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Summary: awesome
Review: I have to say that I have read every single one of Blume's books and I must say that I have enjoyed each and every one of them. Blume is a wonderful writer not only because she is so interesting but because she speaks the truth and what people really think about but are too shy to say. I can't decide which book is my favorite because they are all so good. I really like Wifey alot and Smart Women. Summer Sisters was also great, I couldn't put it down. I sincerely hope Judy Blume writes more and more books because i truely feel that she is the best author of the century, and by the way, It would be really neat if a movie was made after one of her books. I would love to meet Judy sometime. Keep up the good work Ms. Blume, 2 very enthustiastic thumbs up!!!
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Summary: An enjoyable fast read
Review: When I was a kid I read every Judy Blume book published including certain parts of Wifey! I've finally taken the opportunity to read the entire book and found it my favorite of her adult novels. The story pulled me right through and I read the whole thing in one day! That's tough with three kids running around, believe me! The book was sexy, honest and in many parts, hilarious. The characters were very believable, so much that I wanted to ring several of their necks! I highly recomend this book, especially if you've enjoyed her other books, but take my advice, if you have curious kids; HIDE IT!
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Summary: Entertaining
Review: Sandy's sexual escapades are not the only good part of the book. Everyone has a teenage romance that they wish could last forever. Sandy and Shep are the example of this, but reality comes inot the book and wrecks the relationship, as it often does in life. Sandy, Shep, and Lisbeth are the only down-to-earth characters in the entire book. Norman, Myra, the hoochies from the club, and even Jennifer and Bucky are shallow and boring characters. With an tense and unexpected turn at the end of the book, the novel's plot thickens. I reccomend reading Wifey instead of renting a movie on a lazy weekend.
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Summary: Twinkies for the brain! 90210 in print!! Lots of sex!
Review: I bought this after reading Summer Sisters (highly recommend Summer Sisters as one of my favorite books -- a surprise as I'm a top seller fiction reader -- grisham, koontz, patterson) -- this book was a 4 hour read through will little to no character development -- lots of sex, but even that was a bit dull as it was meaningless -- I would equate this to watching 902 or a sunday night movie -- a quick way to pass the time but not too engrossing -- i'm just glad i bought it in softcover --
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Summary: Absolutely Fabulous!
Review: This book is funny, sad, thought-provoking and relentlessly readable. The way everything comes together in the end is amazing.
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Summary: trashy but good trashy
Review: this is a very trashy yet entertaining and fast read. I read it in two nights. I laughed alot too. read it and laugh and feel naughty...
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Summary: a fictionalized example of the "problem with no name"
Review: I have every book that Judy Blume has written. Wifey is one of those feminist fiction novels of the 70's that really makes the reader aware of the feminine ghetto of the suburbs, the white flight of the inner cities and how important it is for corporate women to be a certain mold and make. The right parties, the house on the hill. As Sandy's sister puts it "you gotta be busy or it will drive you nuts".
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Summary: Death by suffocation
Review: This is Judy Blume's first "adult" novel, and the sensitivity that usually accompanies her characters in her young adult novels is conspicuously absent here. However, the humor is still evident, "adult" though it may be. Blume does much better with her satirical wit than her racy scenes; the risque sex references throughout this novel are self-conscious, like a gleeful child telling dirty jokes strictly for shock effect. Case in point: the very first scene introduces us to Sandy Pressman, the bored New Jersey housewife with a well-to-do husband in the dry cleaning business. How bored is she? Well, when she encounters a strange man in her backyard who commits an indecent act in front of her, she waits until he leaves to call the police. Blume's depiction of Sandy's reaction has a slightly raunchy, "isn't this shocking?" tone, but it falls flat. The most hilarious non-reaction is from Sandy's husband, Norman, who wants to know if the pervert'! s motorcycle wrecked their lawn. After all, they ARE trying to sell the house. Blume has shown herself in the past to be skilled at depicting the upper-middle class mania of "keeping up with the Joneses" and the blatant materialism, as noted in the young adult novel "Then Again, Maybe I Won't". Had she stuck with this angle, the dialogue and scenes would have been consistently funny throughout the book. Instead, the book grinds to a halt with every reference to sex, masturbation, penis size, etc. The seductive scenes, which should be titillating, seem merely obligatory, since Sandy, the bored housewife, is required to be suddenly surrounded by temptation. With a husband like Norman, who consistently puts material possessions ahead of his wife and children, the choices Sandy must make about whether or not to succumb are amazingly easy for her. To Blume's credit, Sandy manages to remain a sympathetic, if childish, character in spite of her flaws. The bo! ok goes downhill when the characters attempt to have dramat! ic arguments with dialogue that seems to be lifted from TV movies. The only worse device is a character such as Sandy's best friend, Lisbeth, whose only purpose in the book is to talk endlessly about sex. Her scenes, which are clearly meant to be spicy, are merely tiresome, not a good thing in a "sexy" story. Sandy's kids are also infected with the "precocious-beyond-their-years" disease of so many TV children. Her son, Bucky, for instance, comments on which part of the female anatomy he prefers. "Like Dad," he adds. How old is he? Ten. The monotonous sex references notwithstanding, there are a number of good scenes and characters here, enough to make the book worth checking out of the library. Norman, the crisp, organized businessman who's amazingly unemotional and blase at home, provides a lot of the laughs. As despicable as he is capable of being, he does not seem to be purposely malicious; he simply has no understanding of people who get em! otional for any reason. Sandy's sister Myra is also a hoot; the perfect picture of a shallow, self-absorbed doctor's wife who lives for her golf and tennis trophies. Even her misfortunes are mere trifles; after all, what is a mere burglary when there's a great skiing season coming up? Sandy's old boyfriend, Shep, is the only character who comes close to bringing any raw sex to the novel; he's a Warren Beatty clone who regularly counts the notches on his belt. Sandy, who fantasizes about every man she walks by, is of course tempted by Shep. Both Sandy and Shep are eager to consummate their "unfinished" relationship, but Sandy is looking for more than a "fling"; she wants out of her suffocating marriage, and running straight to another man is the only way she can conceive of leaving Norman. The choices Sandy eventually makes are entirely in character for her. Even the ending of the story could have been poignant had JB not decided to toss in another "rau! nch" scene. The bottom line is, that anyone reading th! is solely for the "hot" scenes will be sorely disappointed. It's really a contemporary novel about a marriage with the "raunch" thrown in afterward.
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Summary: Funny, addicting reading. You'll be hooked!
Review: This book is wonderful. It has some very funny moments, as the unhappy heroine reflects on the choices she's made in her life. Relentlessly readable! I've read it at least twenty times.
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Summary: This ain't your daughter's Judy Blume!
Review: As a fan of Judy Blume works as a kid, I was excited to read her "grown up" works as well . . . and grown up it is! I was actually a bit shocked by a lot of the graphic sex scenes and the language. At times I felt like I was reading some sort of trashy romance novel. Later, though, I realized that the graphic nature in which the main character describes these events are actually a reflection of just how frustrated and repressed she is. Overall, the book is very good - great writing, as always, from Judy Blume. The only drawback was all the sex . . . I daresay it made me blush. But, if you don't mind that, you will definitely enjoy the book!
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