I was enjoying the first half of the book - not that well written, true, but I liked the hero's self-deprecating humor, also the fact that he was a broke 60-something who had to skim gas money given to him by his 80-something mom in order to buy cheap beer. Guess I'm just a sucker for the "loveable loser" type. However, as soon as he hooked up with Penny, who's somehow been pining away for him for over 40 years...I mean, it seemed pretty unlikely that she'd even have had a crush on him in high school, since she was a popular cheerleader type while he was a nerdy photo geek. The fact that she'd be available, still gorgeous, and wildly hot for him (balding, overweight, and living in his parent's basement at 60+) just was way too improbable and instantly the story took a turn deep into male wish fulfillment/fantasy. Ok, I'll give the author some credit for the fact that the wish fulfillment dream woman is 58 and not 22, but still... yeah, she's 58, all the guys in the book are hot for her, but she picks the oldest, weakest, least successful one. I'm so sure.