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Jacqueline Smith is a freelance writer

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This was a fun book to read although the plot was a little obvious and predictable.

It is the story of a married couple, Jayla and Carl, where Jayla decides to have an affair with a womanizer (Rommel) and, in turn, Carl seeks revenge by having an affair of his own. It seems both Jayla and Carl chose crazy people to get involved with.

The story gets a little confusing when Jayla becomes pregnant by Rommel who states consistently he has no feelings for Jayla - he just wants her for sexual and financial satisfaction. However, upon learning that Jayla has had an abortion, Rommel becomes outraged and can't seem to get passed the killing of his child. I found this part of the story hard to swallow considering Rommel was not father material and definitely would not have wanted to start a family with a woman he did not care for.

Meanwhile, Rommel's brother, Taylor, who was an drug addict suddenly cold turkey reforms when he meets Karen, Jayla's best friend. This part of the story was a little unrealistic - anyone hooked on prescription drugs to the point where they are fired for stealing the drugs from a hospital would need a little more help than a love affair would offer. I don't recall anywhere in the story where Karen is even made aware of Taylor's past problems with drugs. Perhaps the author should have done a little more research before introducing this topic into the story since even reformed alcoholics have to adjust their lifestyles by avoiding certain items such as cough medicines, mouthwashes, etc. due to the alcohol content of these items. Having Taylor overdose and then suddenly be fine living a normal life is very far-fetched.

Meanwhile, Carl's cohort he gets involved with goes from a normal person to a totally insane person. It appears the author exaggerated the behaviors of the people Jayla and Carl gets involved with in order to gather more sympathy for the main characters. The ending was a little too convenient to be believable.

Overall, I found the book interesting and I would recommend it.
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Chicagoan | 1 outra resenha | Jul 12, 2010 |
Substance: The material is dated now, of course, but accurate to the time of publication. A brief tour of the solar system, set to an electronic rendition of Holst's 'The Planets'. The graphics are adequate, but not exceptional.
Style: Basically a travelogue. Narrative is choppy, without a coherent scientific objective. Stewart is reading captions for pictures and making the best of a poor script.
Suitable for the BSA Space Exploration merit badge.
 
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librisissimo | Apr 27, 2010 |
The book started out very god, but then in the middle it kind of turned messy. There was a serious lack of character development, important plot points happened rather suddenly and everything was kind of jumbled. However, the plot was very good and there was some good turns and it wasn't completely predicatable nor completely unrealistic (although there was a little of both at time). Overall, the problems I found with this book, were nothing that a good editor could not have fixed- it's a pretty good book that is just a little unpolished/rough around the edges ( or in the middle).… (mais)
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sunshine608 | 1 outra resenha | Oct 29, 2007 |

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