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Almost Paradise
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From bestselling author Susan Isaacs comes a rich family saga about marriage, wealth, and celebrity in the midst of personal tragedy―and about the ties that bind us together and the missed opportunities that tear us apart. Nick is stunningly handsome, the blue-eyed scion of a blue-blood New York family. Rich, talented, confident he will become the world's most famous movie star. Jane is delightfully funny, a dark-skinned, dark-haired, half-Jewish, half-German daughter of the Midwest. Smart, gifted, loving, she will become famous in her own right as well. From the time they first meet in their Social and Intellectual History of the U.S. course at Brown University, it's love at first sight. Coming together from two very different worlds, they will cast off adversity and disapproval to forge a life filled with work, love, and children. But fame and success come at a high price―their marriage. Just when it seems the promise of their love might be renewed, an accident leaves Jane hovering between life and death. Now, it's not only their union that might not survive, but Jane, too... Almost Paradise is vintage Susan Isaacs, a witty, poignant, and engrossing tale of a man, a woman, and a passion wondrous, heartbreaking, and unforgettable.
688 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1984
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About the author
Susan Isaacs
48 books504 followersI was born in a thatched cottage in the Cotswolds. Oh, you want the truth. Fine. I was born in Brooklyn and educated at Queens College. After leaving school, I saw one of those ads: BE A COMPUTER PROGRAMMER! Take our aptitude test. Since I had nothing else in mind, I took the test-and flunked. The guy at the employment agency looked at my resume and mumbled, “You wrote for your college paper? Uh, we have an opening at Seventeen magazine.” That’s how I became a writer.
I liked my job, but I found doing advice to the lovelorn and articles like “How to Write a Letter to a Boy” somewhat short of fulfilling. So, first as a volunteer, then for actual money, I wrote political speeches in my spare time. I did less of that when I met a wonderful guy, Elkan Abramowitz, then a federal prosecutor in the SDNY.
We were married and a little more than a year later, we had Andrew (now a corporate lawyer). Three years later, Elizabeth (now a philosopher and writer) was born. I’d left Seventeen to be home with my kids but continued to to do speeches and the occasional magazine piece. During what free time I had, I read more mysteries than was healthy. Possibly I became deranged, but I thought, I can do this.
And that’s how Compromising Positions, a whodunit with a housewife-detectives set on Long Island came about. Talk about good luck: it was chosen the Main Selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club, auctioned for paperback, sold to the movies, translated into thirty languages, and became a bestseller. I was a little overwhelmed by the success. However, it’s hard to rise to a state of perpetual cool and go to slick downtown parties when you’re living in the suburbs with a husband, two kids, two dogs, and a mini-van, I simply wrote another book… and then another and another.
About half my works are mysteries, two fall into the category of espionage, and the rest are…well, regular novels. In the horn-tooting department, nearly all my novels have been New York Times bestsellers.
My kids grew up. My husband became a defense lawyer specializing in white collar matters: I call him my house counsel since I’m always consulting him on criminal procedure, the justice system, and law enforcement jargon. Anyway, after forty-five years of writing all sorts of novels—standalones—I decided to write a mystery series. I conceived Corie Geller with a rich enough background to avoid what I’d always been leery of—that doing a series would mean writing the same book over and over, changing only the settings.
I also produced one work of nonfiction, Brave Dames and Wimpettes: What Women are Really Doing on Page and Screen. I wrote a slew of articles, essays, and op-ed pieces as well. Newsday sent me to write about the 2000 presidential campaign, which was one of the greatest thrills of my life-going to both conventions, riding beside John McCain on the Straight Talk Express, interviewing George W. Bush. I also reviewed books for the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, and Newsday. (My website has far more information about my projects than most people would want to know, but have a look.)
In the mid-1980s, I wrote the screenplay for Paramount’s Compromising Positions which starred Susan Sarandon and Raul Julia. I also wrote and co-produced Touchstone’s Hello Again which starred Shelley Long, Gabriel Byrne, and Judith Ivey. (My fourth novel, Shining Through, set during World War II became the 20th Century Fox movie starring Michael Douglas, Melanie Griffith and Liam Neeson. I would have written the script, except I wasn’t asked.)
