For Better for Worse

Rating:
Summary: Unexpectedly, simply a great book!
Review: Stories of 3 couples with very descriptive emotions. You can feel the happiness, resentment, comfusion, and loy of love as you turn the page! I found this book sitting in my bookshelf for a couple of years without even give a chance to read. But when I finally did, I was just astonished and wondered why I have not read it.

Rating:
Summary: Shocking, Ms. Jordan!
Review: The three troubled heroines in this overlong novel go through relationship problems which are probably not unknown to many female readers. Alas, for about 500 of the 538 pages, the heroines suffer from near-constant shock. The verbally abusive husband misbehaves (every day), and the heroine is shocked (and trembles). There are misunderstandings, and the heroine is shocked. A chance encounter, and the heroine is shocked. Etc. etc. The word "shock" in all its grammatical permutations on average comes up at least once on every single page. Less than halfway through the book, I found myself no longer caring for the whimpy heroines and instead just sarcastically anticipated when the next "shock" would come along. I'd say give this one a miss!