Review: OK but...
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 11 19, 2013
The idea behind this story had a lot of appeal to me.  What if you could go back to a period in your life and do things differently?  how would it turn out?  Would you be happy?  Would your life be better, etc?  I think most everyone has wondered that at least once in their life.  So, I was anxious to see what would happen if given a second chance to make a decision, especially when you know the one you made didn't turn out that well.Our hero is 45, 25 lbs. overweight, balding.  He hates his job, has a mountain of debt, he is childless because of his low sperm count and his wife wants a divorce so she can move on and perhaps get pregnant with someone else.  She is no prize in my book.  Ok, so not your typical hero.  But, you do like the guy most of the time.  For a 45 year old he seems to think like a 19 year old most of the time.Through a series of events he is able to go back in time to his college days and is given the opportunity to revisit the one that got away.  I really thought we were going to see how it would all go in a good way.  Unfortunately, our hero still thinks with the brain behind his zipper.  He is more interested in watching his "younger self" have sex with the one that got away than doing anything meaningful.  I sort of lost interest at this point.  College frat boys excited about the size of their penis just isn't my cup of tea.  I wanted him to take the high road, do things different, move on and set up a good life for himself.  Maybe he does, it just didn't seem like we were getting there.  I gave up.I have read Luke's books before and they were a little bit of a boys fantasy more than real life but then what do I know, maybe people really do live that way.  But this one I just couldn't stick with.  It is more about a 19 year old excited about all the college sex than a 45 year old man wanting to find a better, happier life for himself.  Our hero was somewhat of a wiener!!