Here’s the professional stuff. I’m a recipient of the Writers for Writers Award, the Marymount Manhattan Writing Center Award, and the John Steinbeck Award. I just retired (after over a decade) as chairman of the board of the literary organization, Poets & Writers. I also served as president of Mystery Writers of America. I belong to the National Book Critics Circle, the Creative Coalition, PEN, the Ameri
I liked my job, but I found doing advice to the lovelorn and articles like “How to Write a Letter to a Boy” somewhat short of fulfilling. So, first as a volunteer, then for actual money, I wrote political speeches in my spare time. I did less of that when I met a wonderful guy, Elkan Abramowitz, then a federal prosecutor in the SDNY.
We were married and a little more than a year later, we had Andrew (now a corporate lawyer). Three years later, Elizabeth (now a philosopher and writer) was born. I’d left Seventeen to be home with my kids but continued to to do speeches and the occasional magazine piece. During what free time I had, I read more mysteries than was healthy. Possibly I became deranged, but I thought, I can do this.
And that’s how Compromising Positions, a whodunit with a housewife-detectives set on Long Island came about. Talk about good luck: it was chosen the Main Selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club, auctioned for paperback, sold to the movies, translated into thirty languages, and became a bestseller. I was a little overwhelmed by the success. However, it’s hard to rise to a state of perpetual cool and go to slick downtown parties when you’re living in the suburbs with a husband, two kids, two dogs, and a mini-van, I simply wrote another book… and then another and another.
About half my works are mysteries, two fall into the category of espionage, and the rest are…well, regular novels. In the horn-tooting department, nearly all my novels have been New York Times bestsellers.
My kids grew up. My husband became a defense lawyer specializing in white collar matters: I call him my house counsel since I’m always consulting him on criminal procedure, the justice system, and law enforcement jargon. Anyway, after forty-five years of writing all sorts of novels—standalones—I decided to write a mystery series. I conceived Corie Geller with a rich enough background to avoid what I’d always been leery of—that doing a series would mean writing the same book over and over, changing only the settings.
I also produced one work of nonfiction, Brave Dames and Wimpettes: What Women are Really Doing on Page and Screen. I wrote a slew of articles, essays, and op-ed pieces as well. Newsday sent me to write about the 2000 presidential campaign, which was one of the greatest thrills of my life-going to both conventions, riding beside John McCain on the Straight Talk Express, interviewing George W. Bush. I also reviewed books for the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, and Newsday. (My website has far more information about my projects than most people would want to know, but have a look.)
In the mid-1980s, I wrote the screenplay for Paramount’s Compromising Positions which starred Susan Sarandon and Raul Julia. I also wrote and co-produced Touchstone’s Hello Again which starred Shelley Long, Gabriel Byrne, and Judith Ivey. (My fourth novel, Shining Through, set during World War II became the 20th Century Fox movie starring Michael Douglas, Melanie Griffith and Liam Neeson. I would have written the script, except I wasn’t asked.)
Here’s the professional stuff. I’m a recipient of the Writers for Writers Award, the Marymount Manhattan Writing Center Award, and the John Steinbeck Award. I just retired (after over a decade) as chairman of the board of the literary organization, Poets & Writers. I also served as president of Mystery Writers of America. I belong to the National Book Critics Circle, the Creative Coalition, PEN, the Ameri
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October 3, 2008
I learned that you can't hit one out of the park every time.
For all the detail, and the back story, and the excruciating detail, the ending sucked.
I think I was so mad at the end of this book that I threw it away. I couldn't believe I had read thru what amounted to 500 years of personal stories and trials and tribulations, and that was the ending I got.
Read Shining Through instead. Shoot, I was so mad at this one, I'd say if you're tempted to read it, just go do some volunteer work instead.
That way you've accomplished something at the end of 8 hours you can't get back.
For all the detail, and the back story, and the excruciating detail, the ending sucked.
I think I was so mad at the end of this book that I threw it away. I couldn't believe I had read thru what amounted to 500 years of personal stories and trials and tribulations, and that was the ending I got.
Read Shining Through instead. Shoot, I was so mad at this one, I'd say if you're tempted to read it, just go do some volunteer work instead.
That way you've accomplished something at the end of 8 hours you can't get back.
June 21, 2012
I don't know what to think exactly. I hated the ending...HATED it...even though I'm usually okay with "realistic" or unhappily ever after endings, this one sucked. All the biographical detail through multiple generations of both main characters...why? It read like it was non-fiction about real people, but I didn't see how it helped the story. The writing was good, the characters well-developed, and most of the storyline was interesting. BUT...the ending sucked. I wanted to throw the book away and wondered why I wasted all this time and energy and commitment to these characters for this sucky ending. I'm never like that, I read a lot of books and while I may not always love them I don't have this same emotional reaction. But I literally said "What the heck? THIS is how it ends???!!!!????!!!!"
