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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Mother was right!,
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This review is from: The Other Woman (Signet) (Paperback)
As an "other" woman herself, Jill Plumley should know only too well, the lies and excuses given by errant husbands to their wives and mistresses and taken heed of her mothers' warning that if a man cheats on one woman, he'll cheat on another. As a nationally famous tv journalist, Jill meets and is swept off her feet by an incredibly handsome lawyer who leaves his wife and children to marry her. Subjugating herself to his wishes, she gives up her formerly glamorous life to settle for teaching, falling in with her husbands' wishes that she devote herself to him and his career. As so often happens, once the glamour and novelty surrounding her has subsided into mere wifely duties, husband is lured by the latest model of feminine charm, and starts the old pattern over again. It takes the killing of her husbands' boss by his wife to give Jill the shake up she needs to put her back on track. It's an old story but one which is played out by even the smartest of women. It's a very quick read but an enjoyable one.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
What goes around, comes around,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Other Woman (Signet) (Paperback)
The main story, centering around Jill, was good, although bordering on dull. It starts out on a promising note: on the day of Jill and David Plumley's 4th anniversary, Jill is approached at her husband's company picnic by a beautiful 25-year-old intern at the law firm, Nicole Clark. Nicole simply states, "I'm going to marry your husband", to the shocked Jill, who thinks it's a joke at first. Then Jill starts to worry, knowing that David is capable of infidelity, as well as divorce (he left his first wife for Jill, the "other woman"). This would have been a great introduction to a buildup, but the buildup doesn't really come. A lot of filler plots and dialogue, which should enhance the plot and keep it moving along, only serve to distract and slow the story down. For instance, Nicole only gets a mention in every other chapter, and if she's lucky, an appearance in every third. She's such an unabashedly bold, brazen hussy type, it would have been fun to have more of her in the book. Instead, Fielding opts to have one of the secondary characters, Al, get killed, and his wife, Beth, accused of murdering him. All of this and the exhaustive "my-20-years-as-an-abused-wife" speech by Beth takes up more chapters than necessary, and in the process, takes a lot away from Jill's story. As if this wasn't enough, we get more subplots. One is about Jill's "boring" career as a journalism instructor at the local college, and how she really wants to get back into doing TV shows. Another involves Jill's anorexic stepdaughter. The unfortunate result is that the Jill-David-Nicole triangle can hardly be found in this jumble of plot devices. To give credit where credit is due, however, David is a good "villain" because he is much more subtly drawn than, say, Phillip in "Good Intentions". David appears to be supportive for Jill's revived career in TV when in fact, he is condescending. He also is a smooth liar and master manipulator--a necessity when doing a balanci! ng act between 2 or more women. The only interesting scenes in the entire book were between Jill & David and Jill & Nicole. Skip the rest (except for maybe Ricki & the "gals" from the exercise class, if you like a little bawdy humor).
9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Guilty feet have got no rhythm. . .,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Other Woman (Signet) (Paperback)
Bright, independent Jill found the perfect catch in handsome, rich--and married--lawyer David Plumley. Four years after Jill gets him to the altar, she finds her own position in David's life threatened by a young law intern at his office. Of course, Jill knows firsthand that David is susceptible to the attentions of other women. He'd been cheating on his wife before she met him. But she'd always thought, "well, I'm the only one he left Elaine to marry. So I'm safe." But the adversary here is powerful. Jill has big decisions to make here--and not just about whether or not she still wants David badly enough to fight for him. This crisis forces her to look at everything she's believed, and to re-evaluate it all. Great reading. There's a murder in this book, but unlike other Fielding books, it's solved early on. Later events in the book are influenced by what happens there, however. Enjoy this earlier work by Joy Fielding, now reissued for your reading pleasure!
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