definitely looking forward to finishing it off with the fifth.

As a whole , the series was good but this book really just felt like a filler . It felt drawn out and took way to long to end . No don't get me wrong , it wasn't horrible , it did still tie some things up but some of it felt predictable .

Not my favourite book but only because it made me upset

Damn, I love Jessica Darling and the entire series. McCafferty hits just the right notes as the reader follows Jessica on her journey from high school to post-grad life in NYC. Marcus Flutie made my heart race and ache. McCafferty almost made me want to re-live 16-22. Almost.

YES THIS WAS SO GOOD!
BUT ALSO NOOOOOOOOOO THAT BLOODY ENDING KILLED ME!