The Actor and the Housewife

I couldn't read this. I only read the first three chapters and the last chapter. It was horrible. It gave me a headache on so many levels. I'm a description kind of gal and I like my books to be full of it. This thing was all dialog and not just regular dialog, but mind bending banter and smart remarks. It was like trying to read a seasons worth of Moonlighting episodes. I found the main character to be annoying not charming as she is described in the book. She just talks and talks and talks. Where is her internal dialog?

Maybe I just don't like chick lit- but if I want to see or hear a conversation on children arguing I don't need to read a book. This is just everyday life and I guess I don't want to read about the life of a housewife. It's not very interesting.

And since I didn't find the main character charming I had a really hard time believing that the mega star actor would want anything to do with her. It just didn't make any sense at all and I didn't buy it, not for one minute. She was such a goody goody. I know that is the basic premise of the book, but it was too much for me. She freaking reprimanded her children for using the word "pee" and told them to watch their language. I mean really come on. Who does that? Certainly no one I know, but then again I don't live in Utah. It just seemed like all God and prayer and perfect housewife-ness.

Then skipping to the last chapter I didn't feel like I had missed a thing. I'm going to spoil it for you here..... after 10 years and a spouse conveniently dead from cancer the actor and the housewife finally end up together and kiss for the first time. I was relieved to find out that I didn't have to read the whole thing to be disappointed at the end.

Overall it's just not my type of book. The premise seemed so good and interesting, but it wasn't done to my taste. I don't really want to slam a book, but I just think I'm not the audience for this book either.