Cleaving - Julie Powell

Cleaving - Julie Powell (2009)

Julie Powell is that famous blogger, who got a book then got a movie. She wrote Julie and Julia, which charmed us with her marriage, and her efforts to emulate the cooking efforts of Julia Child.

In her second book, I was just annoyed at her, for 450 pages. For her next project, she decides to learn how to butcher, which although slightly interesting, one thinks it must not have the cinematic qualities that producers would be clambering for. I never quite understood why she decided to do this, and maybe there doesn't have to be a reason, maybe it is just an escape. She certainly does her best to escape her marriage, and seems to have an unhealthy adolescent obsession with her lover, sending him texts and emails when he has cut off all contact.

To be honest, I just found her a bit whiny and a wimp, and wanted to tell her to move on with her life. I am sure after the success of the earlier book, and the recent movie publishers were clambering to get something more in print. In their haste, there is this jumble of a book, that to me was uninspiring quite often dull. 1/5