Not sure how this book got such good reviews, because it didn't do anything for me. The plot is boring and predictable, the dialog is uninteresting, and the characters are silly and unlikable.
The police officer in charge of figuring out who killed the husband is terribly incompetent. His way of solving the crime is to stop by every day and ask the wives repeatedly if they'd killed him, as if asking enough times would lead him to solve the crime. He also flirted and struck up a relationship with one of the wives (also a prime suspect) during the investigation.
The youngest wife has trouble believing that her husband had been married to two other women before he married her, and spends a lot of time sticking her head in the sand and hoping God would straighten it all out and take care of her.
Also, I'm guessing the author seems to think having kids and grand-kids is the epitome of life's worth. Every child in the book is treated with reverence (with endless comments about how beautiful and delightful they are), and the one wife without children spent the entire book wishing she had them. At one point, one of the characters even called an ex-wife selfish for not wanting kids.
Just no.
Readaroo Rating: 1 star
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