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acinthedc's review
3.0
The author abuses his main character a bit too much and it was a struggle to complete this read about a man who mostly lets life happen to him and refuses to stand up and fight for himself.
sas408's review
3.0
Arthur is not doing so well. His wife left him and his business went under. Despite his troubles, he manages to spend lots of time in Colorado with his son and his family, he travels to France and enjoys the countryside, he dates ... a lot. Little by little, Arthur figures out what it is that he wants instead of the role chosen for him. After a while, I was tired of reading how people walked all over him while he did nothing about it ... it was a relief when Arthur starting back, just a little bit and in a very gentlemanly way.
nicka's review
3.0
Seems somewhat cliche: Man loses wife, man loses job, man goes through a midlife crisis, man meets woman, things begin to turnaround for man. There were some funny parts, however.
marcella's review
3.0
I did not find the protagonist, Arthur Camden, particularly endearing. He created lots of problems for himself, has no guiding principles, and deals with stress by avoiding and pretending it will all be fine. He and everyone in his social group are millionaires. He slowly alienates everyone who has ever had a sympathetic indication toward him, until he finally meets a woman who tells him he is pathetic but likes him anyway. Then his life mostly turns around and he develops a miraculous ability to stand up for himself sometimes, out at least to maybe believe himself when he tells other people that all the disappointing things that happen to him are not really such a bother.
It was well written though.
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