book: the actor and the housewife

The Actor and the Housewife: A Novel by Shannon Hale



I'm fresh from reading this book. It was literally delivered this afternoon. The delivery guy's knock startled me, but I excitedly opened the door to retrieve the box, knowing what it contained.I read for about an hour and a half, went to Institute, had someone over and forced the to watch Ned Devine, and was about to head to bed at the somewhat decent hour of 1am. I gave in to the reading gods, saying it had been a while since I'd been up really late. I think 5:38am counts.Enough about the circumstances.Know that I am biased. I already have decided to like Shannon Hale's books owing to past experiences with her others.Compared to Austenland, I think the characters were more developed, but you also have a longer timeline. I also felt though the story line was completely crazy, it was also happily believable. I don't want to create spoilers; I'll leave you with a few thoughts.The family life of Becky Jack was believable to me. All emotions were experienced. I didn't laugh out loud, but I rarely do that. But there was a bit of smiling. I'm not completely sure how I fell about the ending, but in some respects I am happy. I did feel that those More-mohns were portrayed realistically, from the liberally types, to the wait-till-the-marriage-to-kiss-types without mockery. But there are some blessed polite-jibes at a few cultural oddities.Not life-changing, but has caused me at least to think.And lastly, I really enjoyed Hale's dialogue throughout.Okay, time for bed.

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