Alrighty then. I finished it last night. It’s chick lit, plain and simple chick lit. I had hoped for something else, not that I don’t like chick lit – I do like chick lit, I love it. I just expected more about people’s obsessions with “things”. I read that before the book arrived and I thought I was in for something a little different. But no. Darn it.
So, about this piece of chick lit. Medwed made a huge change in the general format of chick lit – rather than give her heroine a gay friend or a lesbian friend, she gave her lesbian moms! Unfortunately, she killed the moms before we got to meet them and their demise was really what caused all of the drama.
Well their demise, their lack of a solid will (let that be a lesson to dykes everywhere, including THIS dyke) and Abby’s inability to do anything except wallow in her own self-pity.
I’m used to female lead characters in chick lit who are drowning slowly and painfully. Abby – not slowly but very painfully. The woman was a mess. Til she got her guy back! Then, like magic, poof! All better!
I liked some things about How Elizabeth Barrett Browning Saved My Life – I disliked others. All in all – a 5, which is where most Chick Lit lives. Worth reading at the beach or when you need something mindless to lose yourself in.
Who am I sending this too, once TW has read it? Anyone want it? Anyone into chamber pots or EBB?
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