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As Husbands Go
by
Susan Isaacs (Goodreads Author)
Call her superficial, but Susie B. Anthony Rabinowitz Gersten assumed her marriage was great—and why not? Jonah Gersten, M.D., a Park Avenue plastic surgeon, clearly adored her. He was handsome, successful, and a doting dad to their four-year-old triplets Dashiell, Evan, and Mason. But when Jonah is found in the Upper East Side apartment of second-rate “escort” Dorinda Dil...more
Hardcover, 352 pages
Published
July 6th 2010
by Scribner
(first published July 1st 2010)
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I don't have much to add to other other one star ratings. Life is too short to read bad books and I generally don't ever feel the need to finish one. I was intrigued by the loving husband being found murdered in a hooker's apartment and so I continued reading. The wife is such an unlikeable person that it made reading her narratives, for example, about how her financial situation was stable after her husband's death and wouldn't result in her having to wear Vanity Fair panties, almost unbearable...more
This is a terrible book. I picked this up thinking it would be a light-hearted chick lit easy read. Not really what I got. It's really a hate-filled book, with the main character Susan, describing all the other characters flaws in GREAT detail (think several pages apiece.) The writing, even by chick lit standards, is quite poor. There is an overcompensating quality about the writing--every topic is narrative ad-nauseum. There isn't a character in the book that is likeable and every time they ref...more
I was thrilled to win a copy of Susan Issacs most recent book from First Reads and it did not disappoint.
Susan's plastic surgeon husband turns up dead in a prostitute's Upper East Side apartment leaving Susan with her three boys, big suburban house, and lots of questions. Although the police and prosecutors quicklywind up their case against the call girl, Susan just isn't satified with their answers. She and her granny (who is ahoot) decide to track down the answers for themselves. What the rea...more
Susan's plastic surgeon husband turns up dead in a prostitute's Upper East Side apartment leaving Susan with her three boys, big suburban house, and lots of questions. Although the police and prosecutors quicklywind up their case against the call girl, Susan just isn't satified with their answers. She and her granny (who is ahoot) decide to track down the answers for themselves. What the rea...more
This book was so bad, I stopped reading it after 50 pages. Against my better judgement, I decided to give it a second chance and read another 50 pages. The main character, Susan, was amazed at how beautiful she was and had such a perfect body even after giving birth to triplets, no less. Even her best friend's husband didn't escape ridicule. Susan and her friend referred to the husband as Fat Boy and described him as nail-gnawing, buffoonish, 300 lb, waxy-skinned and not a dreamboat). Every othe...more
I don't usually read mysteries, but I thoroughly enjoyed this one. The main character is well-drawn, and not a stereotype. She is not always likable, but I'm okay with that. Could she exist, somewhere out there? Probably. And she would be interesting to talk to. She's dealing with a mysterious death and draws down deep to manage.
Okay, I really wanted to like this book. I have read all of her other mystery novels and loved the death out of them but this one fell a little flat. I felt it never really got going as a mystery and when the killer was finally unveiled, I almost missed it. It was a case of "what?! wait a minute...." (flipping back several pages trying to locate where his/her identity was revealed).
The main character Susan was too much like many people I really can't stomach in society anymore. I hated her best...more
The main character Susan was too much like many people I really can't stomach in society anymore. I hated her best...more
Oct 09, 2011
Evelyn
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I was looking for a fun, light, chic lit whodunnit. Having read a few previous books by Susan Isaacs (Compromising Positions, Shining Through)which fit that bill, I thought this might be another winner. Was I ever wrong! The other Isaacs books I'd read were generally 3-stars but at least they were entertaining and satisfying. However, if the Goodreads system allowed for a minus rating, a -3 is what I'd give this one.
