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Cargando... Island Life Sentence (edición 2018)por Carrie Jo Howe (Autor)
Información de la obraIsland Life Sentence por Carrie Jo Howe
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Peg Savage has contractually agreed to move to Key West, Florida. The smudged signatures on the damp cocktail napkin are irrefutable proof. 'An adventure.' her husband Clark says. Peg can't swim; she's afraid of bridges (there are 42); and she doesn't want to leave her friends. However, after a bottle of Cabernet, a move from Chicago to the southernmost city in the United States seems like the best decision ever. Peg dives into island life but the more effort she makes, the wider her wake of catastrophes. She is tortured by a paddle board, a giant poisonous toad, the local Conservation group, and the patron saint of hurricanes. A tropical depression descends on the island - one that can't be cured with medication. Peg must gather her strength if she has any hope of surviving the storm. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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In a very similar scene, Peg, the main character of "Island Life Sentence" at one point cowers in a boat into which angry lobsters are being hurled. I really liked that scene; but unlike me, Peg gets drunk, jumps into the water and somehow ends up being arrested for molesting a manatee. This was dumb and not funny. And that pretty much sums up everything that Peg does throughout the novel.
Peg is a former Chicagoan who has relocated to Key West with her husband, Clark. When Clark leaves for an extended "business trip" to Cuba immediately after the move, Peg starts to suspect that he has a girlfriend there. Based on the limited time we readers are forced to spend with the nitwit he is married to, none of us can blame him.
I've never understood why authors decide to make the main character as unappealing as possible. Peg is just a complete idiot. She seems to be borderline retarded. When she's not making an ass out of herself and then unnecessarily babbling about it to whoever will listen, she doesn't do much except lay around the house waiting for Clark to call. She's constantly drunk. She's described variously as not showering for days at a time, having snot dripping down her face, having foul breath, being blotchy, puffy, sweaty, chubby, etc. Lovely.
Peg's dog Nipper seems cool, though. He falls in love with a chihuahua named Lulu owned by Randolph, their neighbor. Randolph is as stereotypical of a gay character as there could possibly be. He befriends Peg and invites her to do various fun things like paddleboard yoga, a pet parade, the aforementioned lobster outing; each of which Peg screws up spectacularly and ruins for everyone. Randolph eventually drops her - because even fabulous gay guys have a limit to their patience.
Peg also meets a handsome French landscaper. This subplot is ridiculous and goes absolutely nowhere. The only point if this character seems to be to give Peg another chance to humiliate herself and demonstrate the author‰ÃƒÂ›Ã‚ªs ability to write dialogue in a cheesy French accent, which she assumes is funny unto itself.
A completely incongruous supernatural element appears about halfway into this mess. The ghosts of Ernest Hemingway, Tennessee Williams, and a six-toed cat occasionally talk to Peg and do things that are crucial to the plot. But they are only mentioned sporadically, so it's not like the book is ABOUT the ghosts (which probably would have been more interesting.)
Then there is of course a climactic hurricane which, unfortunately, Peg survives. She rescues Lulu, so Randolph forgives her for being stupid and gross and thus has the opportunity to reveal a secret about Clark's girlfriend. (Clark and his new woman have been conveniently photographed in a Cuban newspaper which Peg conveniently sees and shows to Randolph, who conveniently knows the girlfriend.) So supposedly Peg gets her revenge. But even that part is so ridiculous because it assumes that Clark and the girlfriend have never.... oh forget it I can't even.