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Two For One: …a novel about having choices

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Yes! A bisexual-themed novel that isn't dry or academic! When I heard about this book on the radio I was so anxious to get it because it sounded like it would offer a story that wasn't just "boy meets girl and they live happily ever after" while at the same time being funny. And it didn't disappoint. The novel was an insightful look into how people of differing sexual orientations can get together and somehow succeed in fulfilling everyone's needs. But buy this book for the humor and the laughs. It may not stand up to any in depth clinical analysis of bisexualism or lesbianism but trust me, that's not the point of the book so don't buy it if that's what you're looking for. However, that being said there are alot of really good points made about society and human nature. In fact, you'll probably be quoting things Max says. His wit and attitude make the story.

I'm hoping this is a sign of things to come in the whole romantic comedy genre. If you spend a weekend reading this book you'll feel better about going back to work on Monday because you'll have laughed so much and enjoyed a really fresh story.

This novel has a unique story and is told in a humorous, lighthearted style.
Basically you got a man who discovers his girlfriend is bisexual and then allows her to get involved with another woman. The cool thing about it is that even though I thought at first that Wright was going to give us an adolescent story about a horny guy who only wants a threesome it's not like that at all. The book is pretty much about what happens when Danielle is involved with her two lovers separately and how it kind of drives them nuts. It's a good character-driven story with a lot of funny situations and I thought it also addressed a lot of issues concerning what makes a couple and how different people with different sexual orientations handle love, etc.

All in all it was funny and quirky. Definitely a good book for having fun.

I thought the concept for this book was good, but it really annoyed me at times. Considering the dearth of stories that give bisexuality a serious exploration, I thought it worth a try. It's not a slow read, but it was terribly written. Cliches abound and grammatical errors are frequent (and not in a "poetic license" sort of way--they're just dumb mistakes). If you're only looking for an interesting story, and the quality of writing does not affect your reading choices much, then this would be a fun book to spend an afternoon with.

This is a must read book. You'll find yourself laughing out loud, as well as perhaps finding yourself in Max's shoes. Max does a fine job of being able to handle two women who have feelings for one another. Does Max make this a sexual type of situation? No! That's what I love about this book. He explores another side, which in today's society isn't viewed often.

He does a good job of blending real life details into his fantasy story. Even though the plot seems incredible, I think he does a good job of making the characters believable, they seem just like people I know.

I believe Mr. Wright did a wonderful job writing this novel. I give him big kudos! I can't wait to read other novels if & when he does published them.

I love this book. Maybe it's the years of reading, entertaining, but poorly written lesbian fiction; or my foray into the realm of non-fiction two years ago that's left me little time for new fiction, but this book has come up on my reading agenda four times this summer. Every time I move it to my bookshelf, I take it back off within a week, to read again.

I'll say up front, while I do love TV shows and movies with male/female romantic leads, I've never been the fan of reading fiction of that sort. So my fictional reading was typically split between the more literary, like Alice Sebold's "The Lovely Bones" or the more prurient, such as Karin Kallmaker's "Painted Moon". So, I might be heavily influenced by the unexpected lightness of this story. The prose is just clean and fun.

Max Bland is the man. I love his wit, his attitude, his insights into the human condition. H*ll, by the end of the book I even loved the description of is penis. Danielle, the bisexual, is wonderfully drawn as a modern, attractive, and very loveable, self-centered woman. You know the type-they're so high maintenance, but you happily give into giving them almost any of their "needs" just to have them smile at you. And Katie, sigh, Katie. Katie is my type of girl. Girl next door, self-sacrificing, socially responsible, cool wit, not overly sanctimonious, and lesbian. I can even forgive her for having blonde curly hair, instead of my preferred dark curly hair.

So you have a story of three enjoyable characters and their road to becoming a single family. I was in from the opening line about how being rich makes you horny (newly discovered richness that is); and how ordering dinner decided which character would get to sleep with the Danielle. But mostly, I just loved that, I could sit on my front porch, rock and read, and feel incredibly happy that Sean David Wright happened to make my reading list, while lamenting that this is his only book (at least available through Amazon).

I highly recommend it.

This should be on the shelf of every polyamorous person out there. I have only positive things to say about a book that speaks to me in a unique way. I'd read a sequel and I think that similar characters would make a great web series.

While criticism about the writing quality is fair for the average reader, I find the writing to be very punchy. It's very easy to glide over dialogue that feels a little cornball or moments of absurdity, comedic flights that land with a thud. The situation is fresh and the characters develop an unconventional family that is story satisfaction.

This books starts with a very funny opening sentence and it got me hooked from there. In fact, the whole first chapter was really funny and it did it's job in making me want to read the next chapter and so on. The book centers around Max and Danielle. Max is a straight guy who wrote a phenomenal
bestselling book about a very untraditional kind of pope and Danielle is his girlfriend. The thing is, Danielle is bisexual and when she finally admits this to Max she expects he's going to keep begging her for a threesome. But he doesn't. Actually, he's very understanding and liberal-minded and tells her
to go out and get a girlfriend. That's where Katie (a lesbian) comes in.

So Two For One is pretty much about how three people of three different sexual orientations find themselves connected and about how two people have to somehow share the physical and emotional attentions of a third person.

It's a novel that makes some very good points about how society today is still brainwashing us into believing what is "normal" and "acceptable" and how many of society's paradigms need to shift. And Max makes some very good points to Danielle about how people like her need to re-evaluate everything they've been taught to believe about finding love. And I guess I can say that the book has something for everyone. If you're a lesbian, if you're a bisexual, if you're straight you can identify with one of the characters.

This was a good story, perfect for the beaches of California (where I live), and Max is hilarious with his crankiness. The pacing of the novel was fine and all the situations were plausible and fit in perfectly with the story as a whole. The characterizations were thorough. I especially like how Mr. Wright doesn't give us an exhausting list of the details of the characters when they are first introduced and then expects us to remember them all. What he does instead is gives us very brief descriptions of them and then fills in the rest throughout the novel, especially through their dialog. Max is especially well done but what's great about the character of Katie is that even though she is this do-gooder type trying to help all the homeless people she is still a believable person who's not above getting totally drunk when she's stressed.

Definitely worth reading and very funny.

With a slow beginning this book kicked it up big time, about 30 pages into it.I laughed so hard I hurt myself a few times. Would love to read about there life in England, but thats a different story......

Wanessa