The mystery portion of the plot was at best a nugget of a sliver of an idea, eno...more
The mystery portion of the plot was at best a nugget of a sliver of an idea, eno...more
This book was much better than I expected it to be! Susie is a beautiful woman with a beautiful life - amazing husband Jonah, who is a successful plastic surgeon in NYC, 4 yr old triplet sons, a lovely home on Long Island, a full-time housekeeper plus twin au pairs, a career as co-owner of an upscale floral boutique. It all crumbles when Jonah is found stabbed in a low-rent call girl's apartment in Manhattan. Susie can't accept the facts - that a deranged prostitute killed her husband. She decid...more
Susan B. Anthony Rabinowitz Gersten is married to Jonah Gersten, a well to do plastic surgeon. The are happily married, have triplets (all boys), and have a very comfortable lifestyle.
Susan's like turns upside down when Johah, her loving husband, is found dead (murdered) in the apartment of a second rate escourt (prostitute) by the name of Dorinda Dillon, aka Cristal Rosseau.
Susan must now prepare for a funeral, take care of the boys, answer questions not only from her family, but the press and...more
Susan's like turns upside down when Johah, her loving husband, is found dead (murdered) in the apartment of a second rate escourt (prostitute) by the name of Dorinda Dillon, aka Cristal Rosseau.
Susan must now prepare for a funeral, take care of the boys, answer questions not only from her family, but the press and...more
I gave this 2 stars, but I went back and forth between 2 and 3 a few times. I liked that it was told from the victim's wife's view, and the basic premise of the mystery was good, but at the same time I found the wife's detective work a little annoying and unbelievable. (Getting into a prison with false credentials and no ID? Visiting the accused and her lawyer with false credentials? Getting to hear the whole story from the killer as part of the deal?) I also thought the parents of both the husb...more
Sep 02, 2010
Kathleen Hagen
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As Husbands Go, by Susan Isaacs, b-plus, narrated by Hillary Huber, produced by Blackstone Audio, downloaded from audio.com.
Susie Gersten had what she considered to be a perfect life. She had a beautiful home, a husband who loved her, triplet boys loved by both herself and her husband, and enough money to live on. Then one day she woke up and her husband was not beside her in bed. She called the police, plus her in-laws and her own parents, and her husband’s partners in a plastic surgery practic...more
Susie Gersten had what she considered to be a perfect life. She had a beautiful home, a husband who loved her, triplet boys loved by both herself and her husband, and enough money to live on. Then one day she woke up and her husband was not beside her in bed. She called the police, plus her in-laws and her own parents, and her husband’s partners in a plastic surgery practic...more
Susan's rich, plastic surgeon, supposedly devoted husband is murdered in the apartment of a call girl so ugly even plastic surgery couldn't fix it. While the DA builds a case against the call girl, Susan does her best to find an alternate killer and prove her husband was still faithful to her. Aided by her eccentric grandmother and her best friend's husband, she tracks down the real killer.
The book was going ok until the last chapter, when suddenly, the killer has cut a deal with the DA and is t...more
The book was going ok until the last chapter, when suddenly, the killer has cut a deal with the DA and is t...more
Smart and Sassy, but Sweet, too
When Park Avenue plastic surgeon Jonah Gersten is found murdered in a prostitute's apartment, his wife Susie is devastated--and no wonder! She adored her husband and loved their life in a beautiful Long Island home with their rambunctious 4-year-old triplet sons, and knew in her heart Jonah felt the same about her. So not only does she have to face the tragic loss of this wonderful guy, and the snide remarks of her sometimes friends and neighbors about the circum...more
Susan Isaacs and Hillary Huber are a merry, mirth making, laugh provoking pair as is made evident in Huber's reading of AS HUSBANDS GO penned by the ever imaginative Isaacs. Huber's narrating skill has been described as “a perfect marriage of novel and narrator” – surely the case with this title. She has the ability to easily segue from charming to caustic to comedic, and has ample opportunity to exercise all of these inflections with AS HUSBANDS GO.
