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The Murderous Urges Of Ordinary Women (2008)

by Lois Meltzer(Favorite Author)

2.92 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0615160891 (ISBN13: 9780615160894)

languge

English

genre

Humor

publisher

Certain Age Press

review 1: I love the name of the publisher: Certain Age Press, which is located in Seattle WA, thank you very much. When I began this book, I thought "Oh, this is a good one" but the style began to irritate me after a while. I liked that it was about women of a certain age, and it was a very quick read, but the book is disjointed. At the end of each chapter is an italicized section which I couldn't figure out at first (and still not sure but I think it was postings to their website, after the deed was done, and there are several "deeds" done). Anyway, it's a fun read about women exacting revenge but I had reservations. This book will be discussed at our Book Women Retreat in October 2014.
review 2: I realize I'm off the bell curve for this book's target audience but the ... moretitle and first chapter or so grabbed me. What I hoped would be the mis-adventures of a band of middle-age women who are mad as hell and not going to take it anymore, collapsed into vignettes concerning the hi-jinks of the individual members. The interplay between the four is what raised a smile and made the potential for mischief evident. Meltzer has a good eye and humorous way with the pen; there are many clever bits here, but in the end the structure is closer to four short stories than a cohesive tale about the Book Club from Hell less

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