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Capital Wives (2011)

by Rochelle Alers(Favorite Author)

3.38 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0373229976 (ISBN13: 9780373229970)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Kimani

review 1: I have a rule that I generally follow concerning books I do not like. Simpley put, I don't force myself to finish them. For some reason, I kept reading this book despite not liking it. I had heard good things about the author and thought I would give it a try. The summary looked promising. I kept reading thinking and hoping it would get better. The characters are flat. It reads like a bad soap opera complete with campy dialogue. Marisol throws Spanish into her speech. This wouldn't be distracting except for the way they are presented in italics and, from time to time, breaking the flow of conversation to explain the word. Helpful things are explained such as Juan = John. The ending felt very rushed and we really weren't given a chance to see how the leading events affec... moreted the characters. Big events were swept aside like they never happened. There are some life changing events that happen through the course of the plot but the characters really don't react to them in any way other then one might react to getting a bad parking spot during a rain storm. Some events are left by the wayside and seemingly thrown away such as the relationship between Bethany and her step-daughter.
review 2: This book took a while for me to read and get into. It has many characters and their lives entertwined. It was a pretty good book,but to me it could have been better. I was a little mislead by the cover thinking all of the women were african american women married to high profiled men and that was not the case so that right there was confusing. Over all a pretty good read. Would loved to see this as a movie instead. less

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