Reviews for The Cure for Modern Life

The average rating for The Cure for Modern Life based on 2 reviews is 1 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2009-06-15 00:00:00 Jack Dial I had high hopes for this book. At least, I hoped to enjoy this book, which initially seemed promising. For the first 100 pages. Then, it turned to crap. You know a book is bad when characters can't seem to see the obvious. In this book, it started when the main character, Matthew, suddenly had the problem of desperately needing to pretend he was going to be a father. He simply couldn't figure out to solve this "sudden" problem, even though there just happened to be two young homeless children camped out in his apartment at the time. Of course, he didn't realize the homeless kids were still there, due to a series of unrealistic events that had transpired...and from there, the book continued its downtward slide. Furthermore, all the characters were annoying, mean, and just generally unlikeable (except for the children). I felt like this book was grown organically, and not in a good way. The book was a mess, the plot was ridiculous, the characters unlikeable. Don't waste your time with this book!

Review # 2 was written on 2008-07-15 00:00:00 Joseph Shapiro This book wasnt nearly as good as Lisa Tucker's other books. All the characters are unlikable: There's Matthew, the greedy CEO who only cares about making money, Amelia, the bleeding heart do-gooder who thinks capitalism is evil & that she needs to take care of the world because she thinks she knows what's best, & Ben, the nerdy scientist with no people skills who ends up getting Amelia pregnant & not supporting her. There are also 2 foster kids, Danny & Isabelle, who Matthew & Amelia use to blackmail each other, & the kids' druggie mom. When Matthew meets the kids Isabelle is very sick. She's 3 but she doesnt walk or talk & throws up all the time. Once Matthew takes her in she makes a miraculous recovery: She starts walking & learns to talk by watching TV. Amelia seems to like "helping" others to make herself look good, not because she really cares about them, & Ben is too out of it to worry about anything except his science experiments. The story has no real ending & it just wasnt very good.