The Queen of Tuesday

If you, like me, love Lucy, stay far away from this book. An early promo led me to believe this would be a bit of historical fiction about Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz developing their series and finding success in early television. My daughter has been an “I Love Lucy” fan for years, so I pre-ordered it for her. Thank goodness I was interested in Lucy, too, and decided to read it first.
The book is a fantasy memoir in which the author suggests his grandfather had an affair with Lucille Ball just when she was pitching “I Love Lucy” to networks (and pregnant with Lucie, yet!). He writes in vivid detail about their sexual encounter.
Rarely do I find a book to be without any admirable characters, but this story is laced with an underlying anger that taints each and every character. Strauss even references the beloved episode with Lucy and Harpo Marx by calling Harpo a “has-been”.
This book is insulting and offensive to Miss Ball and to her fans. The copy I bought will not go to my daughter or even to a thrift store. This one goes in the trash.
I would have given this 0 stars, but the review format insisted on at least 1.

This book is mostly reading some guy’s inner thoughts about how he has the hots for Lucy. Lucy herself or other people we may care about (Desi, Frawley, Vance..etc) just aren’t in it much, if at all. When Lucy is in it though it’s ok. This book could have been really good though.

The main guy can come off as creepy. There are random unnecessary descriptions of women’s bodies. The tipping point for me was when the character had to have a little moment to himself (if you know what I mean. *wink wink*) because seeing the I Love Lucy intro (those curvy letters) and watching her make pancakes was oh so arousing. How weird is that??

I like fan fiction and was down for a little 1950’s fantasy but the whole book is about this guy, not Lucy. It’s written as the inner monologue of a guy going on and on and on and on wondering whether he really could really cheat on his wife with bits of him talking about how horny Lucy makes him. I personally would be embarrassed to have this book on my shelf with my other Lucy books. It’s cheap. Not much actually happens in the book, it’s just his thoughts about those two things. I think some people may like it, but probably only if you have the hots for Lucy, if you are just a regular fan I think it’s kind of irrelevant.

Im disappointed in this book. Its a hard read and is based on a what if persona. I wanted a book that was true to the life of Lucille Ball. I read two chapters and donating to Goodwill. Save your money.

I just received my copy yesterday and already I am hooked. I loved “I Love Lucy” so I find this book fascinating thinking could this have happened. What a unique premise – to put his family in the plot was a very brave concept. The author’s turn-of-phrase is amazing. I’ve read other books by Darin Strauss and have always thought him to be a really terrific writer. I rate this one of his best. I can’t wait to read on. Bravo!

I looked forward to a fun read about Lucy. One of the funniest women once on TV. It was insulting, disgraceful and revolting. Someone writing about a wet dream about his dad or grandpa having an affair with Lucy!? Lurid and pathetic. Get a life.

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