Book Review - The Actor and the Housewife

The Actor and the Housewife by Shannon Hale
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

While the premise is interesting - can married people of opposite genders be just friends? In my experience, yes - I found the book overwritten. In particular, the ending went several pages past where it should have, by way of a swath of unnecessary narrative exposition. I shouldn't have been surprised by that as it happens throughout the book.

Where this novel shines is the fun and witty dialogue, some of which was so awesome that I had to stop and read it to my husband, and it elicited some laughs from him as well. The characters are sometimes a little stereotypical, but when they open their mouths it can be sheer genius.

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