Wifey

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Summary: Left Me As Frustrated As The Main Character
Review: This book isn't what I'd call a "fun" read. It simply tells the story of a housewife who's got an itch to scratch but goes about it the wrong way.
It did have amusing parts, such as the description of her sex life with her husband (how horribly droll!) but in general, today's woman has more control and power in her life, her sexuality and her marriage and, hopefully, will not be able to relate as well to her.
I know that a book shouldn't be "predictable" but in this case I would have liked a cliché ending of "happily ever after". Rather, I was dragged along her journey of frustrations and felt like kicking her along the way.

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Summary: blume at the top of her game
Review: I've been reading Judy Blume since I was child, and was always impressed with her children's work--particularly Margaret, Blubber and Deenie. I didn't get around to reading this until I reached adulthood and I have to say it's better than any of her children's books. Sandy and Norman--what a mismatched pair! She's a sex-crazed feminist and he's the most sexually repressed, domineering man you'll ever meet. Sandy's frustration at being a housewife and mother, her sexual curiosity, her feelings of love over an old boyfriend, are all brought to life vividly and beautifully by Blume. Yes, it's dated, but look past that--you'll find a really fantastic work.

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Summary: Judy Blume Writing Like This!
Review: I never believed that Judy Blume would write a story like this book. I remember this book when I was in third grade and read it in my senior year of high school. This book explodes with Wifey's sexual fantasies. Her boring routine of fixing chicken on Wednesdays and sex on Saturdays has brought out fantasies that she dares to explore. She is involved with her sister's husband, although it is wrong. But hey, she's enjoying it while she can. Of course, there are pressing issues such as divorce and being found out. Ms. Blume gives her readers the pleasure to find time and curl up to a good book. She is considered to me a great influential writer of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

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Summary: Blume for Adults
Review: If your previous exposure to Judy Blume has been solely through her children's books, the adult language and themes in this book may trigger a double take. The story-telling method is very much Judy Blume, but this time it is geared toward adults.

The main character, Sandy, has lived her life according to other peoples' rules and expectations; primarily those of her mother and her husband. She played it safe and predictable, but now is haunted by regret. Her husband, Norman, is such a dolt that you wonder how she could have stayed with him this long. His obsession with appearances at the country club are laughable, and his skills as a lover are nonexistent. It is not until the final chapters, after Sandy has broken from her cage, that she (and the reader) begins to see there is something valuable in reliable old Norman. And there is a fun little mystery to solve throughout the book: who is the man on the motorcycle?

Reading Wifey is very enjoyable. It is touching and humorous, and married readers may find themselves comparing their relationships to those in the book.

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Summary: Yawn
Review: I think you'd have to be as sexually repressed as the main character to find this book entertaining. The story is dull and the "steamy" parts are tamer than a PG movie these days. I only made it half-way through.

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Summary: Funny - but funnily outdated
Review: Wifey is written in 1978, and it is funnily outdated in 2004. The story about Sandy, the bored housewife with a dirty mind, and her husband Norman, their friends and families is funny and well written, but not as charming as other Judy Blume books. I am sure it created an outrage when it was first published, but today most adult readers will have read both sexier and more mature stuff than this. Not that it makes the story bad, but there are things a wife would never accept in our day and age, which she may have accepted in the 1970'es.
Sandy is married to boring Norman, everything is planned, and Norman feels like they have a good life. On their wedding night he stated that he loved her, and then he also said that he did not expect her to ask or inquire about that again. When the story starts Sandy and Norman has been married in 12 years and Sandy is more than bored with Norman, their friends, their life, bored with everything. She starts to daydream, and her dreams are not pure and clean. They are dirty. Again, this is not something that will chock a reader in 2004, but there are funny and also touching moments in this book. The humour is definitely there, and it is a fast and easy read, which deals with universal problems - problems that couples had in 1970'es as well as in the 21. century.

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Summary: This ain't your daughter's Judy Blume!
Review: This book isn't what I'd call a "fun" read. It simply tells the story of a housewife who's got an itch to scratch but goes about it the wrong way.
It did have amusing parts, such as the description of her sex life with her husband (how horribly droll!) but in general, today's woman has more control and power in her life, her sexuality and her marriage and, hopefully, will not be able to relate as well to her.
I know that a book shouldn't be "predictable" but in this case I would have liked a cliché ending of "happily ever after". Rather, I was dragged along her journey of frustrations and felt like kicking her along the way.

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Summary: I wanted more sizzle
Review: This was the story of a bored housewife, Sandy, who seems to be experiencing sexual regrets. The life she shares with her husband has become very predictable and he seems to only live for himself. In a kind of "house-wife rebellion" Sandy has two affairs and a half (the one deed was never completed) These escapades were almost as pathetic as her pre-existing sex life. I just wanted to see this poor lady go out and enjoy herself! The book was okay... but it needed something more.

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Summary: Dirty minded woman finds herself
Review: Even for casual "guilty-pleasure" sort of reading, this was very disappointing. I enjoyed Summer Sisters, and of course, Judy Blume bks. I read growing up. This was very depressing and I found it somewhat disgusting. I gave it 2 stars, only because I have to be honest and say it was entertaining, but in a Jerry Springer sort of way. I don't know if I should even try Smart Women....but according to someone elses review, it was better, so I'll give it shot!