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1.0 out of 5 stars A waste of time and money., May 23 2004

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This review is from: Navy Wife (Hardcover)

This sounded cute and really could have been. Unfortunately it turned out to be loss. The heroine was an immature brat. The dialogue had very little depth to it.The story line never developed into much of anything. The love scenes were boring. I sure had trouble finishing it but I hate to review something I didn't finish. The only thing positive about it was the hunks in navy whites! (We're a navy family and those uniforms are/were awesome on my husband and son!!)

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1.0 out of 5 stars Clearly one of Ms. Macomber earlier work, Jan 2 2004

By	M. E. Newell (Marietta, Georgia, United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Navy Wife (Mass Market Paperback)

After reading the "Promise" series, I bacame a fan of Debbie Macomber. When I saw that the "Navy" series was out, I bought "Navy Wife." After getting about two-thirds though the book, I just had to stop due to the fact that it was so bad. Lindy (main female character) has be the selfish character that I read about in the longest time. She is women who recently broke-up with her fiance, then she meet Rush Callaghan, US Navy amd after two weeks she wants to marry him. While Rush is level headed, Lindy just wants her man.
As I stated, I just gave-up on this just due to the fact it was not up to Ms. Macombers usual great story telling.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Cheesy is right, but I wouldn't recommend it., Aug 3 2003

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This review is from: Navy Wife (Mass Market Paperback)

When I saw this book at the bookstore, I thought it would be a fun read, something different. It was also my first Debbie Macomber book. I was surprised at the good reviews this book got because I found it incredibly boring. I couldn't stand Lindy. She was a spoiled brat and that she fell in love with him so early on in the book only told me she was incredibly immature. I was almost embarrassed for her in the one scene where she kept insisting to him she loved him. I thought she made quite a fool out of herself. And I couldn't help but roll my eyes when she gave him the ultimatum. Rush was alright, but I never really knew what he looked like. He was never really described except for being handsome. Their conversations were shallow as were their lovemaking scenes. I did finish the book (although I'm not sure how) but it was incredibly stupid. I think a much better story could have been written with the same plot. A little deeper dialogue between the two might have helped and possibly a more mature heroine. I hate to judge an author by reading just one book, so I will probably read another of her books because she is quite popular but I hope it will be better than this one was. I got the impression this book was written in about two days given the shallowness of it. With phrases like him leaving work like greased lightening and her asking him if he was king of the universe, it didn't seem like much thought was put into writing this. And her expecting him to give up his job, as if he could just say I quit, was a bit much. Then she said, when she learned he'd stay onboard, that she said she wouldn't be at the pier when he came home but she hadn't said anything about not being at the apartment. And that was a bit ridiculous too. Maybe I expect too much when I'm looking for a good book, but this just didn't cut it. I'm curious though, what Harriet Klausner would say about this book because I follow her reviews and I seem to agree a lot with her assessment of books. Was it just me or was this just a bit too cheesy to be good?

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3.0 out of 5 stars A Cheesy Beach Read
Navy Wife, is a must for a day the beach! Debbie Macomber created a perfect man when she wrote about Rush Callahan. Read more

Published on Jul 21 2003 by Carly Marie Potter

5.0 out of 5 stars Now This book I enjoyed
I did enjoyed this book it was so good, I loved Rush I can picture him as a Navy man even though there was an age difference I didn't see it, you could tell the love that they had... Read more

Published on Jun 8 2003 by Lisa

5.0 out of 5 stars Navy Wife - Jenny
Navy Wife was one of the best books I have ever read. I think the reason I liked it so much was because the subject interested me. Read more

Published on May 16 2003

5.0 out of 5 stars Navy Wife
This novel by Debbie was so great. I can relate to the situations in this story line. My friend is in the navy and I connected with it on a personal level. Read more

Published on May 4 2003