Book Review: Married to the Military: A Survival Guide for Military Wives, Girlfriends, and Women in Uniform: Meredith Leyva: Books
Book Review: Married to the Military: A Survival Guide for Military Wives, Girlfriends, and Women in Uniform: Meredith Leyva: Books
Because I couldn’t give it LESS than one star,
By Laura Downing “Army Wife of 20+ Years” (Germany) -
This review is from: Married to the Military: A Survival Guide for Military Wives, Girlfriends, and Women in Uniform (Paperback)
I found this book to be offensive on several levels. Other reviewers have mentioned these complaints, but I want people to know that it isn’t just a handful of women who found the book repellent.
First off, it seems to support a 1950’s mentality. Granted, it talks about working outsite the home, etc., but only if it may cause others to look up to you, supporting your husband’s possible promotion. It also talks about advancing your husband’s career and how to effectively suck up to his superiors. I could vomit.
Secondly, all of the information can be found elsewhere for free. Some of it is good information, I’ll grant Ms. Leyva that, but there was nothing that really impressed me so much to think that this this book was worth the money that was paid for it.
Luckily, it was given to me as a gift. I’ve been known to re-gift from time to time, but I wouldn’t even pass this one on! I value my friendships too much.
Also, as mentioned in other reviews, the book REALLY pushes its website, leading me to believe by the end of the book that it was nothing more than a giant write-up for the website. I visited the site, as the book suggested (over and over and over), and I was absolutely appalled by what I saw! I certainly will not be returning. I felt like I was in High School all over again–18 year old girls grouped off into the cool and not-cool, only on the site it’s “the pregnant vs. the not”, “the Navy vs. the others”, etc. And it seems that some girls (very young and barely H.S. educated) go there really looking for guidance with serious military family issues and what they get instead is “cyberhugs” and “don’t worry”’s. But that was not the worst of it. I then stumbled upon forums that seemed to be nothing more than political forums where people are openly racists and hateful toward others (I saw several posts that showed this intolerance to be especially true of Arabs). How they maintain their status as non-profit, I do not know. Leaving it up there for all to see is, in effect, condoning it and I was sickened.
I can say without fail that had I stumbled upon the website before hearing about the book, I definitely would not have read the book, and I’d recommend the same to others.
[...],
By Kimberly (Beale AFB, California) -
This review is from: Married to the Military: A Survival Guide for Military Wives, Girlfriends, and Women in Uniform (Paperback)
[...] I am an Air Force wife and after patiently reading the entire book, I found that nothing written in it pertained to any branch EXCEPT the Navy and Marines. If you are going to write a book, and name it "Married To The Military", you need to do just that…write about the military…ALL branches, not just the one your husband is in. IMO, Meredith should have named it "Married To The Navy", because that’s what the book is about. [...] I give this book [...] 2 very big thumbs down!
not worth it,
By Navy Spouse (FT Meade MD) -
This review is from: Married to the Military: A Survival Guide for Military Wives, Girlfriends, and Women in Uniform (Paperback)
Basically, a shameless plug for the website, which isn’t any different than the many others out there doing the same thing. The Chat Forums are full of ignorant and uneducated children who give out bad information left and right, which they probably got from the book. The book itself is not much, most of the information can be found on the web or at your local Family Support Center.
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