Title: Stuck
in Estrogen’s FunHouse
Author: Shayna Gier
Review: At first, I was very excited to read a book
titled Stuck in Estrogen's Fun House. As a woman, Estrogen has taken control of
my life and I sometimes feel like I am living in a fun house.
I have a really hard
time giving this book a review because it is not the type of book I generally
enjoy reading. I feel that if I say I do
not like it and give it few stars it wouldn't be doing it justice because there
are quite of few people who love this book but I found the book to be really
light and very easy read although without much substance. Marti is a bartender at one of the hottest
clubs in town. Marti talks about different styles of drinks for the first 1\2
of the book and tells us all about how she feels like she is pregnant but the
test and doctors say no. Crystal,
Marti's best friend, is there to offer support but when a new bartender is
hired and when Marti finds him attractive, Crystal reminds her she is married.
However, at the same time, she doesn't stand in the way when Marti begins
flirting with the bartender. While Marti's life slowly spins out of control due
to the Estrogen, her best friend finds the one true person she had been
missing in her life. The book is all about relationships and how a man is stuck
in the middle between the woman he loves and the hormones that drive her
crazy. When the hormones take control,
Marti and her husband try to figure out whether their marriage is worth saving
and if he can forgive her for the fantasizing and flirting she has been doing
with the male bartender.
I was bothered that
during the 2 months she doesn't know she is pregnant Marti continues to drink
heavily while working at the bar.
There were several
pages that seem to repeat the same things over and over again which caused me
as a reader to get either confused or bored.
I was hoping for Stuck
in Estrogen's Funhouse to be a laugh out read but for me it was more like
reading a personal journal. There were several grammatical errors that could be
fixed with a good editor.
Thanks go to Heidi for
this review.
Publisher: Published
June 26th 2011 by Beyond Normality Ink
ISBN: 9781463615826
Copyright: 2011
Pages: 272
Quick Review: 3 stars (out of 5)
Why I Read It:
Sent by the author for review.
Synopsis: Marti is a bartender at a local
nightclub who is often said to be the best around. When she's not chatting up
the locals and pouring drinks, she's spending time with her husband, Spencer.
But lately Marti has been feeling very off. She's tired, moody (or so her
husband says), and goes through random intense aversion to food and then
intense cravings. And on top of it all, despite being happily married she finds
herself falling for the young college upper-grad student who decides to take up
bar tending as supplement income next to the work he does for his sister's
photography. With everything being so out of control the last thing she needs
is for her marriage to fall apart too.
Author Biography: Shayna lives in Ferrelview, Missouri
with her husband Matt, and works full-time at a bank.
This is her first
completed work of original fiction, though she has many more in the works.
She loves reading and
writing young adult books
Other Reviews:
ooh some of the issues you had would bother me too. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
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