I really didn't enjoy this one - it dragged and really felt like there was no point to it.

I didn't get the point of this book. I read Le Divorce and liked it (granted, a while ago...maybe I didn't like it as much as I remember?) so I figured I'd like this book by Diane Johnson. But with a title as steamy as L'Affaire, you'd think it would be more interesting, not just a drawn-out, boring look at American and European cultures/people. It wasn't even so much about English and French inheritance laws like the jacket says. I thought it would at least be a funny look at these cultural differences but I didn't find it very humorous. And I found it extremely annoying that the POV changed from one character to another in a matter of sentences. Unfortunately, I can't stop reading a book once I've started.

Eh. National "types" and other outdated attitudes, mashing up classics without building something interesting.

Abandoned at page 90. It was ok, but not good enough to continue.

A fun read until just about the end. I felt like the author lost steam and tried to find a quick fix way to end the story. I did find it very "educational" and will likely avoid buying property in France.

I'm going to be honest, I couldn't finish it. It was very boring to me.

Amy Hawkins takes her dot com earnings and heads to France. Despite an avalanche, an unusual family and a "new" apartment in Paris she had quite an experience.

Maybe my favorite Johnson novel.

At page 206 I had to call it quits. I did try to understand these characters and get into the story, but it just didn't happen. The characters seemed superficial and the storyline seemed to drag on, and on, and on. Kip was the only character I felt was "real".
I don't think I'll pick up another Diane Johnson book, and that may be my loss, but after trying to read this one, I'll take that chance.

I couldn’t make it past 70 pages.

I didn't enjoy this as much as the other Johnson book that I read,k Persian Nights. A little slow, and not much happening. Disappointing.

Slow, plodding, plotless, trite... not sure why I finished it, except I kept expecting it to pick up. But nothing interesting ever happened. And not a likable character in sight…