Not Quite A Husband - Suami Seutuhnya (2012) - Plot & Excerpts
While it is an easy, typical romance that I was looking for and I didn't expect 3-D characters, the book was unappealing as the characters were mostly boring, frustrating and annoying. The plot line was especially ridiculous and bad. Plus I'm over the trope where it was just a huge misunderstanding and no one actually made a mistake. Also a strong case of date rape could be made for many of the sex scenes. I did not like it. I wanted it to be over.STORY BRIEF:Leo did one stupid thing which Bryony saw. She assumed he did it all the time which was not true. And then she was cold and frigid to him but never told him why. She had their brief marriage annulled. She then ran away to a remote area of India to practice medicine. Four years later her father is ill. So Leo travels to India to tell her and bring her back to England to see her father. Leo has always loved Bryony and does not understand why she is cold to him. Bryony refuses to tell him and to forgive him.OPINION:I prefer stories where two people meet, gradually get to like and know each other, and are together at the end. In this story we skip all that. It starts after they break up. And it’s all about their angst and hurt and not forgiving. Finally after she tells him what he did and he tells her what she did not know, they apologize and then they are together. But for most of the book, it’s reliving past hurts and pain. This was not a fun story. I was bored. I did not care about her.As they traveled, she wanted to hurry up and get away from him, so she insisted on something really stupid, which resulted in something bad. She was also stupid in the beginning when she discovered Leo’s stupid thing.The couple traveled through India during the Swat Valley Uprising - Indians rebelling against British rule. I believe the author was being historically accurate with her descriptions. But for me, the descriptions did not make the story better.There are nonviolent rape scenes which might bother some readers. I was not bothered. When they were married and Bryony was being frigid, Leo came to her when she was asleep and had sex with her. Her body enjoyed the experience, but not her mind. So she began locking her bedroom door. In India, Bryony came to Leo’s bed while he was asleep and had sex with him. He would not have turned her down if he was awake, but her reasons were angst-type reasons.DATA:Narrative mode: 3rd person. Story length: 341 pages. Swearing language: the f word once or twice. Sexual language: moderate to strong. Number of sex scenes: 13, most were short scenes. Setting: 1893 and 1897 England and India. Copyright: 2009. Genre: historical romance.
What do You think about Not Quite A Husband - Suami Seutuhnya (2012)?
I couldn't really like them and the reconciliation seemed a bit too easy, but it was interesting.
—Stacka
cerita menarik dengan terjemahan yang aga mengganggu... untung beli cuma 10rb.an... hmpffth...
—Abbylou99
Excellent, devastatingly beautiful novel. Best of her work.
—Gman
