
Perfect Life
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780393304596 |
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Publisher: | Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc. |
Publication date: | 06/14/2010 |
Edition description: | Reprint |
Pages: | 336 |
Sales rank: | 592,225 |
Product dimensions: | 5.50(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.90(d) |
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I thought it was an okay book. I didn't really care for any of the characters, or what happened to them really. They all seemed so shallow and material. I did like the common gene/DNA thread that ran through the book, and the story line was enough to keep me interested. However, it wasn't a book that I got excited about.
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Four college friends find their lives interesting yet again while in their thirties. This was an entertaining book similar to Alison Winn Scott or Jennifer Weiner -- in that there are young characters confronting the issues of parenthood, jobs, and friendship. Well done, entertaining for what it is. The ending was perhaps too satisfying and neat though.
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A little psycho-babble, a little techno-babble and this tale of four former college roommates, several years later, speaks to new age reproduction and its effect on each of them. There is Laura, hubbie Mac, mother of two the usual way, Elise and her partner Chrissy, mothers of twins (anonymous donor) and Jennie and infertile hubbie Jeremy and baby Colin, brought forth into this world by the contribution (sperm) of the fourth member of this group, Neil. I was intrigued by the subject matter, but found the book a bit slow at the beginning. I was also a bit put off by the computer game angle that Neil is involved with. He is developing a game that includes a sphinx with perfect DNA for which this novel is named. He is not a likeable character, but plays a pivotal role as he is the lynchpin upon which this story unfolds. It gets better as it goes along, and by the end I wanted to keep reading to see the outcome. It does have a satisfying ending without being overly sentimental or cloying. The author writes well, the chapters are short, and it might make you think some about the relationships between children and parents, both with and without a biological connection. Although billed as funny, I did not find much, if any, humor in it.
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Although the premise seemed promising, the book failed to deliver. The characters were under-developed. The plot twists were predictable. In the end, I didn't care what happened to these people.
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