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Book Review of How to Talk to a Widower

How to Talk to a Widower
How to Talk to a Widower
Author: Jonathan Tropper
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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Helpful Score: 1


This is a book about a man getting back into life after the death of his wife (I promise that the rhyme was unintentional).

I thought this book was pretty interesting. There were parts that had me about in tears and then there were parts where I was either laughing out loud or groaning and not sure I wanted to read on (but that's because I'm the kind of person that doesn't want to see people get into trouble).

The main character had a pretty genuine voice, and there was a shift in him throughout the novel and certainly in the last couple of chapters. The other characters, such as his sisters, his step-son and the women he dates, also seemed fairly realistic.

The end of the book was a good ending (in my opinion) because it didn't give you everything, but at the same time it left you with the idea that things were definitely going to get better for the main character.