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A review by yangyvonne
Book Doctor by Esther Cohen
2.0
Arlette Rosen earns a living assisting others in fulfilling their dreams of writing a book. She is good at her job and her mailbox is always full of potential client pleas. Arlene has been seeing Jake for some time, but something just seems off. Enter Harbinger Singh, a tax lawyer, who wants to win his ex-wife back by writing a novel (loosely) about her. Arlene is inspired by his quirky ways and begins to change herself. Yes, she ends-up sleeping with Harbinger, but it is only one time and it spells her re-birth. She turns away from Jake and book-doctoring and becomes a writer herself.
I like the concept, but not the delivery. I never really cared about Jake, never understood his relationship with Arlene and didn't care when it ended. Harbinger was weird and his personality totally unbelievable for a tax lawyer. I was happy Arlene could evolve and set her old ways free, but question why Jake was stagnant and no resolution came to Harbinger. The best quality was ending the book back where it started, giving the reader a sense of continuity in an otherwise chaotic tale.
I like the concept, but not the delivery. I never really cared about Jake, never understood his relationship with Arlene and didn't care when it ended. Harbinger was weird and his personality totally unbelievable for a tax lawyer. I was happy Arlene could evolve and set her old ways free, but question why Jake was stagnant and no resolution came to Harbinger. The best quality was ending the book back where it started, giving the reader a sense of continuity in an otherwise chaotic tale.