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Substitute Me (2010)

by Lori L. Tharps(Favorite Author)

3.57 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1439171106 (ISBN13: 9781439171103)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Atria Books

review 1: My favorite kind of book is one where I feel a sweet loss when I reach the final page because I don't want to part with those characters. I became engrossed enough in this story to finish the book but I didn't have that sense of loss at the end. I could never quite shake the feeling that the characters in this book were too good to be true, despite any transgressions they might have committed during the course of events. In particular, the white husband, Brad, was hard to believe. There seemed to be a lot of stereotyping in the creation of these characters: even the flamboyant black artist who wanted to get back to Italy to paint felt cookie cutter. Hard to bond with characters that didn't quite feel real. I'm not saying it wasn't realistic. It just didn't *feel* convin... morecing.
review 2: The struggles in both of these women's lives feel like what I go through on a daily basis. At the end of the day there are so many forces, whether it be professionally or personally, that make life so fascinating and full of adventure. I'm reading so many books at one time and having a hard time putting this one down. It is an eerie and hip contrast between the relationship between a black woman (the help) and the white, professional-working-mom that I have no trouble relating to with both women. Quite unlike the reality, glossed over Katherine Sockett novel The Help. less

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