There were times I liked this book and times I didn't like it. By the end, I was loving it.The book gave me conflicted feelings.It's about a woman who finds out her husband is a womanizing cheat. And he's dying. I felt bad for the husband. Yes, he's a womanizer, but he still had a good heart. Well, literally he had a very bad heart. Congestive heart failure. That's what was killing him. But he seemed to be a very good person. He didn't cheat because he's a jerk and objectifies women. He cheated because he fell in love too easily. And here he's dying. He wants forgiveness and his wife is not making things easy on him. I felt sad reading all that.Yet I don't want to be the type of person who says we should forgive all of a person's sins when they're on their deathbed.The book has some nice female bonding stuff....Lucy (the wife) gets to know some of Artie (the husband's) sweethearts. Hence the title. There's a subplot about a former drug addict wanting to get her daughter back. I thought that was very touching. There's a dog with a big penis. It drags on the floor when he walks. Poor talk. Maybe that's supposed to be symbolic. I'd never read any of Bridget Asher novels before, much less heard of her, when I read the synopsis on the back of this book. When Lucy Shoreman discovered that her charming, cheating husband was dying, she came home, opened up his little black book, and decided she wasn’t going through this alone. After all, Artie’s sweethearts were there for the good times—is it fair that Lucy should have to manage the hard times herself? So she dials up the women and invites them for one last visit, never expecting any of them will actually show up. But when they do, along with a young man who may be Artie’s long-lost son, it’s only the first of many surprises in store.Filled with heart, humor, and wisdom, Bridget Asher’s unforgettable novel turns a fresh eye on the joys and catastrophes of marriage, family, kindred friendships between women—and the sort of forgiveness that can change one’s entire life in the most unexpected and extraordinary ways. I didn't really enjoy the book as much as I thought I would at first after the good impression of the book I got from reading the synopsis. There were some funny parts and serious parts but towards the end I found it a bit monotonous.the ending was a bit predictable too .I would have liked more detail in the description of the characters as I felt some (Elena and Artie) melted into the background.It would have been nice to have learnt more about Artie's and each character's take on what was going on and Artie's experiences and memories of being with each women. The plot was simple, but I felt sometimes skipped from being an effective interesting plot to a more monotonous one .(In fact I skipped some of the book towards the end).I would be interested to see the film adaptation of this book
Do You like book My Husbands Sweethearts (2008)?
this is a good super light read, I read it in one Sunday afternoon!
—jjilla12
Hilarious story of a dying man wanted to see his mistresses again.
—Kayler
Boring, dumb, & predictable. Don't waste your time!
—Phishey
