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Title: truly mediocre
Review: Yikes! How can so many seemingly bright readers fall for this maudlin and implausible tale of sex on the deathbed? Friends with whom I have agreed on many other books told me would love it, warned me to keep tissues nearby.... tissues unnecessary except to stifle my alternating giggling and gagging. Probably the best thing I can say about this book is that it's marginally better than Bridges of Madison County: the worst thing? That it's sophomoric and maybe little bit gross. That final image actually made me say, "Eeuww!" Yucky.No, wait -- here's the worst thing I could say: It was obviously written with a movie in mind. Maybe the movie will actually be better in the same way Bridges made for a better film than novel.
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