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May 31, 2011

Irene rated it:

As an unmistakable respite from the contemporary fiction that I typically read, I optimistically chose Kim Wright’s debut novel, LOVE IN MID-AIR. I completely immersed myself in a surprisingly interesting cache of characters unconstrained in their lucid display of similar and diverse views of love, marriage, friendship, and infidelity while attached to a suburban lifestyle which not only suggests privilege, but also ambiguity with respect to some of the mores that ordinarily unite or divide such More...

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Dec 03, 2011

Monica rated it:

I started reading this book yesterday, I got behind on reading and realized, oh no, I have a blog tour tomorrow. So I pick up the book and start reading, and reading, and reading. I find myself so utterly engrossed in Elyse's life that I have completely tuned out of my own. That is what this book did for me, it let me lose myself for a little bit.

I feel a strong connection with Elyse, she is strong, she knows what she wants but she just doesn't quite know how to get it. She loved her d More...

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Jan 28, 2011

Sarah rated it:

At first I figured Love in Mid Air was going to be a novel about meeting a stranger on an airplane flight -- and it was. But it turned into much more. When Alyse does meet her stranger, it becomes a catalyst for disecting her marriage and making some difficult decisions. It draws Alyse and her book-club-walking-girlfriends into amazing discussions and revelations about love, marriage, affairs, and divorce. I could not put this book down for the last 100 pages. Kim Wright drew me into the li More...

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Jul 31, 2010

marg rated it:

The snob in me wants to give this three stars, and given the premise's far fetched implausibility that wouldn't be too hard, but in truth I found this book to be real quality, far above that which its title, cover, and even plot promise.
While reading this I kept thinking, this is the book Jodi Piccoult keeps trying to write. This one however succeeds in all the way that she fails: LIMA has original and interesting characters rather than stereotypes - the personalities are not interchangea More...

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May 14, 2010

Colleen rated it:

Though the underlying plot of a woman assessing her unhappy marriage is a common one, I found this treatment of it very unusual and original. I was delighted that the book focussed on a woman making decisions about her marriage rather than finding herself left behind for a younger woman. I mean, I'm married and so obviously frown upon the idea of adultery, but the thought of living in a marriage like Elyse's where your partner doesn't really see you or hear anything you say, and is content to be More...

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Mar 29, 2010

Jennifer rated it:

From my blog...
Love In Mid Air is a novel, which looks into the world of marriage, one woman's in particular, who realises she no longer cares about her marriage. While Kim Wright wrote a splendid novel, it simply made me sad to think there are women living lives such as the woman in this novel. Kim Wright's character development is well done and one can easily imagine listening to Elyse, Belinda, Nancy, or Lynn and yet I related to none of her characters. I continued reading, hoping somet More...

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May 22, 2010

Amy rated it:

Elyse Bearden is a typical suburban wife living the American dream. Her husband, Phil, is a dentist and they have a beautiful home, a beautiful neighborhood, a church family, and a beautiful daughter. Elyse is not happy though and has not been happy in her (almost) ten years of marriage.

A chance meeting an unexpected stranger on a flight throws Elyse’s life in a tailspin that she could never imagine. As she clutches this stranger's business card in her purse, she contemplates if she More...

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Feb 10, 2012

Amanda rated it:

Love in Mid Air dives straight into the story with an opening chapter that triggers events for the rest of the book as Elyse meets a stranger on a plane and feels an instant attraction to him. Confessing her unhappy marriage, she returns to her husband and family and the remainder of the novel examines the change this encounter brings about in Elyse’s life and the knock on impacts on her family and friends.

I have really mixed feelings about this book. It’s well written and the story he More...

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Mar 31, 2010

Nely rated it:

Elyse Beardon is on a flight back home to her husband and daughter when she sits down next to a stranger and they begin a conversation. This man and the feelings he brings out in her will make her question where she is in her life. She has been married for almost a decade now and her husband Phil is a great man... her only problem is that she has been trying for years to make their marriage work and she has begun to realize it is a losing battle.

Love in Mid Air is Elyse's struggle to More...

