Customer Reviews

Good Christian Bitches

5 star:		(4)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(7)

 

 

I lost intrest in the machinations of the shallow protagonists of this strange story early on, but kept reading thinking there would be a turning point and at least one redeeming character, or value, would be introduced. It never happened. The value system of every single character is based on money, "marriage-ability" and expensive clothing labels. This book made me, as the reader, feel sullied for having read it.

Frankly, I bought this book because of the title. I saw it mentioned on TV, and as a church-going Christian that likes a good laugh, I thought I would find it here. But after a brief mention at the beginning, as of up to page 143, where I decided I'd had enough, there was nothing about "Good" or "Christian". Church was only mentioned in passing. The "B's" of the title turned out to be the socialites of Dallas, and their fear of losing their husbands to the returnee from California, Amanda. Dallas sure sounds like hell on earth. Full of liars, backstabbers, thieves, and nut cases. And those are just the women. Not a single likable person in the bunch, not even Amanda's children. Her children are mouthy and rude, and she laughs when they talk back. Her nine year old daughter calls everyone in Dallas "fat." Her son says Dallas "sucks." Amanda thinks it's all funny. I thought it was pathetic. Church isn't the center of attention here, it's the Longhorn Ball. The book should have been called "The Longhorn Ball Bitches." If you really want to read it, wait till it comes out in paperback. Save your money. I paid full price and gave up in the middle.

For those who live in Texas, and are familiar with the prototype of "Hillside Park," the local references (and sterotypes) are a bit amusing -- at first. All the characters get old, fast. The perpetrators are on one hand, conniving, but on the other victims of the caste system into which they were born. The heroine -- well, I found it hard to feel sympathy for a woman who was raised with a gigantic silver spoon in her mouth -- even with a cheating husband. It was so formulaic...in the end, those with wealth (again) trumped those who were working for a living...not a happy ending, in my book! A truly amateurish effort.

I picked this book up at Half Price Books and thought that it would be a very cool read. What I got was a bland, semi-humorous book about women in an affluent Dallas suburb. To be honest, I was reading this as a "fluff" book, and it did have its funny moments, but they were far between. There was very little in character development, which was fine as all of these women had no character, aside from being shallow and self-rightous. I think the worst part of this whole book was that the ending fell flat...as in there really was no ending. It just ended. Maybe the author ran out of time before deadline???

I do not know that I would recommend this book to a friend, unless they needed something to level out a piece of furniture. The title offered so much....and the book could not fulfill it.

What a waste of time this book was! It was touted as a light, funny read. It was definitely light, but not humorous at all. There was little to no character development. (It was impossible to tell one character from another as each was the same shallow, self absorbed, pathetic clone of the next - including the main character, grandparents, children -every character!)

I suppose if this book sold more copies than just the immediate family, that the people who purchased it were looking for people that made them feel morally superior, for an alley cat could feel morally superior to any of the characters in this book. A friend gave me a copy to read. I'm glad I didn't waste my money.

I got halfway through this book and couldn't finish it. The writing was amateurish, pedantic and annoying. How many times can you say "Hillside Presbyterian Church" in one paragraph. I think I quit counting at six.

This could have been a really funny story if handled properly.

This book was very good. Very captivating. I have read quite a genre of books, to know what is good and what is not worth reading. I was not dissappointed in this author's first attempt. It was well written and I hated to see the book end. For those that thought this book was shallow, don't believe them. This is entertainment for Heaven's sake. So happy to see that there will be a TV series coming out in March. I would would to see more from this author.
I liked how through it all it shows how she didn't let the small people win. Her faith and perserverance won out! Read it!

This so called "book" is a waste of money. I was prepared for a light, enjoyable read. Instead what I got was a cynical, hardened "fictional" account of wealthy Christian women...who by the way did NOTHING to earn the money they had...they married it. It sounds very similar if not exactly like the authors, Kim Gatlins, real life. Twice divorced...marrying money(Rudy Gatlin of the Gatlin Brothers...) , never working a day in her life, too much of a coincidence...not book material but rather her own "tell all" not even thinly veiled....for shame... No Christian here...

The author is probably writing about herself; she should keep to acting, not writing. Amazon should have zero star rating for this kind of trash.

My title says it all. This book was a waste of money, poorly written, predictable, boring. The only thing good about it as the title.