April Fool


Fiction - Humor/Comedy
352 Pages
Reviewed on 03/14/2009
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Reviewed by Anne Boling for Readers' Favorite

<p>George is a hypochondriac who spends a great deal of time at various hospitals, because he suffers from anxiety attacks. He loves his wife, Peg, who he also believes is to blame for much of the problems in his life. He wants and needs to be with Valerie, who makes him feel young again.</p>
<p>I have to say that I really don’t like George. He’s a wimp. He allows his weaknesses to override his common sense. He makes choices that he knows are wrong. He wants something different in his life now. He just goes about it the wrong way.</p>
<p>The book is well-written and has a certain wit to it. The author gives a great deal of insight to a man who is part of the group we know as the “Baby Boomers”.

This is a good book. If possible, find time to read it.</p>
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Marci Twain

This book was OK. I generally read fiction books to be entertained. To be made happy. Or to get involved in something that causes me to turn the pages on autopilot. As I read this book I felt like I do when I go to many plays that are not so great. I asked myself - Why am I here? Why am I reading this? I had trouble answering this when reading this book.

This is a story about a flat-butted, out of shape, chronic smoking ex-political campaign expert/consultant. He's in his 60s, been married for 30+ years and doesn't have any kids. And on top of all that, he doesn't have all that much wealth accummulated. Why should a character like this interest me? The answer is: He didn't!

I started reading this book over a month ago and got to within 40 pages of its conclusion about a month ago and didn't get back to it until yesterday when I finished it. Granted, I've been busy. But I have had time to read about 20 books between then and now. I guess you can see the priority I put on finishing this book.

The author knows how to write. And he does a pretty good job at it. However, I felt like he was writing back in the 50s or something since he used the writing crutch of cigarette smoking way too much. The writing style was definitely dated. 3 stars!

G. Noble

George Willett's self-induced plight typifies the later lives of many....His longing for his previous BIG life blended with his fear of being over, create the plot's toxic cocktail with a deadly hangover. As drone as George's daily life is, his escape plan unravels like hearing lake ice braking underfoot. George's, if at first, surreal relationship with Valerie and his anxiety driven trips to the local ER at midnight, fuel his desperate attempt to escape. George writes a check with his old ego that his soul won't cash and too soon, he finds he can't cancel it.
We are as comfortable with wife Peg as we are in rural New England. Each description of the various towns and landscapes rolls along like a country drive... like we all live there or have.