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Agnes Nash has the perfect life. She's married to a Hollywood movie producer and has a beautiful daughter. Wealth and happiness. Till Trevor, her husband wants a divorce. She only finds out when she goes home after a book signing and she can't get into the gates to get home. The code has been changed.
Then her husband gets the best lawyer, cuts off all her money and sells their home right from under her. What more could go wrong? Oh yes, losing custody of her daughter. Trevor being the loving devoted father, promptly has a nervous breakdown. He doesn't handle every day things. He likes the idea of it not the actuality.
A hilarious book about relationships, divorce, friendships, and survival of the fittest! Excellent!!

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I never say I dislike a book but this book just wasn't the book for me. I love the plot etc and the cover was catchy but the story just wasn't there for me. Hollywood divorce .. middle aged star and a man--child she is dealing with. I wanted more. I wanted it to be funnier.. I wanted someone I wanted to get behind and want them to win .. it just all fell flat for me.

Thank you Netgalley for my ARC copy for my honest review.

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I struggled to finish Been There, Married That. I really wanted to like it, it was well written and fast paced, but between the free thought style of narrative and the just generally unlikable characters I just could not get into it. Some parts were funny, but overall I didn’t care enough about the characters, and didn’t like how vulgar it was in places. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for allowing me to read this, but this book was not for me

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This book appeared to have potential, but was rather difficult for me to like and much less finish. I had a hard time finding a character I could connect with. The author tried to have funny moments and unfortunately it just didn't happen. The plot and story line was choppy and I had a hard time staying focused on what I was reading. I can't figure out if the situations were realistic or not for Hollywood, but if they are, I feel sorry for anyone that lives this sort of lifestyle. Thank you, NetGalley and the publishers for providing me with an ARC in exchange for my honest review

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This was a book that I didn't really enjoy but I finished it anyway. I thought the humor was forced and it seemed like the storyline was everywhere.

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Thank you to NetGalley, Gigi Levangie and St. Martin's Press for this ARC.

I tired to get into this book, but I couldn't. It wasn't great, it was just okay. I'm sure other people will love it, but it wasn't my cup of tea.

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Been There, Married That might have been any Hollywood story written today if it weren't for the realization of Agnes Murphy Nash that she truly wanted the divorce. Why fight for what you don't want? There was really only one thing she really wanted from the jerk her sweet husband had turned into...

I had a hard time getting into this book in the beginning and almost put it down completely on several occasions. The inner thoughts of Agnes and parenthetical phrases were too distracting. I am so glad I stuck with it! By the middle, I couldn't put this book down and found myself forgetting other responsibilities so I could read just a little bit more.

As we follow along the path of Agnes Murphy and Trevor Nash on their way to divorce, we get a glimpse inside the story of how they came to be; a little of the life of Agnes pre-Trevor and her crazy sister Finley; and a glimpse of what us mere mortals can only guess is what Hollywood life could be like when you have more money than sense.

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I found this book very hard to follow and because of that it did not grab my interest. I didn't finish the book.

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OMG! This story is so Hollywood! It took me a few pages to get in character, but once I did I was hooked. Totally relatable even if you don’t live that lifestyle. I laughed, cried and cringed throughout this book and I loved that the end was unpredictable!

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I was really wanting to enjoy this book but there are several things that kept me from enjoying it. The writer tries too hard to make things funny when they are not. Some characters seem like an after thought and I sometimes wondered if the author knew what she was writing. The editing pen needs to be mighty with this book.

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I have to admit that this was a book that I did not enjoy. For one thing the eprint copy was very small and I could not enlarge it so just reading it was difficult.

The book was really funny as it explores the very contested Hollywood movie producer divorce. But while funny it just went on and on and I found myself losing interest. I just had no desire to finish it.

I wish to thank Net Galley and the publisher for allowing me to read an advanced copy of this book. I have voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

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Interesting read. First book I have read by this author and I really enjoyed it. Usually read mysteries but this was a nice change of pace. Received an advance reader copy of this book but that in no way had any bearing on my review. Would definitely recommend this book.

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Enjoyable, funny, absolute escapism. What an engrossing world of scandal to wander into! Thank you for the chance to read and review.

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I did not finish this book at 25%. The stream of consciousness writing is very difficult to follow. I expected this to be a comedic turn on Hollywood marriages, but this just did not work out that way. Conversations between characters were incoherent and left me wondering who exactly these people were and what they had to do with anything currently going on, so at that point, I gave up. Thank you for the opportunity.

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Gigi Levangie is the ex wife of Brian Grazer-co founder of Imagine Entertainment with Ron Howard.-the producers behind blockbusters including Apollo 13 and A Beautiful Mind. Ms. Levangie is mostly known for her novel The Starter Wife (although she is actually Mr. Grazer's third wife), and the movie Stepmom. Is Been There, Married That a re-telling of her marriage and divorce to Brian? I hope not, as he seems like a decent guy despite an aversion to long term matrimony (he is currently on his fourth wife). Been There, Married That tries to be funny-the problem is it tries too hard and winds up becoming a caricature of itself. Perhaps that was Ms. Levangie's intention all along and the joke was lost on me, but Been There, Married That is cringe inducing, not just in its description of A lister's and their "dixie cup" (read disposable) attitude toward marriage, but also with the writing. It hop scotches all over the place making the dialogue nearly impossible to follow. I'm sorry to say, but I've Been There, Couldn't Finish that!!

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Thanks to Netgalley for an advanced copy of this ebook! I was super excited to read this as I’ve been a fan of Gigi’s other novels but this totally fell flat for me! I’m not into the Hollywood reality drama and I’m guessing I’m just passed this type of genre now because I was skimming through most of it just to get done. Agnes was an unrelatable character for me.

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Let me start off by saying I’m not a fan of reality tv and this book feels like it should be one of those housewives of whatever shows. However, it was a bit entertaining.

While I didn’t like the heroine being so whiny and kind of weak, she did have some hilarious thoughts and actions.

This was a fairly quick read and great for the change in genre I needed.

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This was a story about a relatively famous couple who go through a divorce. It was a great concept, but very hard to follow. The writing jumped around quite a bit and it was hard to understand time frames and when one paragraph ended and another began. I did enjoy the humor, but most of the story was very farfetched and the ending was unsatisfying. The main character and her sister were very well developed and likeable and that did carry the story along. All in all, I enjoyed the story, it was very different from the type of book I usually read.

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For the life of me, I just could not finish this. It was light-hearted, humorous or interesting. Wow, I just did not get the try every sentence to milk something as funny. Sorry, this was not even good.
Thanks, NetGalley for the advance copy to review.

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Really enjoyed the humor in this book, full of sassy phrases. But it went all over for me with really no story line . I appreciate the chance to read it. Did get lost a couple times when it jumped from one topic to another. Thank you Netgalley. Love reading new authors.

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