Truth and Consequences: A Novel Audiobook

" I THINK the reason I didn't like it was because it hit too close to home...my own husband dealing currently with chronic pain, and me being afraid of what that portends...and afraid I will be a person I don't like, as the protagonist is...she grows resentful etc. And a tiny tiny speck of that occurred to me when I realized that I resented my husband because he can't go on a 14 mile hike with me and I am too socially inept to have other people with whom I can stand to hike all day...OK this is way way too much baring my soul for me to deal with, back to the book. Like the writing, hate the book. Still love the author. Conflicted? I'd say. "

" It was interesting. It was written by a professor from Cornell which is near my home. It is funny to read about Corinth University in Hopkins County. It was easy to read and I would read another book by her. "

" In this book the very thing the wife blamed the husband for, she was guilty of herself. Somehow, from her point of view, being unfaithful was okay for her but not for her husband. I liked the gradual realization on both their parts that their marriage was not working. But the way they each handled it was typically male and female halves of the same thing. The wife carried much more guilt, the husband blamed anyone but himself. "

" An elegantly written and witty novel looking at the disolution of two marriages under the pressures of dealing with chronic-pain. I really enjoyed the character portraits - of two self-absorbed, melodramatic artists on the one hand and of their self-sacrificing spouses on the other... "

" I listened to this on CD "

" Cheating 101. "

" Not perhaps the absolute top Lurie, but pretty good. A re-read: I'd somewhat forgotten about it when I plucked it off the shelf last night as something that would fit my mood, though I remembered things as I read. "

" Two college town married couples. "

" Is it better to be narcissistic, artistic, manipulative, and (often) miserable (resulting in genius?), or, empathic, efficient, supportive, and (ultimately) happy (and boring)?? No answers here, just 4 characters who all seem to simultaneously bring out the best and worst in one another "

" This book was slow and I really didn't like where this book went but I did like that in the end the main character took control of her life and made it what she wanted. This book aslo doesn't have good morals. Another beef that I had. "

" Poor Alan. Who'd have thought backache and academia could be so amusing? I love Alison Lurie's writing. For me, the plot is incidental to the sly, dry wit threaded throughout. "

" I listened to the audiobook. The writing was a bit repetitive, especially with character development and descriptions. The plot was sort of flat. "

" It started out very interesting, with characters I could relate to. Toward the end it became predictable and there really were no real twists or surprises, a bit disappointed but overall a believable and engaging story. "

" I enjoyed this. It rattles along merrily, with an irritatingly patient and devoted wife, a selfish husband who gets his comeuppance and a brilliant villain - a Southern belle who reduces both men and women to gibbering idiots. "

" It had potential, but I just couldn't get into it. Alison Lurie has clearly worked in higher ed administration, though--her comments about faculty and bureaucracy were hilariously spot on! "

" A loving wife begins to resent all she does for her ailing husband. "

" Loved it! A very quick read, but her prose is concise and elegant and infinitely entertaining. An insightful look at 4 relationships. "

" A look into what makes people marry one another and how couples grow apart through the years ... well written but not terribly compelling. "

" I hovered between four and three stars on this one. Wound up at three because of the time factor - with so many books and so little time, is this a must or even should read? Probably not. It's good but not great. "

" I can't think of any more whiney, shallow, unlikable characters. And the author's overuse of the word "presently" drives me crazy. Shheesch. "

" A look into what makes people marry one another and how couples grow apart through the years ... well written but not terribly compelling. "

" It had potential, but I just couldn't get into it. Alison Lurie has clearly worked in higher ed administration, though--her comments about faculty and bureaucracy were hilariously spot on! "

" I listened to this on CD "

" I enjoyed this. It rattles along merrily, with an irritatingly patient and devoted wife, a selfish husband who gets his comeuppance and a brilliant villain - a Southern belle who reduces both men and women to gibbering idiots. "

" Is it better to be narcissistic, artistic, manipulative, and (often) miserable (resulting in genius?), or, empathic, efficient, supportive, and (ultimately) happy (and boring)?? No answers here, just 4 characters who all seem to simultaneously bring out the best and worst in one another <br/> "

" This book was slow and I really didn't like where this book went but I did like that in the end the main character took control of her life and made it what she wanted. This book aslo doesn't have good morals. Another beef that I had. "