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Inappropriate Men (Red Dress Ink)
Inappropriate Men - Red Dress Ink
Author: Stacey Ballis
"Don't get me wrong. There was -- there is -- much love between my husband and me. We aren't miserable, we just aren't happy. And we aren't really together that much -- it didn't used to seem to matter. But it's starting to matter. It's starting to matter very much indeed." With her marriage spiraling toward divorce, sexually confident a...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780373250554
ISBN-10: 037325055X
Publication Date: 4/1/2004
Pages: 352
Rating:
  • Currently 3.2/5 Stars.
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3.2 stars, based on 83 ratings
Publisher: Red Dress Ink
Book Type: Paperback
Members Wishing: 1
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Leeankh avatar reviewed Inappropriate Men (Red Dress Ink) on + 139 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 7
Not the best chick lit I've read, in my opinion. The author put in a lot of poetry throughout the book and it bugged me a bit. The story just didn't grab me the way I anticipated. The main character, Sidney, is not enjoying her marriage and strays with a married man. Their affair is long yet stunted at the same time. It's very strange and difficult to explain. The premise held a lot of promise, but it just didn't deliver what I was expecting. It just wasn't as good as I was hoping it to be.
reviewed Inappropriate Men (Red Dress Ink) on + 75 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 5
Ugh - the POEMS! I SOOOO could have done without them, but I liked her sense of humor!
reviewed Inappropriate Men (Red Dress Ink) on + 149 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
Oh my goodness....I read this right about the time I went through something (not quite) similar. I really connected to this character and felt the need to get the book to read it again...which I haven't been brave enough to do yet.
Great read!
reviewed Inappropriate Men (Red Dress Ink) on + 37 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
Perhaps if the editor had taken her red pen and gotten rid of about half of the contents of this story it would have gone from 'good' to 'great'. As it was, this book became more tedious as it went on. Most chapters included lengthy poems, which in my opinion were nothing more than the author screaming "hey, look at me, I can write poetry too!!!" as they did nothing to move the plot along. There were also pages of asides where the main character spoke directly to the reader, while I enjoyed them at first, I eventually found them to be somewhat unnecessary.
That being said- I did enjoy the character of Sidney. She was funny and I liked her a lot more as the story went on. I also thought the ending, while unusual for this type of genre, was perfect for this story and character.
I would recommend this book- with the advice of just skipping over the poetry.
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Helpful Score: 1
Fun, light novel about a plus size single woman. Read it at the beach last summer.
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kdurham2813 avatar reviewed Inappropriate Men (Red Dress Ink) on + 753 more book reviews
Short and simple - did not like this one. Way too much language, sex and the like. I was just darn annoyed that a married woman honestly started an affair with another guy.

If you are a fan of the vulgar, this one is for you.
ladyshortyg avatar reviewed Inappropriate Men (Red Dress Ink) on + 33 more book reviews
Inappropriate men is a good read for romance lover,s. Sidney is newly separated from her husband and she dives back into the dating pool . where she meets all kinds of men. From the transitional guy to reconnecting with a high school sweetheart non works out for her . then along comes someone else just as she gives up on finding the right man


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