Review: No Walter Mitty of romance
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 08 5, 2012
The 5 star reviews for this book are very misleading and I broke one of my own rules by not checking to see that most are from one or two review people.There is a reason Ariel is unlucky in finding love...she is self absorbed and more than a little immature.  And crazy.I found the main character totally unlikeable and had a hard time understanding how she fell in love with all of the historical men she "met" despite seeing their flaws up front and personal--false teeth, anti-Semitic, bisexual, married, insane---they all came across a lot worse than than the men she had dated in real life.  And these men fell totally, irrationally in love with her gorgeous looks and captivating personality pretty much upon first sight.The historical inaccuracies were more than annoying.  Margaret Mitchell was married for 20 years, including the time period given here.  There is no proof to substantiate what is a complete slander of Charles Lindbergh's character.  And Hemingway?  I understand artistic license for the sake of the story, but some of this was too much.I did not enjoy this book and almost gave up several times.  I was hoping for some sort of redemption in the ending but was disappointed.  From her seemingly endless supply of money---s free lance writer in NYC with money to travel around the country on vacation at the drop of a hat, really?--to her "love" of Mr. Perfect who as a therapist should have sent her packing, the main character was just not someone I enjoyed reading about.