But it's possible I think that just because she's really the only character I cared much about and who was all that likeable. I agree with the reviewer who said a book about her would have been interesting - certainly more interesting than this book, at least in my opinion. She's pretty introverted, especially compared to just about any other character in this book, but I can relate to that being a huge introvert myself. She has issues from her childhood, what with her alcoholic and verbally abusive mother, but seems to be doing pretty well. Lisa is the only one of the three I liked much of anything about. With music, it's possible that they might be better since there's plenty of songs out there with ridiculous lyrics that sound great, but reading them in this book just made me cringe. Her songwriting abilities leave a bit to be desired as well, at least in text. Yet despite his apparent issues, and the problems she clearly sees, she still desperately wants him. But at the same time, she makes an utter fool out of herself, and the way she mocks this guy (who, admittedly, needs some help himself) both out loud and in her head does not make her look any better. She spends pretty much the entire book lusting after another guy. Ruth, despite the hardships in her life and how she's dealing with them pretty well, is even harder to like a lot of the time. The man Maddie is pondering her affair with just doesn't seem to honestly care for her, despite what he keeps telling her, and it's really hard to like him or care what's going on with him. And he, frankly, isn't any more likeable than her, what with his stomping around and not trying to talk to her either. But it'd be nice if she'd at least try and talk to her husband. I'm sure there are real people like this. Maddie spends the majority of the book freaking out about her husband and whether or not he's cheating, and debating whether or not she should cheat herself. The three main characters are (for the most part) rather hard to enjoy. I'm going to try and be vague, but it still could be more than some might like. It's possible that I may give away more than you might like with my review. Put that together with the somewhat cheesy, shallow plots and the really hard to like characters and I just don't care for this one. And unfortunately, the sex (and references to it) are done that way in this book. But I'd prefer that it doesn't make me cringe with the way it's done either. I don't mind sex in books, provided it's not slapped into the book in what seems like a vulgar, crude fashion. I don't mind some language in books I read, provided it doesn't seem to be stuck in just for the fun of it, and this one at least doesn't do that. #KINDLE CLOUD READER AUDIO COMPANION PC FULL#It's full of (for the most part) pretty shallow plot lines, and vulgar characters. It has a few amusing points here and there, but for the most part it's really not that great. I kept reading, trying to like the characters better and hoping that somewhere along the way it would get better.
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