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Nov 22, 2010

Katie rated it:

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Apr 04, 2010

Lori rated it:

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This is author Kim Wright's debut work and if this book is any indication, she is looking at a successful career as a writer. Because this book is a literary grand slam.

From the first page, I was hooked. Hooked on Ms. Wright's writing style, hooked on the story and hooked on the characters. I literally snuck reading in whenever I could, so anxious was I to find out what was going on in Elyse's world, putting off sleep and household chores to read.
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Oct 17, 2011

Beverly rated it:

An incredibly moving book. It resonated so deeply with me. Highly recommend this book.

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Oct 10, 2011

Bonnie rated it:

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There are some books that need to be read when you’re at the right place in your life to be able to fully appreciate it. If you’re super happy in your current relationship I could see this being a very negative book, from that perspective. If you’ve had your relationship ups and downs and even occasionally daydream of simply running away from life, I believe you’d be able to understand this book more.

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Aug 18, 2010

Stephanie rated it:

I have to admit that Kim Wright's Love in Mid Air was a complete curve ball for me. Perhaps partly due to the fact that I won it through an Allen & Unwin Valentine's Day competition, partly due to the wanton woman dressed in red on the front cover, and partly due to the fairly coy blurb, I was expecting this book to be a bittersweet romance about unhappy housewife being swept off her feet to begin a new life. In fact, it turns out that Love in Mid Air places far more emphasis on the bitter and o More...

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Mar 31, 2010

Gaby rated it:

I enjoyed Love In Mid Air. Elyse is the lead character and although her failing marriage to Phil and her love affair with Gerry are critical and these relationships move the action forward, Elyse's friendship with Kelly is just as significant to the novel. It's the camaraderie and friendship of the different women in the book club, despite their small differences and occasional rivalries that made the characters come alive for me.

It's the dialogue that sets Love In Mid Air apart. Ely More...

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May 02, 2010

Alicia rated it:

I was pleasantly surprised by this novel. I usually am deeply irritated by novels about infidelity because I can never figure out why the character doesn't do the right thing and divorce their spouse BEFORE they go out looking for someone new. Of course, that tends to make for a very short novel when the characters behave in sensible and rational ways but it almost always makes me not like and not care about characters who behave so dishonorably.

Anyway, back to this novel, I really l More...

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Sep 10, 2010

Mary Beth rated it:

This book had one of the best first chapters I have read in a while. A real grabber in terms of plot and character.
BUT what is with all the books lately about women philanderers? This is the THIRD book of that theme I have read recently. And NO, I am not seeking out this genre because I am interested in following suit. Let me say, based on my reading, that no one wins in this adultery game ladies - so if you are so inclined, just say no! I enjoyed some aspects of this book but found myself More...

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Jan 14, 2012

Michael rated it:

I highly anticipated to read this novel but I was very disappointed after reading it. It was not what I though it was, the characters were poorly developed and the story was not consistent at all. I thought that Elyse and Gerry affair lack substance, the only thing they had in common was sex. I knew that that was the central part of the story, but the author never gave the reason why they were jumping each other bones. Towards the end of the book, Phil the guy that Else was married too got weird More...

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Jan 21, 2010

Jacqie rated it:

I read this one as fast as I could. The main character is a late-thirties housewife who is also an artist. After a fateful meeting on a plane on the way back from a conference, she realizes that she truly does not want to be married anymore to her husband, "a perfectly nice man who I just can't seem to love." The novel is pitch-perfect in its exploration of the emotions of letting go. Fears of losing married friends, how your child will react, whether you can make it on your own fi More...

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Jan 03, 2012

Leslie rated it:

This is the story about a women unhappy in her marriage who embarks on an affair, and also about her journey to get to the point of leaving the marriage. I liked her honesty and self-discovery, and I especially like the gender issues that the character "uncovers."

After a joint marriage counseling session,"I've sat in Jeff's office and cried a hundred times, but now Phil has cried and that's different. The tears of women are cheap, a cheap kind of currency like yen or More...

