Tina G. (tinabean) reviewed on 9/6/2009 + 13 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 6

I'll have to swim against the current and say this won't be on my all-time favorites list. The story was interesting, but the overkill use of the F-word and the locker room depictions of the frequent sex scenes ruined the book for me. All the characters were carbon copies of one another, all of them self-absorbed potty-mouths. They all speak exactly the same way, as if they all were the same character.

There is no loyalty or real friendship between the characters. The only one I had much sympathy for was Gomez's wife Charisse, who herself was quite pathetic for putting up with her lech of a husband. No Kleenex for me as I approached the end of the book,and then the incident at end between Clare and Gomez made me want to throw the book at the wall. Why ruin a perfectly good and sentimental ending?

The author acknowledges so many who helped were with the book. Apparently, no one cautioned her against the overuse of vulgarity. But, evidently, the masses either don't seem to care, are willing to overlook it, or are themselves used to it. An interesting book was turned to camp.

Not recommended if you are offended by repeated F-words or vulgar depictions of sex.
Sorry.

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