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A review by lagobond
This Body: A Novel of Reincarnation by Laurel Doud
2.0
Guys, guys! I have a better title for this book!
Overly Descriptive, Quotidian Musings of an Unfulfilled Middle-Aged Suburban Housewife, and Oh! The Author Wants You to Know She Loves Shakespeare!
I haven't read such boring, bitter drivel since I was forced to read Effi Briest in high school. What a shame, such an interesting premise. The book reads like a diary by the author, with how clearly the characters and situations are modeled after her own family life. When they say "write what you know" I don't think this is what they meant. Also, not a single one of the romantic relationships is the least bit credible! And what's up with every "attractive" character in the book being tall and thin? Color me bored stupid.
2 stars not because there's anything particularly redeeming in this book, but only because I have in fact come across less skilled writing. Also, the story is a hint more exciting than Effi Briest. But honestly, the only (and I really mean only) reason I finished this mess at all is because I needed something to read in the hot tub, at the lonely and quiet beginning of COVID-19 lockdown. And with a book this awful, I didn't care if it accidentally got wet, because I'm certainly not going to re-read it, and who else would I give it to once I was done with it? (Yes it did get dunked a couple times.)
Overly Descriptive, Quotidian Musings of an Unfulfilled Middle-Aged Suburban Housewife, and Oh! The Author Wants You to Know She Loves Shakespeare!
I haven't read such boring, bitter drivel since I was forced to read Effi Briest in high school. What a shame, such an interesting premise. The book reads like a diary by the author, with how clearly the characters and situations are modeled after her own family life. When they say "write what you know" I don't think this is what they meant. Also, not a single one of the romantic relationships is the least bit credible! And what's up with every "attractive" character in the book being tall and thin? Color me bored stupid.
2 stars not because there's anything particularly redeeming in this book, but only because I have in fact come across less skilled writing. Also, the story is a hint more exciting than Effi Briest. But honestly, the only (and I really mean only) reason I finished this mess at all is because I needed something to read in the hot tub, at the lonely and quiet beginning of COVID-19 lockdown. And with a book this awful, I didn't care if it accidentally got wet, because I'm certainly not going to re-read it, and who else would I give it to once I was done with it? (Yes it did get dunked a couple times.)