I read this about five or six years ago. It was an assigned book for my Advanced British Literature class in college. The class was taught by an awesome professor (maybe my favorite teacher ever), and this was actually my third class I had with him. He normally assigned great books and was always very insightful. He clearly liked this book and tried his darnedest to point out its qualities. But I just couldn't join him on this one. I was like, "Prof, I love ya, but cut...it...out, c'mon." I found the book not only boring but annoying, a lethal combination. It's one thing to be boring, but don't be annoying. I have tried to forget this book so I don't remember much about it. But it is about one of those classic unlikely affairs where the two characters don't like each other at first and shockingly (sarcasm alert) end up having an affair. They are both so intelligent and sophisticated too. He's some manager dude and she's some feminist professor or something. That's about all I remember and I don't want to go through it again to remind myself about the story. So lets leave it at that. It wasn't the worst book of all time, but if you were to ask me if you should read this then I would say, "No...come with me and let me show all the many different books that exist in the world that should be read before you decide to spend your time on this one." That's what I would say, word for word.
Also, no quotes. I had a couple things underlined in my book but they are not worthy of being singled out and posted.
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