Review: just terrible
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 05 30, 2013
This book begins with the death of Gerald, the husband of Ellie, the protagonist. Ellie, who has no writing experience, has no intention of writing a memoir of her marriage to Gerald until she realizes how completely broke he left her. She decides to write a memoir of her life with the great writer and how it was far from the fairy-tale marriage she thought it would be when she married him. Her husband was a completely reprehensible man who seduced her and spun her a web of lies in order to get her to be with him. She suffered a difficult life with him, being the fetcher of coffee and the women that waited on and for him while he did what he pleased, continuing to have affairs with other women and just expecting Ellie to bite her tongue and keep a stiff upper lip, which she did.I did not enjoy this story at all, which was kindof disappointing since I usually really enjoy Jennifer Weiner's writing. It was not written well and felt very under-developed. Not to mention, it was extremely depressing with no redeemable qualities. There weren't even any characters for the reader to relate to or like. I felt this story was definitely a flop.