September 21, 2015
I first read this book nearly 30 years ago...probably late 1985 or early 1986. The reason I remember that so clearly is I was expecting our first son...and fell in love with the name of the lead male character so we ended up naming our son Nicholas. At that time I was a young, busy working mom of 2 and military wife so the fact I even managed to find the time to read was unusual. But this book resonated with me so much that even though I couldn't necessarily remember all of the details (eventually even the title and author's name faded away) I would think of it from time to time over these many years. Now the kids are grown and while life is full and busy I love being able to indulge in my passion for reading. Coincidentally I was just trying to remember the name/author of this book about a week ago because a current book I was reading (Who Do You Love by Jennifer Weiner) reminded me of it. Even more randomly, after finishing that book I started another Jennifer Weiner book and she happened to mention Susan Isaacs as a favorite author - and it instantly struck me that it was the same author who'd written that long ago book. I immediately went out and found it (yay for eBooks!) and in less than a day I had completely re-read Almost Paradise. It is every bit as powerful as I remembered it - I can't believe how well it has stood the test of time.
Jane and Nicholas are great characters - flawed and human, but funny, loving, interesting and achingly real. The depth of the history that Ms. Isaacs shares in setting up their story provides layers and layers of emotion and context so that by the time you are reading about Nick and Jane you feel as though you've known them both for years. Their life together is filled with joys and sorrows, challenges and achievements. There are some absolutely hilarious moments in the book as well as some really tough ones. Having just re-read this book there is a scene between them that I have not been able to shake for days. It's so heart wrenching and brutal but beautifully written that I felt not just like I was there in the room with them, but living their pain and rage. And having read it again, I suspect this as well as the conclusion of the book are the reasons why this book has always stayed in the back of my mind. Heartbreaking but at the same time a fascinating saga about the power of love and the consequences of our choices. It's a poignant, emotionally draining read but given the fact it has popped up in my thoughts off and on for 30 years I think it speaks to the power of the story and the beauty of the writing. This one is a definite 5 very moving stars.
Jane and Nicholas are great characters - flawed and human, but funny, loving, interesting and achingly real. The depth of the history that Ms. Isaacs shares in setting up their story provides layers and layers of emotion and context so that by the time you are reading about Nick and Jane you feel as though you've known them both for years. Their life together is filled with joys and sorrows, challenges and achievements. There are some absolutely hilarious moments in the book as well as some really tough ones. Having just re-read this book there is a scene between them that I have not been able to shake for days. It's so heart wrenching and brutal but beautifully written that I felt not just like I was there in the room with them, but living their pain and rage. And having read it again, I suspect this as well as the conclusion of the book are the reasons why this book has always stayed in the back of my mind. Heartbreaking but at the same time a fascinating saga about the power of love and the consequences of our choices. It's a poignant, emotionally draining read but given the fact it has popped up in my thoughts off and on for 30 years I think it speaks to the power of the story and the beauty of the writing. This one is a definite 5 very moving stars.
January 18, 2010
Gee, 673 pages dedicated to generations and generations of bad marriages. Most of which would not have been bad if the freakin' participants actually communicated with each other. By the end, I was rooting for all the characters TO DIE. It was that bad.
February 7, 2019
I thought I'd enjoy this book because "multi-generational storytelling" and "saga" and characters without redeeming qualities are normally right up my alley. Unfortunately, the multi-generational story was just a summary of a bunch of miserable marriages between horrible people who don't communicate much. The characters went beyond the usual unlikeable but ultimately relateable mold and straight into completely uninteresting but terrible people. I gave this two stars for the last 5% of the book where there is a sudden reversal of all the attributes the rest of the book set up and then an abrupt ending.
tl;dr: Read Shining Through instead.
tl;dr: Read Shining Through instead.
September 11, 2013
I did NOT like this book. I have enjoyed Susan Isaacs in the past but none of her usual humor comes through here, except the occasional sharp observation. The majority of the characters are unpleasant, and I found there to be a lot of casual cruelty that finally was almost disturbing. As others have noted, a lot of pages are spent on the pre-history: parents, grandparents, early life. But way too many of these folks are overly flawed. Yeah, yeah, their flaws are part of the characters of their progeny. Whatever. And then, the grand love story/ train wreck at the center of the book wasn't so grand! So much of the conflict was unnecessary. And the ending? SERIOUSLY?
