George and Lizzie by Nancy Pearl
Touchstone: 9/5/17
eBook review copy; 288 pages
ISBN-13:
9781501162893
I really can't recommend George and Lizzie by Nancy Pearl.
George
and Lizzie are a mismatched couple in an unlikely relationship. George
is a dentist who grew up in a warm and loving family. "Lizzie grew
up as the only child of two famous psychologists, who viewed her more as
an in-house experiment than a child to love." In their marriage George
is happy; Lizzie isn't.
All I can say is: Run George, run!
George is a genuinely nice man. Lizzie is genuinely not a nice woman, or even remotely sympathetic.
Pearl lost me right at the beginning with Lizzie planning The Great
Game, where the "game" is to have sex with all 23 starters of her high
school
football team, one per week. There is no explanation as to why, other
than she and a friend thought it would be a "fun" game. The very next
day the friend retracts her support and tells Lizzie not to do it, that
it isn't a good idea, but Lizzie does it anyway. The secret shame of her
actions follows her throughout the book. Setting the "game" aside, George and Lizzie
just isn't a very good story or a well-written novel. The plot jumps
all over the place, with characters introduced and then abandoned, and
interruptions in the story about the football players. It was hard to finish this one, which is never a good sign. I should have abandoned it early on.
Disclosure:
My review copy was courtesy of Touchstone.
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