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Finally free from his nightmare of a marriage, Toby Fleishman is ready for a life of online dating and weekend-only parental duties. But as he optimistically looks to a future that is wildly different from the one he imagined, his life turns upside-down as his ex-wife, Rachel, suddenly disappears.
While Toby tries to find out what happened - juggling work, kids and his new, app-assisted sexual popularity - his tidy narrative of a spurned husband is his sole consolation. But if he ever wants to really understand where Rachel went and what really happened to his marriage, he is going to have to consider that he might not have seen it all that clearly in the first place . . .
A BLISTERING SATIRICAL NOVEL ABOUT MARRIAGE, DIVORCE AND MODERN RELATIONSHIPS, BY ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING NEW VOICES IN AMERICAN FICTION
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Read Online Fleishman Is in Trouble eBook Taffy BrodesserAkner
"I’ve long been a fan of Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s journalism and have been eagerly awaiting this novel.
It’s a bunch of things I don’t normally like - New York, a white man’s midlife crisis and sexual awakening, but she’s such an amazing writer she pulls it off.
There are a few twists so I won’t say more about the plot. They’re not Gone Girl-style twists, just turns in perspective that made me want to re-read the whole thing with a different understanding.
A lot of people will give this up too early. It probably should have been cut by 75 pages. Stick with it. She’s such a thoughtful and talented writer. It’s worth it."
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Fleishman Is in Trouble eBook Taffy BrodesserAkner Reviews :
Fleishman Is in Trouble eBook Taffy BrodesserAkner Reviews
- Toby Fleishman is a 41 year old jewish doctor, 5'5" tall, and sort of a shlemiel. He is soon to be divorced from Rachel, the wife of his nightmares. Despite earning close to $300,000 annually, he wears frayed shirts and feels like he's poor compared to his neighbors on the Upper East Side. He has two children and is trying to have a productive social life (sex and more sex) but Rachel doesn't adhere to the separation agreement and drops the kids off at any old time, even the middle of the might.
I had high expectations for this book and anticipated a 'Jonathon Tropper' or Philip Roth type experience. However, for want of a better description, it is boring and redundant. There were only so many times I wanted to hear about Toby's internet sexting experiences, the 'visuals' he loved on dating sites, and his desire to have a second chance at life. The book read like 'Sex and the City', with each episode being the same one. By page 100 I stifled a yawn and decided not to finish the book. I have a 75 page rule, meaning I quit a book after 75 pages if it doesn't grab me, but I extended my reading an extra 25 pages.
What was also annoying about this novel other than the repetition, was that it is told from different people's perspectives. I had trouble identifying who was talking or whether it was Toby in first person. Sometimes the book slipped into third person, like when Toby reminisces about meeting Rachel, and there seemed to be no special point to this confusing chorus.
If you want a book to read on the plane or at the beach, and you think you'd enjoy 'Sex and the City' with a definitively jewish bent, this book might resonate with you. - I’ve long been a fan of Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s journalism and have been eagerly awaiting this novel.
It’s a bunch of things I don’t normally like - New York, a white man’s midlife crisis and sexual awakening, but she’s such an amazing writer she pulls it off.
There are a few twists so I won’t say more about the plot. They’re not Gone Girl-style twists, just turns in perspective that made me want to re-read the whole thing with a different understanding.
A lot of people will give this up too early. It probably should have been cut by 75 pages. Stick with it. She’s such a thoughtful and talented writer. It’s worth it. - I have a hard time criticizing someone's work as I admire authors and certainly don't have the talent to get a book published! This storyline just didn't work for me. I didn't care for any of the characters and I was expecting more...humor? Instead it's the same thing over and over....I read halfway and believe me it was a chore to do. Finally I had to concede. Perhaps this was just the odd man out in the authors writing.
