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Sweet Life (2008)

by Mia King(Favorite Author)

3.54 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0425221679 (ISBN13: 9780425221679)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Berkley Trade

review 1: I was bored by the dull and unintellectual characters in this book. Perhaps some people want soap opera characters and comfort, feel good romantic novels. An upper middle class couple from New York City is given a corporate transfer to Hawaii. The wife says she misses the ballet, opera and glamour of the greatest city on earth. But their conversation seems focused on mundane things like rib eye steak, champagne, and chocolate cake. And by the way there is a 27 page section at the end of this novel of Hawaiian recipes. A sneaky cook book. It was a chore to read this book and find out who the author had decided to punish. No one. Except me.
review 2: There were certain aspects of this book that I liked, such as the Hawaiian setting and the "family" created from M... morealia, Jane, and Kavena. However, I didn't like any of the Price family characters - Paul decides to separate from his wife with no explanation as to why, Marissa is self-centered and seems to like people only after finding out that they're rich, and Pansy was completely unrealistic; what child is perfectly okay with moving away from her school (and friends) in the middle of the year, and also perfectly okay with her dad suddenly moving out of the house and living in a separate apartment? I lost interest in the book and didn't end up finishing it, so maybe it has a good ending, but I'm not invested enough to find out. less

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