A Reliable Wife

A bestseller? I can't imagine why. Slow, predictable, and dull. Skip this one.

**Contains Spoilers** I read the summary, I was intrigued. I read the critical acclaim remarks, I was impressed. I read the book and I was... disappointed. While there are several places where the glimmer of genius shone through the prose--a turn of phrase or a beautiful sentence--it was by far one of......more

They say that men think about sex approximately every seven seconds. This book mentions sex approximately every seven seconds and seeing the author is male, I no longer question the seven second theory. The storyline is a pretty good idea. Man places an ad in the paper for a reliable wife. Woman res......more

How does one go about finding the most unreliable wife, since, well, ever, while looking for her complete opposite? Mr Ralph Truitt is giving the ultimate workshop on wifeal alchemy! Reasonable writing (though, editing… tsk!) and plot that could have been partially inspired by the movie 'Original Sin......more

This book just made it into my TWISTER HALL OF FAME at www.booksbejeweled.com If you’re in the mood for a quick easy read, you might want to skip this one. A Reliable Wife deserves your time to digest, enjoy, study. Filled with symbolism and theme, it is one of my all time favorite books. It is a sus......more

Cuando terminas de leer un libro como éste, no puedes dejar de preguntarte cómo puedes transmitir todo lo que sientes, en unas pocas palabras. O cómo puedes plasmar las sensaciones que anegan tu alma, sin hacer antes un dibujo de cada palabra; de cada párrafo; de cada página que has pasado, ávida. S......more