The Other Woman

The Other Woman
by Jane Green

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Author: Jane Green
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-06-06
ISBN: 0452287146
Number of pages: 400
Publisher: Plume

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Book Review: Rage
Summary: 3 Stars

I love Jane Green's books, but the plotline in this one and the author's failure to develop a critical character very well both left me uncomfortable.

On the plotline, I couldn't see Ellie's and Dan's marriage surviving the level of rage and hate that Ellie built up against her mother-in-law (Dan's mother) after the accident with their son. Ellie had reason to resent and dislike her mother-in-law (Linda), but much of it was her own fault: Ellie never specified boundaries for Linda or stood up for herself. Instead, she insisted that her husband fight all her battles for her, which wasn't reasonable. After the accident, in light of the six months of hate and rage vented against Dan about Linda, Ellie should have had professional counseling (and she and Dan marriage counseling) so that Ellie could work through her rage, see her own complicity in Linda's behaviour (which was controlling and overbearing), and come to terms with it. I just don't see how she could have worked through that level of hate and rage in the time period provided in the book and without professional help. The inevitable reconciliation should have been spelled out and should have been long and difficult (Green does suggest that may have been the case). It also bothered me that Ellie did not press Trish and Greg for news about Dan after the separation; that did not fit her character.

Then, worse, Green did not spend enough time developing Dan, Ellie's husband. She didn't make him someone that the reader would care whether or not he and Ellie would get back together. Why did Ellie love Dan? Why would she miss him so badly after they separated? Green put so much effort into some of the women characters, but not anywhere enough into Dan. He came across as a wuss, and he really seemed to be a nice guy, but no reason to agonize about breaking up with him.

Not a bad book at all, and some really interesting secondary characters, but I felt this one a bit flawed. Three and a half stars.

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Summary of The Other Woman

Newly engaged, Ellie is thrilled to be accepted into the loving Cooper clan?which seems like the perfect family she never had?until she begins to realize that Dan?s mom, Linda, is a little too involved. Dan and Linda talk on the phone every day. Twice a day. As Dan and Ellie?s intimate civil wedding ceremony gets transformed into a black-tie affair, Ellie begins to wonder if it?s possible to marry the man without marrying his mother.

As troubles mount, Ellie turns to her friends?glamorous Lisa, who always looks like she?s just stepped off a runway, and wonderfully frazzled Trish?and tries to rediscover the independence she once had, and the man she still loves. But it seems that having a child and saving a marriage means growing up in ways she?d never imagined . . .

A warm, witty, and wise look at mothers-in-law and what they teach us about ourselves, The Other Woman is sure to please Jane Green?s growing legion of fans.

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