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Book Review of A Reliable Wife

A Reliable Wife
A Reliable Wife
Author: Robert Goolrick
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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Helpful Score: 4


Characters never came to life for me, and I thoroughly disliked both of the leading ones. The book is heavy on description, light on dialogue, and the writing style is often distant and inflated. I kept plowing through it until I got three quarters of the book read, and then gave up. I almost never fail to finish a book, even ones I don't like much, so that is a real sign...I must be missing something. I don't know how this ended up on the bestseller list.