365 Nights: A Memoir of Intimacy
by Charla Muller, Betsy Thorpe
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Author: Betsy Thorpe, Charla MullerEdition: Paperback
Published: 2008-06-24
ISBN: 0425222578
Number of pages: 288
Publisher: Berkley Trade
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Book Review: Great idea but not in the hands of Charla
Summary: 1 Stars
Great idea-have sex every day for a year and write a book about it but instead this book is dull and irritating. The endless jokey asides such as 'Hey thanks Mom!' and the constant Americanisms drove me mad. I'm not anti-America but this book does not lend me to want to be anywhere near Char and Brad. She seems preoccupied with naming her numerous girl-friends and driving around in her precious 'BIG SUV'. As for Brad he doesn't get a look in as it's written from one perspective only. He is presented more like a boring yet loyal labrador with an ability to watch multiple sports channels similtaneously. In fact it may be that he woofs rather than speaks. More importantly there is almost no mention of sex let alone detail. Throughout sex is called 'The Gift' and I end the book thinking Brad's first response to decline the offer was no bad idea. There are so many issues that would have been interesting; how to avoid formulaic sex? does it get bigger the more you do it? does it get more saggy? The list is endless and I don't think this book addressed even one of them. Instead you get a rather irritating American mom repeating herself throughout, throwing in endless asides and missing the main point of the book's potential. Somewhere in the middle it struck me that Brad's view might have been more intersting but by the end I wasn't convinced he would have been any better. In fact the book doesn't rise above the general feeling of nausea when thinking about your parent's having sex.
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