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The Ex-Mrs. Hedgefund (2009)

by Jill Kargman(Favorite Author)

3.4 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0525950982 (ISBN13: 9780525950981)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Dutton Adult

review 1: This book didn't start out too bad. But it ended up being awful! The characters were all one-dimensional and the plot was so predictable. I didn't care about Holly at all, even though she was supposedly down-to-earth compared to all of the other hedge fund wives. I didn't have a favorite character, except maybe the slutty best friend because she was such a Long Island stereotype (who was somehow supposed to be super classy despite her trashy wardrobe and fowl mouth). The worst part (and this is becoming a refrain for everything Good Reads has recommended to me lately) was the writing! The weird, casual, train-of-thought style of writing was peppered with pop-culture references that are going to be meaningless in less than a decade. I'm obviously not looking for Dickens whe... moren I pick up a book like this, but has this author ever taken a creative writing class? She tells you everything and shows you nothing. Whole conversations are summed up in a paragraph time and time again, i.e. "We talked about everything from…." blah blah blah. When Holly suddenly falls in love I was left wondering why. The 6-year-old son comes across as fairly slow. I also wondered how the cheating ex-husband managed to stay with his new girlfriend for so long. Considering Holly skipped the (million dollar) divorce settlement outlined in the pre-nup in favor of keeping her apartment, and she doesn't work outside the home, I was left wondering how she manages to jaunt off to Italy, or even ride in cabs daily.I was looking for escapism that embraced a little glitz and glamor and this wasn't it.
review 2: I just dont understand this! The character was married, her husband out of town. She was getting ready to head out with her friends for dinner, then suddenly with no explanation or segue into the next scene, she's at a party with her former sister in law, saying she's ready to party and meet someone new since she's single and divorced. Ive read books with typos and thats okay but there was a whole chapter or several paragraphs missing...? I never give two stars and Im sure the book was very good and funny but I was so confounded that I had to put it aside.Huh? less

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