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How To Break Your Own Heart (2000)

by Maggie Alderson(Favorite Author)

3.52 of 5 Votes: 3

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Penguin

review 1: Amelia Bradlow seems to have it all....a handsome wealthy husband, a beautiful home, good looks and a glamorous job. She has everything she wants, except the thing she wants the most - a baby.Ed, her husband, is funny affectionate and sophisticated, but won't budge on his stance on parenthood.So what is Amelia to do - stay in her nearly perfect marriage - or risk the single life with the possibility that at 37, she is running out of time to meet and mate for life.There is far more to this book than is initially apparent. It deals with friendship and jealousy, love and manipulation, fear and change, the need to listen and to learn. I give this book 3 1/2 stars.
review 2: As chick lit goes, How To Break Your Own Heart isn't bad, but neither is it particularly... more good. I'm a bit of a fan of Maggie Alderson but she's definitely written better. The story here come to an unsatisfactory conclusion at much too swift a pace. However, it started well and I found myself attached to the main character early on. The sex scenes are better than a fade-to-black, but decidedly average in the grand scheme of sex scenes. Overall I would say that this novel is a good choice if you like Maggie Alderson's fashion-focused novels, but otherwise there's better chick lit out there that might be a better option. less

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