A Perfect Husband
by Aphrodite Jones
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Author: Aphrodite JonesEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2004-08-01
ISBN: 0786016949
Number of pages: 304
Publisher: Pinnacle
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Book Review: An Imperfect Book
Summary: 1 Stars
If this wasn't a true case where two women died, "A Perfect Husband" could be enjoyably read as a parody of the true crime genre.
This ineptly written book presents the victims as very good & the baddy as very bad. All he's missing is horns & a tail. If he was that awful, what on earth did Kathleen (& presumably Liz, though this aspect is ignored) see in him?
Kathleen wasn't perfect. Nobody is. She was a talented, intelligent woman who didn't deserve to die, & we'd care more for her if she was described in a believable way. She certainly contributed to the unsustainable credit problems & for all the purported closeness to her family was apparently unable to reach out to any of them for help. Her issues with alcohol abuse are glossed over because Michael Peterson's son reported them, & could she really have been completely unaware of her husband's sexual interest in other men?
The author's simplistic way of looking at things & her obvious bias against Peterson are added to the overblown, overheated emotional atmosphere of the book. Everyone carries on like they're in a Tennessee Williams play. A very bad one without the excellent writing.
Jones also apparently has an unusual skill - she can read people's minds! This comes in very useful for her as she's able to describe exactly what Kathleen, Liz, Caitlin & others are thinking & feeling.
Basically the book reads like a script for a daytime TV show. These are real people, & it dishonours the victims & gives us no insight into the very real tragedies of their deaths. We also don't get any sense of why the deaths happened.
Get it from the library if you must read it.
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