Christine J. (christinej96) reviewed disappointed on 6/23/2009

I bought this book because I wanted to see the movie. I figured whatever story had brought Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio back together had to be top-notch. I'm still holding out hope for the movie.

I found the story very boring. It's clearly written by a man who never attempts to get into the female psyche. We're given countless descriptions of how Frank held his jaw and what image he was trying to present. His wife is only ever seen through his eyes. I would have loved to see inside her thinking.

It's disappointing because it could have been so much more. A more balanced look at mid-life from the point of view of the very traditional 50s. Instead, it was the man's point of view in a decade that already left no room for a woman to be like April.

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