Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons: A Novel

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Entertaining read, and not completely predictable. All women deserve friends like this. Generally, the ending of a book can make or break a novel... (show more)

Entertaining read, and not completely predictable. All women deserve friends like this. Generally, the ending of a book can make or break a novel for me, and this one ended on just the right note.

I have only two issues with this book. First, there were times when I wish there was more discussion about the novels the club was reading. I would have settled with the novel somehow tying into the story, but that wasn't the case. Of course, we get a hint of why the chapters list the book the club was reading at a given time, but that doesn't come up until the end of the book. Second, Slip's character, while strong and admirable for the most part, can be down right annoying. Her morals and standards are set so high and it can be almost impossible to live up to them. In fact, I believe that one of the reasons that she can have such a close relationship with her daughter is because Flannery is so much like Slip.

Other than that, the book is pretty good. It gives a good look at the evolution of a housewife through the decades. (show less)

 

 

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No, it's a flop!

Fondue Stick Rating Guide
1 fork- Toilet
2 forks-Pass the time/Unreachable bookshelf location
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Fondue Stick Rating Guide
1 fork- Toilet
2 forks-Pass the time/Unreachable bookshelf location
3 forks-Phone a friend and share
4 forks-Coffee talk potential
5 forks-Give as a gift/Reread
6 forks- Masterpiece
Our club rated this book a 3 (show less)

 

 

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  Lorna Landvik has become one of my favorite authors. Her books are touching and funny and as the Publisher’s weekly reviewer seems to think an imitation of others, I disagree. Her style is similar but not an imitation. I like that style,
  This book, it made me cry, and it made me angry. As I was reading I began comparing some of these women’s personalities to people I know. I also started thinking about who would play each character if they made this into a movie. I had trouble coming up... (show more)

  Lorna Landvik has become one of my favorite authors. Her books are touching and funny and as the Publisher’s weekly reviewer seems to think an imitation of others, I disagree. Her style is similar but not an imitation. I like that style,
  This book, it made me cry, and it made me angry. As I was reading I began comparing some of these women’s personalities to people I know. I also started thinking about who would play each character if they made this into a movie. I had trouble coming up with people to play each part. That’s another reason I found the book enjoyable, I sometimes think that books were written just to be made into a movie. I didn't feel like Angry housewives was written to become a movie, although it would be a good movie.
  Although it is about friends who form book discussion group, and Landvik does give some of the titles and how they "housewives" create themes around some of the books for each meeting, it is not about books.
  This was one of those books that made me sorry it had to end, I want to spend more time with these friends and find out what happens next in their lives. (show less)

   

   

  by Joyce Choate Betz on Dec 02, 2009 at 03:39PM

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  A wonderful novel - I would not have picked it out on my own, but it was our bookclub read. Think Divine Secrets of the YaYa Sisterhood on high volume - much more in depth, complex, and involved. I loved sitting down and being sucked in to everyone's lives. Also a fair bit of mystery and suspense, along with taking the reader through 4 decades. I would recommend it to everyone! Despite it's title, this book is not a bunch of women sitting around "man-bashing." It's real life a... (show more)

  A wonderful novel - I would not have picked it out on my own, but it was our bookclub read. Think Divine Secrets of the YaYa Sisterhood on high volume - much more in depth, complex, and involved. I loved sitting down and being sucked in to everyone's lives. Also a fair bit of mystery and suspense, along with taking the reader through 4 decades. I would recommend it to everyone! Despite it's title, this book is not a bunch of women sitting around "man-bashing." It's real life and nothing is more satisfying than reality - the good and the bad of it! (show less)

   

  by Elizabeth Michael Talley on Feb 20, 2009 at 10:42PM

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