The Good Soldier

The Good Soldier, for me, was a bit of a bore to begin with, but once I got into it a little bit, I was hooked. It became sort of like a soap opera to me. I mean, seriously, when you break it down it really is like a chapter of the Young and The Restless. First of all, you have two boring, loveless marriages, and two adultering spouses. I hated how Edward almost became the victim in the story. "Good Soldier", my ass. I'm sorry, but I do not feel sorry for a guy who feels that he is bettering the world by sleeping with women who aren't his wife. I'm not falling for that. I also don't feel sorry for Leonora either, but maybe that's because I wanted her to embrace her "girl power." Hello!!! Dump the sorry bastard and make your own money! And Florence....I don't even know where to begin. All the characters are sorry excuses for people and the whole situation was just a mess. I really didn't like John's sarcastic, no big deal, way of telling the story. It was like he wasn't even involved, which clearly he was. He was very unattached from the story, which made all the deaths and betrayal seem like they weren't really a big deal, but in reality they should have been. Maybe I'm just a "happily ever after" kind of girl, but that is a sad way to live for half your life. And even in the end when he takes of "the girl" who is broken because of Edward, it's still a sorry way to live your life.