The husband who has just gone, quite literal...more
Susan's got a pretty fantastic life--her husband, Jonah, is an in-demand plastic surgeon and they have four-year-old triplet sons who are adorable (if quite loud and demanding, as four year olds are apparently prone to be). Things are almost perfect--until the day that Jonah doesn't come home. His partners don't know where he is; neither do his family or friends. He's missing for several days until his body is found. He was stabbed to death in a call girl's apartment. And nobody knows where the...more
Eh. I've enjoyed some of Susan Isaacs' mysteries, most notably After All These Years and Long Time No See, for what they were -- light entertainment. This one was of that genre but not quite as good.
Susan's mysteries usually star a reluctantly suburban hausfrau, charmingly cynical and snarky while being an overall nice person. Here, the main character got on my nerves. I was tired of hearing how good she looked, and about the brand names of every designer item she owned or noticed from clothing...more
Susan's mysteries usually star a reluctantly suburban hausfrau, charmingly cynical and snarky while being an overall nice person. Here, the main character got on my nerves. I was tired of hearing how good she looked, and about the brand names of every designer item she owned or noticed from clothing...more
I thought this book was fun. I've always liked Susan Isaacs, and this is what I've come to expect from her mysteries (as opposed to her epic novels like Almost Paradise or Shining Through), a small mystery with lots of fun, tongue-in-cheek Long Island characters. If you're looking for more serious suspense (and it sounds like some people are), better to go with James Patterson or John Grisham, but Isaacs' chatty style and, yes, lengthy getting-to-know-you character study is fun for a light summe...more
Again, I would like to have fractions, at least 1/2, to add to my rating. I read enough reviews to realize the worst ratings result from genre disappointment. Those ratings seem to be from people who expected it to be chicklit. I had no expectations.
In the first chapter I thought it was going to be humor. The ironic descriptions were pretty damn funny. Though humor recurred here and there, the book settled into a cozy mystery with interesting observations on family dynamics.
One of the things I r...more
In the first chapter I thought it was going to be humor. The ironic descriptions were pretty damn funny. Though humor recurred here and there, the book settled into a cozy mystery with interesting observations on family dynamics.
One of the things I r...more
Absolutely one of the worst books I've read in a long time. I am being generous with two stars, probably overly generous. Susan Isaacs used to be an awesome writer; this one isn't even worthy of Jackie Collins. It's shallow, full of pretentious brand name dropping and hateful, unlikeable characters. Obsessed with looks, the only "nice" people in the book are described as obese, hairy, stupid looking, or otherwise unfit to habit Susan's ultra nouveau riche, designer world. If you like your laught...more
Susie B. Anthony Rabinowitz is living a charmed life. She is the wife of a successful, devoted and handsome Park Ave. plastic surgeon. She lives in a beautiful home in Long Island with their triplet 4 year old boys. She is also a partner in successful flower shop. All this changes when her husband goes missing for two days only to be found stabbed to death in a call girls apartment. Susie is certain her husband wasn't unfaithful and sets out to prove it. Her grandmother Ethel comes in from Miami...more
I have enjoyed all of Susan Isaacs’ books in the past, but her newest does not deserve the five stars I thought I might suggest. In As Husbands Go, it’s not that she wasn’t side splitingly funny (given my appreciation for Jewish oriented humor) she was all of that, plus her characterizations of stereotypical middle class Jewish society were unbelievably on target. Unfortunately, her talents in these areas were unmatched by a convoluted, unbelievable plot development. Isaacs’ story is that of a L...more
I got really bored with this one half way through. So it sat, vegetating, on my bedside table until today. I still wanted to know who killed her husband so I took an hour this afternoon and completed it. To be honest, it was not the most thrilling, or plausible, of conclusions. Nor was it very satisfying. At least not to me. I did quite enjoy Grandma Ethel and her partner Sparky. Grandma may have no scruples but she can swear like a trucker and that made me laugh.
