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Summary: Enjoyed the book, annoyed by the movie.
Review: ...or so the saying goes. But there is also a woman behind every man's downfall...another saying goes. This novel is a satire on society's double standard norms. But instead of sounding feminist, bitter & pathetic, our heroines are funny & witty despite their intense desire to seek revenge...nay justice. The book dealt on how Elise, Brenda & Annie formed the First Wives Club, how they connived to mete out punishments to erring husbands & how they discovered their own identities & happiness along the way. Despite having a more serious tone compared with its movie version, Goldsmith's book is funnier & revenge tastes sweeter. Oh, I can't help but gloat over the ex-husbands' downfall.
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Summary: There is a strong woman behind every successful man...
Review: ...or so the saying goes. But there is also a woman behind every man's downfall...another saying goes. This novel is a satire on society's double standard norms. But instead of sounding feminist, bitter & pathetic, our heroines are funny & witty despite their intense desire to seek revenge...nay justice. The book dealt on how Elise, Brenda & Annie formed the First Wives Club, how they connived to mete out punishments to erring husbands & how they discovered their own identities & happiness along the way. Despite having a more serious tone compared with its movie version, Goldsmith's book is funnier & revenge tastes sweeter. Oh, I can't help but gloat over the ex-husbands' downfall.
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Summary: Enjoyed the book, annoyed by the movie.
Review: A good read. The movie was silly while the book has a more serious tone. Actually, the book is almost nothing like the movie. Read/see both and decide for yourself. I really liked "The Bestseller" and "Fashionably Late", even though they seemed to drag in spots.
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Summary: Unnecessarily Sadistic
Review: Almost all the time books tend to be better than the movies that they were made into. Perhaps this is because the movie has so much product placement, and this plot is always reworked. But here, the book turned out to be worse than the movie. The movie was funny and great, but the book, which I read before seeing to movie, Is overly sadistic, drags on in many places, to mention just a few flaws. I would definetly see the movie instead.
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Summary: conflict of thoughts
Review: although it was made into a movie, hte book loses a little in the reading. but i like the plot alot, i know i wouldn't have the guts to do what they did. so it's great to finally find a book to tell the story of what every woman dreams about doing. great going olivia goldsmith.
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Summary: Hell hath no fury
Review: Annie Paradise, Brenda Cushman, and Elise Elliot knew each other but it was not until their friend Cynthia Swann Griffin committed suicide that they became real friends out of a need to get revenge on their ex-husbands as well as Cynthia's ex-husband
Annie's husband Aaron left her for her sex therapist and left her to raise Sylvie, their daughter with Down's syndrome. She wants to get back at him for this as well as spending their daughter's inheritance to buy stock that went belly up. Eventually she falls in love with Miguel who is investigating Gill Griffin.
Brenda's ex-husband Morty left her for a woman half her size and does not want to pay her alimony or child support. When she finds out that his company went public, she sees red. She eventually falls in love with the lawyer (a woman) who handles the case for her
Elise Elliot was left by her husband Bill for somebody considerably younger than her. To get him back she sells his antiques to Brenda for a dollar. She eventually falls in love with a man who is a lot younger than her.
They also try to get Gill back by stopping a big deal he has with a Japanese Company and defile his car that is the love of his life.
If you are a fan of the movie The First Wives Club be advised, the movie is almost nothing like the book. There are some similarities, but not many.
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Summary: BOOK WAS CERTAINLY DARKER THAN THE MOVIE!
Review: I ENJOYED THE BOOK AND LOOKED FORWARD TO THE MOVIE. THE MOVIE WAS FINE FOR WHAT IT WAS, BUT REALLY DIDN'T INCORPORATE THE SPIRIT OR DARK SIDE OF THE BOOK.
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Summary: Hilarious & Witty!!!!
Review: I loved "The First Wives Club" despite it being not my usual choice of reading. The characters were well developed & it was so much fun to read. You really root for the characters & it is an empowering novel. This novel was so funny & witty-----it is delicious. This is one of those novels oyu can breeze right thorugh, and have so much fun with it.The plot is so original & well done. I would definitely recommend this to anyone, if you usually read deep, very emotional novels---here is your break from that, & if you read easy, fun novels, then here's another one that you'll love.
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Summary: Characters bent on revenge
Review: I tried to read this book but couldn't finish it because of the continuing plot of revenge and how the women should be pittied because men have wronged them. I've read Flavor of the Month and I enjoyed it enough so I tried to read this book. I feel that the author has an ax to grind with men and in this book as well as her other books she is doing that. I know that the male characters in this book were hideous, but why do most of the men in her books have to be evil, cheating, sexist, tight wads. I feel she sends a very bad message to individuals who will read this book. I feel that the author could have taken a different approach with the female characters in getting on with their lives than the same old same old: finding another guy who of course is perfect, the previous husband getting tired of his trophy wife and wants the previous wife back but she doesn't want him, the guy losing all of his money, etc. etc. I do feel that one of the positive things this book had to offer were the friendships that were formed between the female characters. It sent out a great message to readers that friends can and should be an important part of your life when things get tough. I would like to see the movie because I love the actresses who play the character parts but I feel the movie would be based even more on revenge against the male characters then the book did.
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Summary: If this is for the original book, I Love it!
Review: I watched the movie, and my mother told me it was an even better book. I read it, and read it, and loved every part of it! I now love it even more than the movie!
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