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Title: Venus Envy by Rita Mae Brown ISBN: 0553564978 Publisher: Bantam Books Pub. Date: October, 1996 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.19
Rating: 3
Summary: Good premise can't carry the whole novel
Comment: This is the third Rita Mae Brown book I've read. I loved the first two (Rita Will, Sudden Death). The premise in this novel is hilarious, and about the first third of the book does not disappoint. I'll admit, I could not put it down, but after the first third, it seemed to lose some steam. In other words, the great premise doesn't carry the whole novel. It may have been better as a short story. Anyway, all we're left with when the premise poops out are very one-dimensional characters who are either lovable 100% tolerant saints, or 100% prejudiced, narrow-minded bigots whom you can't choose but to hate. No character falls in between. A few of the plot lines ended up very unrealistic, at least to me. Unlike some of these other reviews, I absolutely loved the sequence in the painting, but I wouldn't have ended the book with it either. The problem is, by the time you get to the painting sequence, the plot has pretty much fallen apart anyway into either the mundane or the wholly unreal. Don't get me wrong, it is an interesting read and the author's humor stays with you throughout, but once the premise wears off, the novel falls apart a little.
Rating: 4
Summary: Amusing Story with an Insight in Southern Culture
Comment: Rita Mae Brown is fantastic at creating a well-round up character - in this story it is Frazier. A woman of 35 years who takes a down-to-earth approach of life after discovering that she does not have to die afterall. Frazier, now, evaluates life and her relationships in a different light and discovers who her true friends are after the whole town is talking about her being gay. The novel is very inspiring to the extent of what one chooses to talk about in his/her final moments. It invites you to be true to yourself and to your community. Overall, the book is hard to put down - a lot of laughing throughout the entire story. I read it within a day since I could not stop. Weird ending, however, that is why I did not give it a 5-star rating. After having spent two years in Charlottesville, VA myself this book was a small journey back to this beautiful small town in Central Virginia.
Rating: 4
Summary: Pure "Envy"
Comment: I thoughly enjoyed this book about a women who decides to comes out to her friends ands family when she is mistakenly diagonsed as dying. With a premise that that sure to be a sure fire pressure cooker for the some reason this book never fully takes on. Still all and all, I enjoyed the book. The "Zeus/Mount Olympus" is pure fun. A nice message too, Live you life and make you life your own, who cares about some one else expectations?
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Title: Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown ISBN: 055327886X Publisher: Bantam Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 1983 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: In Her Day by Rita Mae Brown ISBN: 0553275739 Publisher: Bantam Books Pub. Date: November, 1988 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Six of One by Rita Mae Brown ISBN: 0553380370 Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Pub (Trd Pap) Pub. Date: 06 July, 1999 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Southern Discomfort by Rita Mae Brown ISBN: 0553274465 Publisher: Bantam Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 1983 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Sudden Death by Rita Mae Brown ISBN: 0553269305 Publisher: Bantam Books Pub. Date: April, 1984 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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