The Perfect Husband
by Lisa Gardner
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Author: Lisa GardnerEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1997-12-01
ISBN: 0553576801
Number of pages: 432
Publisher: Bantam
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- ISBN13: 9780553576801
- Condition: New
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Book Review: 2 1/2 stars for me......
Summary: 3 Stars
This is my first shot at a "suspense/thriller" novel. I am a sucker for romance and also for serial killers...strange but true. My ideal movie night would be "Pretty Woman" followed by "Silence of the Lambs". This little ideosincrasy of mine set me up perfectly to love this book....only I really didn't. Here's why....
1. Tess has been through hell. An physically abusive father and an emotionally abusive and controlling psychopath for a husband. Why couldn't this author have made J.T. Dillon a "hero" instead of making him proof of the fact that Tess is going to keep making mistakes with the men she gets involved with. His drinking, harsh..(abusive at times) way of dealing with Tess left a really bad taste in my mouth. While I know that it's true that victims of abuse tend to gravitate towards men who will continue that abuse, I had hoped that in a "fictional novel" Tess would have made a stronger choice, or more importantly, that this author would have made a more respectable character of J.T.
2. I will never know why this author brought Marion, J.T.'s sister, into the story line. She got in the way. All the issues with J.T.'s family...ie, Marion and their abusive father, got in the way of the story I really cared about...Tess and her daughter. I didn't feel connected to Marion of J.T. They were both so messed up from their past that Tess's trauma often took a back seat to J.T. and Marion's issues.....how frustrating.
3. The chemistry between J.T. and Tess was just plain unbelievable. I never bought in to them.....ever...not for a single second. This book would've been better with no romance theme. The author should have kept J.T. a messed up mercenary and not made him the object of Tess's affection.
Suspense C+ Romance F
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