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Book Review By fran laniado
Murdering Mr. Monti by Judith Viorst

Brenda Kovner is a 46 year old wife, mother of two grown sons, and a syndicated advice columnist. Brenda decides that she wants to sleep with a man other than her husband, and so she arranges to have three liasons with three different kinds ofd men. Meanwhile, her son Wally announces his engagement. When Brenda meets her future in-laws, she find Wally's new father in law to be an extremely unpleasant man. Mr. Monti is intent on stopping the wedding between Wally and his daughter, and he will resort to anything to stop it. He blackmails Brenda, and her other son, Jake. Brenda decides that out of love for her children, she must murder Mr. Monti. However, Brenda is not the murdering type, so she watches thrillers, and embarks one one failed scheme after another.


Plot & Themes
Tone of book? - humorous
Time/era of story - 1980's-1999
Family, struggle with Yes
Struggle with: - In-laws
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status:
Age: - 40's-50's
Ethnicity/Nationality

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
How sensitive is this character?
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 2 ()
United States Yes
The US: - Northeast

Writing Style
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references only - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - licking - actual description of hetero sex
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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