Customer Reviews

My Life with 3 Women

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

 

 

I couldn't put this book down. As a sailor, it's scenes of sailing in a tropical paradise made it like being threre. As a human, the story of the 3 women and 1 man and the cirumstances which threw them together was deeply moving. As a romantic, I could see them creating their own little world, and the 3 women deciding to share the only guy around. As an adventurer, I loved the sailing scenes, the survival storm and the nightime pirate attack left chills down my spine. I've never read a book that hooked me and dragged me in like this one. If you love life, adventure, or sailing, or just plain romance, I recommend it highly.

This former real estate broker decided to sail away after his long-term marriage ends up in divorce. He makes it to Tonga where he meets up with 3 women who join him onboard his small sailboat. They live through storms, piracy, wonderful anchorages in deserted islands and exotic towns. The reading is very entertaining, the sail advice is not the best (he had only a few months of sailing experience before writing this book), the writing is not the best, but the story of these four souls is great. This is one of those books that are hard to put down and you are sorry they do not go on for another few hundred pages. The limited English can be forgiven as is so entertaining and original. Any male (and many females) that reads Alan's story will have a huge envy attack. It would be great to have a follow up book on what happened afterwards to each character in the book. It would be interesting to read the version of these events by the other participants. It would be reassuring to get confirmation that this story is real (or maybe not, a guy should not be that lucky!) There is no mention if the picture on the cover shows the actual characters. Anyway, it is great reading.

I felt like I was the 5th person on that boat. It was so real, so vivid and powerful. I found this true story of 3 women who share 1 man for a year to be powerful, uplifting, humorous and insightful. I felt like I was in Tonga and Fiji. As a sailor myself, the sailing scenes are classic and true. Only a sailor who's been there could write like that. I felt I was on the boat fighting the storm. Alan's writing puts you right there, in the storm and running from the pirates in Indonesia. Alan and the 3 women are for real. You feel for them, ache for them and laugh hilariously when they drink too much Kava.

The book works on several levels: a rip-roaring adventure, a great sailing story, a deeply moving human story, a story of friendships so real you can relate to them and, of course, tropical islands and a share of sex. Four people alone and in trouble find each other and come out on top. Like one of the reviews said, " a must read." You'd better believe it!

This book was a very easy and relaxing read. If you enjoy the sea and a fairly fast moving adventure, then pick this one up. The plot isn't too deep and the action isn't so riveting that you can't put it down, but you can get lost in the romance of their saga. It is a believable story for the most part -- the man/author tells it in 3rd person style -- but I wonder how much of his ego colored the aspects of the women lusting after and seducing him. The ending seems all too sudden and leaves the reader hanging and wondering if there will be a sequel. That was about the only real disappointment I had with the book.

A powerful, adventurous, true story of 4 stangers who meet for a few days and stick together for a year. THe book works as an adventure story, a human drama, a "sailing in paradise" story and a look at human nature under stress. I really fell in love with the 3 women and came to admire the guy. They're real people. I recommend the book highly. It's well written and puts you rightt here, especially during the survival storm and pirate attack. But above all, the interaction of the four of them moved me the most. I was in stitches over the Pavarotti part. It really has something for everyone. And it's not just a man's book. My wife read it and loved it, passing it on to her friends.

Five stars all the way.

This book is an amazing story of four real people. Sure, it's a man's book, but it's a woman's book as well. I've loaned it to several of my women friends and can't get it back! Just think. Four strangers are thrown together and live in a small space for a year. The women quickly became the best of friends. I loved how they finally got around to sharing Alan, the only man around. I almost felt sorry for the guy, the way they "used" him. What a change from men using women! The scenes where they acidentally got drunk from drinking too much Kava are beyond hilarious. Alan's a real guy, too. Using Pavarotti's tape to cover the sounds of making love on the small boat had me in stitches. But seriously, how could they do it, all stuck on a small boat at sea? I laughed my head off. Then I cried at the tragic events that drove these women from their homes. I was scared to death during the pirate attack and almost got sea-sick during the killer-storm.

But what stuck with me most was the deep friendships they developed for each other. They create their own little world for a year on that small boat. We need more love, friendship and
caring in our much bigger world. Five stars, for sure!

THIS IS A GOOD READ. NOT TOO DEEP.... LOTS OF FUN. ONLY PROBLEM ALAN RICHARDS KIND OF DROPS YOU OFF AND LEAVES YOU WONDERING ABOUT THE NEXT SIX MONTHS.
THIS IS ONE OF THOSE BOOKS THAT IS PURE PLEASURE TO READ AND ENJOY. THERE ARE NO HIDDEN MEANINGS OR AGENDA'S LOOMING IN SOME SORT OF PLOT REQUIREING THE READER TO MEDITATE THEIR NAVEL OR SYNC EVERYTHING TO THE POSSIBLE INTERPERATIVE MEANING OF LIFE.
THE BOOK IS WHAT IT IS. I WISH THERE WAS A FOLLOW UP... A SEQUEL WOULD BE GREAT. IF YOU READ FOR PLEASURE NOT FOR HIDDEN MEANINGS, THIS IS A GOOD BOOK.

Great book, couldn't put it down. Read it all in one sitting. Enjoyed the story and the discription of the places they traveled and their adventures. I felt I was right there with them. Makes me want to quit my job, get on my sailboat and take off. Found no problem with the way it was written, seemed honest and accurate. There must be a sequel or two, would love to find out what happened the next six months and what they are all doing now. Are you listening Alan??

Great story, hard to imagine they survived some of the things they went thru. Read it in record time. Just wished it hadn't of ended.
I see where he settled in the Caribbean where he lives and writes.
What is he writing now? Anyone know let me know.
Worth the money to me

When reading this book, I kept thinking of this joke as a possible insight into why the author wrote his book:

This average guy, he finds himself stranded on a desert island with none other than Cindy Crawford. After some time, with no rescue, the average guy and Cindy start an intimate relationship.

Things are going quite well until one day, the guy asks Cindy something strage. The guy asks her if she will dress up like a man, and pretend he is the average guys best friend from back home. Cindy, a little taken back, thinks this is a little odd, but indulges him.

So she dresses up as the guys best friend and they proceed to walk along the secluded beach, Cindy 'playing' her part.

Suddenly, pretending that Cindy is his best friend from back home, the guy turns to her and says, 'Dude, you're never going to guess who I'm having sex with.'

That's what I kept thinking reading this book. Here is this guy, by his own admission nothing spectacular, sailing and carrying on a relationship with three women all at the same time on the same small boat. I've sailed enough to know that relationships develop fast on small boats, and you learn more about people a lot quicker and become closer as well. But here is this gentleman, not only living the sailing dream, but living it with three beautiful women. Is it any surprise he wrote a book about it? Hell, he should write two books.

Beyond that though, on another level, he conveyed how close they all came through their adventures. About the only thing I didn't like about the book, was it didn't tell how it ended and only covered 1/2 of their experience.

Maybe he is writing a second book.