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Letters To My Wife (2000)

by Terry Dean(Favorite Author)

4.2 of 5 Votes: 5

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

ADM

review 1: I only read this for a book discussion; I would never have picked it. I don't generally choose books about grief, tragedy, etc... It's a lot of pathos; at some points I felt my glucose spike.By the nature of the set-up--the letters, about half the story is one long flashback... a boring flashback. I guess the argument is that it was classic Boy + Girl = True Love. But for me, it missed the mark of being compelling, or even interesting. Page after page of blow-by-blow "got married, raised kids". The "bad guy" is an unrealistic blustering Bluto cartoon. The climactic/dramatic turning point is eye-rolling. Some minor copyediting is in order. It's SURNAME, not "sir-name", for example. Other than some of that, the writing mechanics are okay, if somewhat simplistic in style. The... more reader is told a lot that might have been more interesting if shown instead.This is a "sad" book. There is some relief in the middle, but it's overall sad. If you enjoy other people's sadness, you may enjoy this book.
review 2: Hmmm ok, not perhaps my usual pick of book, but found it for free for one day only on Amazon. My concern was it would be too gushy, but having read the reviews I was hoping for something beautiful. What I got was what I feared. It was an easy read, perhaps heart warming in parts, but for me it was a little too much. I really didn't want to but I found the character writing these letters sometimes a little annoying! I am obviously heartless! I liked him, but sometimes he was too much, especially with the way he signed off his letters. I was also (from the reviews) expecting lots of "twists & turns"… not so much. Things happened, yeah, but I am not sure I would call these events twists - and I saw the end coming a mile off. It's worth a read to perhaps evaluate your own relationships in life, and it may have you reaching for the tissues as with most readers, but for me it tried too hard which lost some of the magic I was hoping for. less

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