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Book Review By Amanda Goodwin
The War of the Roses by Warren Adler

Oliver and Barbara Rose had a seemingly perfect marriage: he a succesful lawyer, and her an aspiring and then very profitable caterer. When their marriage starts to disintegrate, rather than give up the perfect house they built together, the Roses declare war on each other.


Plot & Themes
Tone of book? - humorous
Time/era of story - 1960's-1970's
Romance/Romance Problems Yes
Kind of romance:
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status:
Age: - 20's-30's
Ethnicity/Nationality

Main Adversary
Identity: - Female
Age: - 20's-30's
Profession/status:
How sensitive is this character?
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 6 ()
Small town? Yes
Small town people: - nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee
Misc setting

Writing Style
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references only - descript of kissing
Lot of foul language? Yes
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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