If any of these elements hadn't been present I might have been more tolerant. But these became people I just didn't want to send time with. (Except Murray-- he's a good guy!). Thank goodness I'm a fast reader, so I was quickly out of my misery. I'm not usually this hard on a well-told tale-- and this was, as far as the writing went. But I cannot recommend it.
If any of these elements hadn't been present I might have been more tolerant. But these became people I just didn't want to send time with. (Except Murray-- he's a good guy!). Thank goodness I'm a fast reader, so I was quickly out of my misery. I'm not usually this hard on a well-told tale-- and this was, as far as the writing went. But I cannot recommend it.
March 1, 2014
What a disappointment!!
What a disappointment!!
This book had me right from the start. The story was interesting and I really enjoyed the whole family saga. Of course Jane and Nick were made for each other. Of course Jane and Nick were meant to be.
And then boom the ending knocked me right off my seat and not in a good way. That's all I'm going to say. It's up to you if you want to put yourself through the wringer this book turned out to be.
What a disappointment!!
This book had me right from the start. The story was interesting and I really enjoyed the whole family saga. Of course Jane and Nick were made for each other. Of course Jane and Nick were meant to be.
And then boom the ending knocked me right off my seat and not in a good way. That's all I'm going to say. It's up to you if you want to put yourself through the wringer this book turned out to be.
March 3, 2007
I first read this book in high school, and I loved the heartbreaking story. I always remembered this book in the back of my head ("...there was an actor, with a wife, and they separate...") but couldn't remember the name of the book until a few years ago when it suddenly came to me. Not the best book ever written by any means, but I loved the characters.
May 1, 2023
Read 2004-2006. This book has stuck with me for nearly 20 years. I’ve thought of it often, and have been unable to remember the title until very recently but have stumbled across it thanks to some strategic googling.
This is the sweeping family saga you need to read. It reminds me of the movie The Story of Us which I love. It’s about an unhappy marriage but also everything that made those spouses what they are This story covers centuries and is full of heartache and break, just like real life. It’s so immersive and reminds me that every choice has a consequence.
This is the sweeping family saga you need to read. It reminds me of the movie The Story of Us which I love. It’s about an unhappy marriage but also everything that made those spouses what they are This story covers centuries and is full of heartache and break, just like real life. It’s so immersive and reminds me that every choice has a consequence.
September 24, 2025
I almost didn't ready this book after some of the commits about it just being whining about bad marriages. I didn't find it so. give it a try if you run across a copy like I did.
April 30, 2010
Never have I given a Susan Isaacs book a bad review. But I just finished this and (SPOILER ALERT! STOP READING NOW IF YOU PLAN TO READ THIS BOOK!) I am just so annoyed and disappointed with the ending. Not only that, but I came very close to giving up on this book in the beginning, but stuck with it, and, until I got to the ending, was glad I did. After the first chapter, the book goes into flashback, giving the family history of the two main characters, husband and wife Nicholas and Jane Cobleigh. Isaacs always peoples her books with colorful and interesting characters, but this book could have used a little less "peopling." Many of the colorful characters could have been left out altogether -- I kept wanting the book to get back to the present instead of giving me the entire family history of the protagonists as well as the history of their friends. Too much! And then, once it does get to the love and marriage of these two people, I got sucked in, couldn't put it down, was glad I had held on -- until the ending, where I felt completely deceived by the author. I was sure there would be a happy ending in this, not because I always want happy endings, but because everything the author did led the reader into expecitng one. All the characters' pain, all their lessons learned - for nothing. Alas, the ending was badly done, highly disappointing, and pointless. What was the point of this book? That "life is short," as the last line states? Yeah, no kidding. It took me a month to read this book and my life is now one month shorter.
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May 15, 2017
Didn't like the ending - didn't see it coming and it seemed unnecessary. It was kind of interesting to read a book that was actually written in 1984 rather than one in which the author writes currently as if it was 1984. Also, after reading too many shorter novels with not as much character development it was good to read a more complete-feeling book.
June 6, 2011
Susan Isaacs is a rich storyteller who creates characters that come right off the page! Nicholas and Jane - he an old-money aristocrat, she a spunky and charming actress - meet and fall in love as college students. When he hits it big as a famous Hollywood actor, their marriage and their lives become much more complicated than they'd planned. Part family saga, part romance, this book will draw you in and you'll be sad to leave all of the characters behind when you're done. Great for any fans of Jennifer Weiner (who counts Isaacs among her greatest inspirations as a writer).
