Customer Reviews

Military Wives 101

5 star:		(9)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(9)

 

 

I was very frustrated with all the reviews I read about this book because they all gave the indication that it would be an excellent book. In fact, the book was probably the worst I have ever read. I honestly couldn't even get to the plot because the grammar and punctuation were so bad. There is a typo on the acknowledgement page, where the author dedicates the book to her "ion-laws" instead of her "in-laws." On the first page of the book, the author switches from writing in past tense to present tense and back again. The thing that really blew me away was that in the author bio, it says that she has her Masters Degree!!! Besides the grammar, all I really felt this book showed me about military life (and I am an army wife myself!) was that everyone sleeps around and has really screwed up lives. Not really much of an insight to someone wanting to learn more about military life. I highly DO NOT recommend buying (or even reading) this book.

It's hard for me to believe this book was published. I could have overlooked the grammar problems and typos, which were numerous, but there was absolutely no substance whatsoever. There was also very little discussion of life as a military wife. I did the same as one of the earlier reviewers -- read the book and threw it in the trash.

It's hard for me to believe this book was published. I could have overlooked the grammar problems and typos, which were numerous, but there was absolutely no substance whatsoever. There was also very little discussion of life as a military wife. I did the same as one of the earlier reviewers -- read the book and threw it in the trash.

Being a military wife for 12 years I thought this would be a great book to read. Was I wrong. Our book club read this and we all came to an agreement, we would not recommend this book to anyone. If you are looking for an interesting book about military life this is not it.

As a military wife of 10 years, I was intrigued to read a book about other military wives and their perspective on military life. What a joke! This is a poorly written book in which the reader has to slog through 3/4 of the book in order to finally read about life in the military. And throughout the whole book there are the most outrageous typos and other editorial errors. Who was her editor? As a military spouse I could not relate at all to either of her charaters. The words and actions of Ms. Gaines's characters did nothing to help diffuse the common public misnomer that military personnel are the low class side of our society. I am embarrased by how military spouses are inacurately portrayed in this book. What a waste of time.

I have to agree with the other "one star" reviewers. I am a military wife of 9 years, and I could not identify with either of the book's two primary characters. It isn't until almost the end that either character even becomes a military wife. I would NOT recommend this book to anyone. There were many grammatical and typographical errors--was it even edited?? I normally donate the books I've read to the local library for their swap section--this one went in the garbage. Don't waste your time on this book.

As a young, college educated woman married to an Army officer, I found this book to be an insult to military wives. The women were portrayed as promiscuous and materialistic...something that most military wives are NOT. Having been a military wife for over 7 years, I can say that this book does NOT even come close to describing a typical military life.

For someone with a BS in "Industrial Organizational Psychology" and a Master of Public Administration in Public Personnel Management, I would think the grammar and spelling would be a little better. Between not knowing which 'their' or 'there' to use there were many more spelling and grammatical errors, many of which were pointed out by other readers. Although you can't totally blame the author for it, because the publisher did publish the book as is, so they should take part of the blame.

The story has a lot of potential if you can overlook the above. As a military vet and military spouse of 20 years I did find it hard to relate to this story as I have never encountered people like this in my career or since then. I'm sure they exist, but I've never met them and I really just couldn't relate.

It is a pretty quick read (a day for me). The story read fast and I had a pretty good visual in my head of the characters and could hear the attitude in their voices.

If you are looking to read this book to get a picture of military life, don't. But if you are looking for a quick summer read, enjoy.

There may have been potential for a good story in this book. It definitely need more editing though. There were multiple very obvious errors and the characters were often completely unsympathetic. The basic plot wasn't horrible, but all and all this book was a disappointment.

This book is in no way what I expected. I read it then gave it away. Don't waste your money on this book. It reads like a crappy novel.