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I had a hard time initially getting into this novel about Portia Nathan, a dedicated Princeton admissions officer who's life seems to be unraveling around her. I didn't really find Portia that likeable, and she spends way too much time in her own head. But the Korelitz paints of the Ivy League admissions process is interesting, and Portia does become a bit more likeable as she makes her way through her problems.

I don't see how this novel became the movie with Tina Fey and Paul Rudd... I didn't see the movie, I admit, but I didn't particularly see them in the characters. And I have to say the book made me very glad I'm not applying to colleges right now, it seems to much more competitive and crazy than it did when I was applying.

I liked the novel, but I admit to doing a lot of skimming through Portia's more tortured inner monologs.

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