Search - Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman

I couldn't get into this book and gave up after 70 pages. It's a little slow and too detailed for my tastes.

This was so-so. I'm very fussy about my fiction--must be well-written, believable--and this basically met those qualifications. Not sure I would have made the same choices as the main character, and I could not stand many of the people in her life, including her daughter and her long-ago love, who conveniently resurfaces after 25 years. Also can be slow in places.....but decent read nevertheless.

I could not get into this book at all. I felt like the main character was whining the entire time.

Get ready to cheer for Rose Lloyd, a woman of young middle age who proves that starting over doesn't have an age limit. After twenty-five years spent juggling husband, career and kids with admirable success, Rose suddenly finds both her marriage and her job in unexpected ruin. Forced to begin a new life, she is at first terrified, then energized by her newfound freedom - it's amazing what prolonged reflection, a little weight loss, a new slant on independence, and some Parisian lingerie will do for the psyche! Insightful and full of a wonderful sense of the absurd, this triumphant novel will strike a chord with anyone who has ever wondered what Middle Age would look like from the other side of the looking glass (answer: much better than you could ever expect).

This book started out a bit slow, and sad.However the more I read, I found myself pulling for Rose a 40s something lady whose husband has left her for her assistant who is much younger.It is a book that will have you laughing and then crying.Crying if you find yourself in the same boat or similar. I stated out disliking this book, but after reading it.I think it is a good book and well worth reading.

I was surprised but I actually liked this book quite a bit. Rose is a character who you find yourself first feeling sorry for then cheering for. A lot of books about divorce and that kind of thing are such downers and after a while you just want the people to quit their belly aching. But Rose was sad for an appropriate amount of time then really pulled herself together and came out on top. I thought the characters were well-written and dynamic and you were able to really see things from each of their different perspectives. I was slightly annoyed by the British language differences in the beginning but got used to it quickly. Overall, a quick, smartly-written read.