July 3, 2013
Almost Paradise was too much--too much backstory, too many generations depicted, too many forays into subplots and secondary characters I didn't give a flip about. The sex was too graphic, the morality too sketchy, and the ending too sad. I'm not saying Isaacs failed to employ her considerable story-shaping skills, but this saga was not for me. I'm giving it 3 stars because I finished it, but it wasn't a happy read from any angle.
December 24, 2014
I've tried more than once to read this one. It's been several weeks since concluding my last attempt and I have almost no recollection of any of it. I'm writing this to remind myself not to try again.
April 17, 2012
One of my all time favorite books. A wonderful love story and 'understanding why we are as we are' books. Funny too.
March 23, 2025
I simply cannot imagine why this author, who clearly spent a lot of time and energy creating a good story, with many generations of interesting, and sometimes flawed characters; would bookend her work with a hook regarding a car accident involving one of the two protagonists and then just end the book with the death of that character as a result of the accident, 500 pages earlier, and thats it.
The story covers about 80 years and a solid 3-4 generations of badly behaved but attractive and sometimes hilariously witty and interesting people and yet at the end, it just all comes to literally nothing.
Until that last page, I was prepared to give this 5 stars. The writing is really good. The characters leap off the page. I cannot think of an author outside Elizabeth Strout who writes such believable, live characters. Murray King is a relatively minor one but a pure joy. I can hear his wonderful New York voice in my head. Because of the end, I don't think I can recommend it, although I do not regret reading it.
The story covers about 80 years and a solid 3-4 generations of badly behaved but attractive and sometimes hilariously witty and interesting people and yet at the end, it just all comes to literally nothing.
Until that last page, I was prepared to give this 5 stars. The writing is really good. The characters leap off the page. I cannot think of an author outside Elizabeth Strout who writes such believable, live characters. Murray King is a relatively minor one but a pure joy. I can hear his wonderful New York voice in my head. Because of the end, I don't think I can recommend it, although I do not regret reading it.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 7, 2021
Susan Isaacs is a talented writer, and I remember enjoying Compromising Positions. I'm not saying she failed to employ her considerable story-shaping skills, but this saga was not for me. I'm giving it 3 stars because I finished it ( at 600+ pages, that was a feat!) but it wasn't a happy read from any angle. I've read many family sagas and usually the back history on everyone somehow comes together. The majority of the early characters were unpleasant, and I found there to be a lot of casual cruelty that was disturbing. Their flaws are part of the main characters, Jane and Nicholas, who start out being engaging and interesting, but by the end become self-centered, repressed and vindictive.
June 27, 2019
I discovered this book in college and devoured it. Since then I periodically re-read it, with my current life experience to bring to it. I really don't know quite what draws me in about this story, perhaps just the way Nicholas and Jane interact, the deep bond they have despite their differences, and the fascinating family stories that led to their marriage. Each time I read it, I get caught up in it, and hope hope hope that it will end differently. It ends the same every. time. and I cry every. single. time. These are real people to me, and the lesson the book teaches never grows old. "Life is too short." [so love each other well and don't mess it up beyond repair].
November 23, 2019
Even if you have never read Susan Isaacs, you need to read this.
Outshining so many of the same genre ,this novel will
stand the test of time and undoubtedly go down as Susan Isaacs
best work. While classically a romance, this domestic saga offers
much more. Our main characters are complex and flawed, frail in
ways we can relate to, deserving of love in ways we aspire to..
Vivid portrait of a marriage of Great Love, about the struggle
to keep one's identity and autonomy in a long relationship between
two strong , creative people. A read that you will find impossible to
put down, impossible to forget.
Outshining so many of the same genre ,this novel will
stand the test of time and undoubtedly go down as Susan Isaacs
best work. While classically a romance, this domestic saga offers
much more. Our main characters are complex and flawed, frail in
ways we can relate to, deserving of love in ways we aspire to..
Vivid portrait of a marriage of Great Love, about the struggle
to keep one's identity and autonomy in a long relationship between
two strong , creative people. A read that you will find impossible to
put down, impossible to forget.
July 19, 2022
This is like five books in one. So many pages, so many words, all of them completely enthralling. It spans hundreds of years- several generations- and the love story at its center is real and mostly beautiful. The obvious theme throughout is “life’s too short”- too short not to take a risk, too short not to do what you love, too short not to be with the one you love, too short not to say how you feel, too short to hide from the hard stuff.
