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A review by lilbanne
Fair Play: A Game-Changing Solution for When You Have Too Much to Do by Eve Rodsky
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I hated every minute of reading Fair Play by Eve Rodsky. I finished the book because it is part of the Reese Bookclub list; otherwise, I would have DNF'd it by page 5. I have this ridiculous goal of reading all of the RBC books, and I am nearing the end of my TBR.
My husband and I thought, well, let's give this one a go after reading the cover: "A Game-Changing Solution for When You Have Too Much to Do (and More Life to Live)." I should have read the back synopsis because nothing in the description reads that this is a hetero-normative book targeted to ONLY those with young living children. Reading this book made me gloriously over the moon in love with my husband, who isn't a perpetual man-child.
The vast majority of the book includes the author going over the material from the 100 cards she created for a game to get your douchebag husband to help around the house. The book reads like an overview of game instructions. Still, there is also an angry rant about all that the author perceives needs to be done in a hetero-normative marriage with 2.5 children. Is this book a joke?
A third of the way through the book, we got this fantastic quote: "Some say that one of the most important decisions a woman makes is who she marries, and yet the research shows that you really don't know who you married until you have kids!"
At one point, the author discusses how when she was away, her husband phoned her to let her know that there was a beer bottle and a mystery coat on the lawn, and he decided to just leave it for her to pick up when she came home. Done. I am not the targeted audience for this book. I do not have living children yet, and my husband is not a man-child who needs reminding to do basic human tasks.
"Gamifying" your hetero-normative white picket fence marriage and talking about your unicorn space. Is this a joke? I wouldn't recommend this to anyone I know. This method promotes petty fights, and tallying your household tasks in a tit-for-tat methodology is unhealthy.
My husband and I thought, well, let's give this one a go after reading the cover: "A Game-Changing Solution for When You Have Too Much to Do (and More Life to Live)." I should have read the back synopsis because nothing in the description reads that this is a hetero-normative book targeted to ONLY those with young living children. Reading this book made me gloriously over the moon in love with my husband, who isn't a perpetual man-child.
The vast majority of the book includes the author going over the material from the 100 cards she created for a game to get your douchebag husband to help around the house. The book reads like an overview of game instructions. Still, there is also an angry rant about all that the author perceives needs to be done in a hetero-normative marriage with 2.5 children. Is this book a joke?
A third of the way through the book, we got this fantastic quote: "Some say that one of the most important decisions a woman makes is who she marries, and yet the research shows that you really don't know who you married until you have kids!"
At one point, the author discusses how when she was away, her husband phoned her to let her know that there was a beer bottle and a mystery coat on the lawn, and he decided to just leave it for her to pick up when she came home. Done. I am not the targeted audience for this book. I do not have living children yet, and my husband is not a man-child who needs reminding to do basic human tasks.
"Gamifying" your hetero-normative white picket fence marriage and talking about your unicorn space. Is this a joke? I wouldn't recommend this to anyone I know. This method promotes petty fights, and tallying your household tasks in a tit-for-tat methodology is unhealthy.