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3.19 AVERAGE
3.19 AVERAGE
This book is well-written. But it's pretty depressing and frustrating. The main character is hard to sympathize with, but he's real. His feelings are described perfectly, selfishly. He's deeply flawed. It wasn't difficult to stick with this book, but it felt like work - due to the depressing subject matter.
A funny tale about cheating on your spouse and how disastrous that can be. Then the novel takes a serious turn and loses some of its luster.
Ehh!
Richard was just very indecisive
I would not have forgiven him
He had so much and just gave it up smh
Richard was just very indecisive
I would not have forgiven him
He had so much and just gave it up smh
A French attorney wife, an English artist husband, who met while they were living in America, struggle to rebuild their marriage after the husband's affair.
The cover blurbs often refer to how witty this is, and I think that kinda varies according to taste, like the way some people adore Monty Python and others shrug; I found some parts amusing, but overall, the tone of the novel was sad and desperate to ME, not particularly funny. YYMV.
Not quite contemporary, it's set around the time of the post-9/11 invasion of Iraq by GWB's team and that of Tony Blair. Told entirely from the POV of the husband, Richard, who realizes, when his now-ended affair is over and exposed, that he truly loved - still loves - his wife after all, this chronicles his attempts and thought processes as he tries to repair their marriage. Sometimes Richard is sympathetic and sometimes I wanted to kick him in his self-pitying derriere.
I liked this book, I did not LOVE it, but it is very skillfully written.
The cover blurbs often refer to how witty this is, and I think that kinda varies according to taste, like the way some people adore Monty Python and others shrug; I found some parts amusing, but overall, the tone of the novel was sad and desperate to ME, not particularly funny. YYMV.
Not quite contemporary, it's set around the time of the post-9/11 invasion of Iraq by GWB's team and that of Tony Blair. Told entirely from the POV of the husband, Richard, who realizes, when his now-ended affair is over and exposed, that he truly loved - still loves - his wife after all, this chronicles his attempts and thought processes as he tries to repair their marriage. Sometimes Richard is sympathetic and sometimes I wanted to kick him in his self-pitying derriere.
I liked this book, I did not LOVE it, but it is very skillfully written.
Perhaps the best thing about this book is its irresistible title. I had trouble connecting with any of these characters or their egotistical issues, but I was intrigued by the reaction of Parisians to the lead-up to Bush and Blair's invasion of Iraq.
The central character of this novel (a 30-something philandering British artist consumed by self-doubt) is so incredibly unlikable that I just couldn't get into this book. "I Am Having So Much Fun Here Without You" was billed as a "reverse love story set in London and Paris." The author did a great job with a lot of details from Paris, so that's why I'm giving this two stars rather than one. As for the reverse love story, I can't believe this sophisticated, beautiful and intelligent French lawyer ever fell for this guy in the first place. Not recommended.
Wow, this book was so not what I expected. Richard is such a whiny, pathetic man and I could not bring myself to root for him at all. I love that all the major male characters in this book cheated on their wives. Totally normal, totally okay... And listen, I'm very well aware that monogamy is hard and that the urge to cheat at times is real but let's put the onus on the women to keep the families together while the men get to do whatever they want without any consequences. Yes, the men all learned that they truly loved their wives... blah, blah, blah. Such a waste of time.