I Almost Forgot About You by Terry McMillan 1.5 stars rounded up

[Karin]

Georgia Young, mid-fifties, practising optometrist, twice divorced, mother of two is having a midlife crisis. She decides to look up her former loves to see what they have been up to and how they are doing, sell her house and her practise, go on a long train ride and find something else to do. This book is about that journey, whether or not she actually does that.

When I first got this book, I was excited; after all, I've heard about a couple of other best-selling books by this author that I have never yet got around to reading, and thought that now would be my time for an introduction, but I was disappointed. There is potential with a story like this, but it felt flat. The writing, while not abysmal, was certainly nothing special and would need many other things going for the story to make it more likable as a result. And, to be honest, I got tired of all the swearing by the end of the first chapter, but that alone wouldn't give a rating this low. I had to read this book in relatively short snippets, because reading for longer times to try to get into the book, were annoying me too much to want to finish.