Review: She has style, she's craft-y
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 25, 2014
. . .And she's likable.  He's likable, too, when he's not behaving like a cave man.  He calls women "pussy", which instead of objecting to, she rolls with.  I am not down with 'pussy' and 'bitches' as terms.  His friends don't use them (except for the prison buddy who boosts cars and has three girlfriends).  Not sure why a wife is called mama, or why she thinks it's so wonderful.  He's the best looking man she has ever seen, like "a superhero" she calls "Mr. Humongo", so, whatever he says goes.  Or something.  They have interesting back stories but they are not interesting people -- these characters with life skills, good chemistry and a strong work ethic but no education (or interest in having one) bore me.  Their parenthood dreams -- good for them, but what else?Not a lot of career options in tiny Carnal, CO for a head buyer from a department store in Dallas, so Lexi drop-kicks all ten years of her retail experience and fast-track promotions to kill time as a minimum-wage receptionist at a hair salon that dreams of growing up to be a spa.  She meets other local women there, she hears their gossip, she works five blocks from her new husband's job at the car and motorcycle garage.  She goes from financially independent single woman to pretty much total dependence on her new husband.  I'm not sure why she cannot be a fashion stylist, online, in her free time?  Or a wardrobe consultant or buyer for local, or Aspen, women?  Keep her hand in, work with her skill set, monetize it?  Or run a fashion blog?  I want more for her -- more ambition, more backbone, more gentle language.  I want her allowed to move and talk -- his silence rule during their alone-time is . . . oppressive, and kind of a downer.