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May 31, 2011

Alice rated it:

I found that I could not put this down. I felt like I was eaves dropping on the life of the main character. Even if one is happily married one can relate to the dynamics of the problems of the main characters. I think some of us also fantasize about having an affair or wonder if we ever would be in the position in which the main character was and how we would proceed. would we do what she did or would we go in another direction. I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 as I thought the end reaction of her More...

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Mar 31, 2010

Bridget rated it:

Elyse meets a man on an airplane and this one single act has changed her forever. She isn't the type of person who does the outrageous, spur of the moment, true love things like most hopeless romantics do. Now, here's the kicker, Elyse is married. She wants to trade her whole boring life for something more. This change in Elyse now has her friends wondering if life has more to offer them as well.

I love it when a woman's eyes are opened and she learns that it's time to start liv More...

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Aug 27, 2010

Jonita rated it:

Elyse Bearden is on a flight on the way back from a pottery show when she makes a decision that will change her life. She switches seats with a stranger and ends up sitting next to Gerry, the man who will cause her to question everything that she's ever believed in. After a brief but chemistry-filled encounter with him, she returns home to her passive husband Phil, her fulfilling pottery business, and her young daughter Tori, but suddenly things don't look the same as they always have.

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Jul 22, 2011

Jason rated it:

(Reprinted from the Chicago Center for Literature and Photography [cclapcenter.com]. I am the original author of this essay, as well as the owner of CCLaP; it is not being reprinted illegally.)

So why do I continue to read so-called "chick-lit" novels on such a regular basis, a lot of people ask, when I end up despising so many of them? Well, because I'm convinced that there actually are a few titles out there in the world that manage to be not only smart and unexpected but th More...

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Feb 28, 2011

Christine rated it:

The story itself was well-written and interesting, a good time passer at the gym. But overall, just an okay read. I found the instant jump into infidelity a little difficult to buy into. Perhaps if it had come a little later in the book, after you see how unhappy she is with her marriage and her life? And I didn't really like any of the characters - I found myself getting annoyed with most of them. Actually, maybe all of them. Also found the ending to be a big hot mess - jumping around and f More...

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May 14, 2010

Nette rated it:

This author is sneaky: I started out despising the suburban housewife at the center of the novel, whining about how bored she is, deciding whether to jump into an affair, but slowly you start to understand that it really isn't all her fault, that her husband is indeed a good breadwinner but a pretty terrible husband. My only quibble, the one false note, is that she doesn't seem at all interested in her small daughter; she dutifully attends her Christmas pageant and sports events but she's wei More...

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May 20, 2010

Marcia rated it:

Reading Love in Mid Air was like watching a car accident. You know you should look away, but you are compelled to stare, trying to absorb the details. Elyse and her friends border on giving us too many intimate details and you want to say, "Enough!" Then you realize that the details are necessary to knowing the whole story of these loves and lives in free fall. Publishers Weekly says the details are filled with "wit and insight." I'll give them insight, but not sure abou More...

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Nov 05, 2011

Brian rated it:

I confess, I read 110 pages of this book, but I am counting any book I have read more than 100 pages of. The premise of this book is that a woman meets a man while on a flight, she decides she wants to have an affair with him because her husband was a jerk. My main issue with this book is twofold: it was very very very slow moving, and in addition, I didn't really like any of the characters. On a side note, I had an issue with this book. I bought it used on Amazon, and instead of sending me th More...

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Jul 23, 2010

Ruth rated it:

This book.. what can I say. I thought the characters were shallow. I could hardly keep their histories straight and they were all so shallow and dissatisfied with their lives. Elyce the main character I kind of hated from the beginning and I just didn't believe in the immediate connection she makes with Gerry on the plane. There was almost nothing to it and we are supposed to believe there was this huge spark between them that compelled them to become lovers. I wasn't sure if I was supposed to More...

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Apr 02, 2010

Edward rated it:

A cautionary tale of what happens when you treat a woman like an item of househould furniture. This is a voyage into the female mind and the nature of friendships between women. Not my usual reading, but I know the author and I found it very unusual and interesting, taking my mind in directions it doesn't normally go. Kim writes in a very natural way. I always hear her voice when reading her work I am in good company in liking the work as People, Kirkus and Publisher's weekly agreed with me More...

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