Who didn't I like? The widow Ge...more
Who didn't I like? The widow Ge...more
The narrator can’t believe she has such a perfect life until her husband is murdered in a prostitute’s apartment. She tries to prove (a) that her husband wasn’t there for sex and (b) the prostitute didn’t kill him. If you are an avid reader of mysteries, you will figure this one out as soon as the killer is introduced. I, however, hardly ever read murder mysteries and I can’t remember why I added to this book to my to-read list. That said, I couldn’t put it down. Isaacs’ descriptions are over-th...more
Susan Isaacs has such a great tongue in cheek style, she manages to take this fictional account of a prominent plastic surgeon found dead in the apartment of a hooker and turn it into a pretty decent love story. Although she has her hands full trying to deal with losing her husband and realizing that she will be raising their triplets alone (well, with the help of live-in nannies), Susie Gersten never waivers in her determination to prove that her dead husband was not paying a hooker for her ser...more
I generally like Susan Isaacs books but this one is definitely not one of her best. I found it really hard to like the main character and her obsession with material things made the book seem like a shopping list for Paris HIlton. Yeah, I get it, the woman has money and buys name brand stuff with it, enough! The thing I generally like about Isaacs' books is that there's a bit of a mystery and though it's generally not too convoluted she does sort of walk you down the path to figuring it out. It...more
I didn't know quite what to make of this book when I first started it. At its core it was a book about an upscale couple (he a renowned plastic surgeon and she a floral designer) with triplets. On the surface, they had the perfect marriage. Then one morning the wife (Susie) wakes up and relizes her husband (Jonah) has not come home the night before. After a couple of days, (spoiler alert) the husband is found murdered in an escort's apartment and said escort has diappeared. The wife, Susie, refu...more
On the inside front cover flap, As Husbands Go by Susan Isaacs is described as "a rare mix of wit, social satire, and suspense...an irresistible story about a love that just won't give up." Happily, the book lived up to this description.
Ms. Isaacs is the author of twelve novels; however, As Husbands Go was my first experience with reading one of her books, and an excellent one as that. At first, I was put off by the stylish name dropping and scene setting, thinking, "Oh, here we go. Another Gucc...more
Ms. Isaacs is the author of twelve novels; however, As Husbands Go was my first experience with reading one of her books, and an excellent one as that. At first, I was put off by the stylish name dropping and scene setting, thinking, "Oh, here we go. Another Gucc...more
I wanted to like this book, I really did. I won this in a giveaway and was excited to get started. Uhg. I think that the actual writing was great and I would like to read more of Isaacs' work in the future. I feel like there is something I'm missing with this one. I get that she is shallow, vein, and a bit possessive, but why is it being mentioned all the time? In a story line like this one, as a reader, I wanted to feel bad for the character. I want her to get her closure or answers or find rel...more
I typically enjoy Susan Isaacs tongue in cheek style, but this book was a disappointment. I quickly became irritated with the main character. The constant description of what everybody was wearing, driving, or sitting on was over the top. Everything has negative energy associated to it. Isaacs dwells too intensely on the character flaws.
I guess if you enjoy laughter at the expense of others you find to be "less than", this is the book for you.
A few times I flipped ahead and skipped paragraphs j...more
I guess if you enjoy laughter at the expense of others you find to be "less than", this is the book for you.
A few times I flipped ahead and skipped paragraphs j...more
Susan Isaacs delivers a sharp witted tale of a woman's investigation into her husband's murder. There's a little slap stick and levity involved, even though the subject matter is sad. Susie's husband is stabbed to death in the apartment of a professional escort. Because his being there goes totally against his character and their history, Susie doesn't take the DA's pat answers about how the murder happened.
With the aid of her business partner and sympathetic family members, she corrals her tri...more
With the aid of her business partner and sympathetic family members, she corrals her tri...more
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Susan Isaacs is a recipient of the Writers for Writers Award and the John Steinbeck Award. She serves as chairman of the board of Poets & Writers and is a past president of Mystery Writers of America. She is also a member of the National Book Critics Circle, The Creative Coalition, PEN, the American Society of Journalists and Authors, the International Association of Crime Writers, and the Ada...more
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