"Enjoyed it"
I really enjoyed this audiobook. The details were extensive but amazingly didn't seem to be too much but instead gave an intimate knowing of the characters and what they were feeling and going through.
"Great Story"
Well written, sad, funny, touching, an overall enjoyalble book. Touches on the stories we hear in the news of Politicians cheating on their wives, and the women and families behind the cameras. A story of love and forgiveness, and really just getting back in touch with one another after a lifetime of chasing careers and living the American dream.
"Loved this book."
Great story. I got so attached to the characters and I hated that it ended.
"Judith Light is excellent"
Excellent story. Judith Light needs to read more books. She has an excellent voice perfect for audible books.
"terrible"
This book was just plain awful. The characters were unlikeable, the story ridiculous and unoriginal, it was a great disappointment.
"I love her perfectly imperfect characters!"
Narrator was excellent!
I am on a Jennifer Weiner kick- this book was just in time!
"Loved the narrator, but the story was lacking"
The narration of this book kept me listening, but I feel like the story missed a lot. Not a great wrap up on the characters at the end, and a lot of wishy washy naïveté in the women characters. Selma was the best of the bunch.
And the sex scenes were weirdly placed considering how vanilla the rest of the book was. They didn't bother me, but they felt like an after thought to try and liven up what was ultimately a pretty boring book.
"It's what you expect from Jennifer Weiner"
I generally like Jennifer Weiner because I know what I am going to get. It's a light, easy listen, and normal chick-lit. Nothing out of the ordinary, no surprises here.
There is a politician married to the typical politician's wife. The politician cheats with a younger girl. There are two daughters, one an ER doctor with a boring husband, who is having an affair himself, and then a daughter who is a recovering drug addict and the black sheep of the family. Oh, and there is grandma with a lot of opinions. The mom and two daughters end up getting together and bond over their problems and then they have thanksgiving dinner and everybody lives happily ever after.
"A woman finds herself"
a smidge under 4 stars
I actually enjoyed this book despite the cheating, which i usually won't read.
Cheating leaves me nauseous.
I like a story about women who "find themselves" and I was proud of Sylvie
for doing just that.
However, her decisions in the end left me disappointed and unsatisfied.
"Fabulous"
You cannot go wrong with a book by Jennifer Weiner. This was no exception. I loved it. Get it.