Sunday Book Club with Erin (001)

American Wife - Curtis Sittenfeld

This book very long and personally I like when books are longer, I don't get to the end as fast. I have read another book by Curtis Sittenfeld, which was the same way. Sittenfeld made me fall in love with Alice. Sittenfeld takes us through Alice's entire life. I liked the feeling of getting to know someone inside to out. Alice went through a lot in the beginning of her and it didn't stop her from living a successful life.

Sittenfeld modeled Alice around Laura Bush, who will be a memorable first lady. In the book, Alice's rating was 94% compared to her husband, Charlie, which was 34%. Pretty true to real life. :)

While there were many points to this book that I was in love with, the end of the book where Alice is in the White House, was boring. There was 200 pages for just one day of Alice's life as First Lady. I wanted more to go on in the White House. I was waiting for the whole book to see what would happen between her and Charlie. But nothing. :(

Overall, I give this book a rating of 8 out of 10. Next book is Lock & Key by Sarah Dessen.