My only real complaint is that every husband ends up treating his wife like a piece of garbage (and wives treat their husbands that way, too, in reaction). Sometimes the book was hard to read, but it was ALWAYS hard to put down.
My only real complaint is that every husband ends up treating his wife like a piece of garbage (and wives treat their husbands that way, too, in reaction). Sometimes the book was hard to read, but it was ALWAYS hard to put down.
December 31, 2023
[Spoiler alert]. Not sure what the point of this novel is, unless it's the final line: "Life is too short." Yes, for sure, but one really does wonder why our protagonists, Nicholas and Jane -- both well-meaning, intelligent, good-natured -- fail to grasp this basic truth in time to save their marriage. The trashy liaisons they form as their marriage disintegrates are so patently unworthy of them that one is tempted to fault the author for lack of verisimilitude, but I suppose such degrading interludes happen often enough in real life. The novel leaves one unsatisfied and unedified, but the writing is sophisticated, often bitingly funny, and the characters well drawn.
August 16, 2023
When I started reading this, I realized I had read it many many years ago but I didn’t remember much, not even the ending but I kind of guessed what it would be. This story starts with Jane and Nicholas as they grow up, then discover each other in college, and get married, have kids, and build their lives together. Nicholas becomes a famous actor and director while Jane stays home. Their lives drift apart but the underlying love never dies. So, it’s a love story but also sad how people can drift apart and hurt each other even through that love.
May 20, 2020
This was an amazing read. It's the story of the marriage between Nick and Jane Cobleigh. Nick becomes a famous actor and Jane eventually becomes a famous talk show host. Their marriage has its ups and downs and what I liked was how Isaacs established Nick and Jane's characters by relating their back histories with their families. That helped form the reasons behind why they did what they did in their marriage.
But be forewarned, the ending is not for everyone.
But be forewarned, the ending is not for everyone.
February 20, 2024
正直あまり読んでて楽しくなかった。。
5 stars for the detail and idea and readability, 1 star for the story itself.
The characters are well fleshed out and I'm assuming the details for each generation is accurate, but apart from that, there wasn't much to like.
なんかmurray以外いいと思う人がいなくて、multidimensional じゃなくてただただunlikeableな気がした。
最後もちょっとだけlazy ending 感があって
こんなにphysically intimate scenesいる？ていう感じだったし、
Rhodesもよくわかんないし、うーん初めてこんなに微妙だな、と思う本だった
でこういうのに限って600ページとかあってwww
5 stars for the detail and idea and readability, 1 star for the story itself.
The characters are well fleshed out and I'm assuming the details for each generation is accurate, but apart from that, there wasn't much to like.
なんかmurray以外いいと思う人がいなくて、multidimensional じゃなくてただただunlikeableな気がした。
最後もちょっとだけlazy ending 感があって
こんなにphysically intimate scenesいる？ていう感じだったし、
Rhodesもよくわかんないし、うーん初めてこんなに微妙だな、と思う本だった
でこういうのに限って600ページとかあってwww
April 6, 2020
I had to give this book three stars just for the sheer awfulness of it. It was full of awful creatures who destroyed their own lives and everyone around them. The only decently likable characters were Rhodes and Murray. Three stars were for the expertly described descent into world wide fame for a guy who started out decent against all odds. What a sad tome. I’m glad it’s over.
May 5, 2021
Great book
I had read Susan Issac’s Compromising Positions years ago. I remember I enjoyed it a lot. But this one, wow I couldn’t put it down! One of those books where you don’t want it to end and when it does, you are in mourning for a week. Hopefully one of her other books will be just as good.
I had read Susan Issac’s Compromising Positions years ago. I remember I enjoyed it a lot. But this one, wow I couldn’t put it down! One of those books where you don’t want it to end and when it does, you are in mourning for a week. Hopefully one of her other books will be just as good.
January 7, 2018
I loved the characters and her writing. So sad to see how people mess up their relationships. I am not happy with the ending. So much humor in this book but it's balanced with so much pain. Disturbing.
February 2, 2019
Another of my favorite book by Susan Issacs, I need to pick it up and reread it again. I love the complexity of the protagonists’ relationship and how despite everything, love doesn’t easily give up.
April 27, 2022
I think I've read this book three or four times. I just fell in love with it and with the main characters. If you're a fan of Susan Isaacs, don't miss this one. I think it's one of her best and it hasn't aged in the many decades since she wrote it.
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