It's not funny, it's not a psychological thriller, not a crime who-dunnit, I don't even know how to classify it. To me, there's not enough depth-Nutting could have followed up more with the other women characters or even finished it off as Celeste was facing her first sags and bags, oh say around age 50. But no, she wants to be the yardstick of how they measure other women as long as she's always the gold-winner champion. I thought maybe she thought she'd be "enry "iggins of My Fair Lady in reverse, a cougar training these young boys how to be the perfect lovers as they got older. It's not a satire, there's absolutely no redeeming features, no romance (Ha, this is the anti-romance! How do you get rid of a Valentine's Day card? Burning?) This English teacher for 8th graders knows what she wants and how to get it, down to the fruit flavored shampoos and creams. I don't know how seriously this book will be taken. This book is all about sex, bamm!, in your face, just about every single page Nutting is either writing about how great it is (with boys who are 14 and don't look like men yet), or how great it isn't (with men, or you know, husbands.) The last book I read was On Chesil Beach which was a lot about sex, but very little happened. I've picked books that I remember instantly when I look through the list, either because the plot was great, the subject matter was different or the writing was excellent. Updated 12-20-13, this is in my 10 top reads for 2013.
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