Angela Nissel

This book definitely captures what a lot of people have to go through to finish college and gain acceptance into the "real world". Nissel provides many hilarious anecdotes of her various experiences while broke in college (posing as a TA to con book companies into sending her free books, going to a funeral because of the free food, etc.) However, as fun as the book was, I found that by the end, it was kind of dragging. I mean, every anecdote is told in the same bewildered tone, as if each experience is completely new to Nissel. In the beginning, it's all fine and well, but towards the end of the book, it started to grate on me. This was what ultimately kept this from being a 5 star book for me.… (més)