"...Perhaps I'm missing the quirky appeal of this, but I found this book totally unappealing and sickening...One star out of five...." --Reviewer "Sherrie" in Goodreads

"...Love and romance has an annoying tendency to pop up where you least expect it. Woman Times One: A Quasi-Romance tells the story of an offbeat young woman lost in the world who finds an unusual direction in life when she encounters an animal shelter and the charms of a dentist as well as the cruelty of teenagers. A riveting story with plenty of originality, Woman Times One is a choice pick for readers." --Midwest Book Review

"...Patella is really sympathetic and likeable. Jon Riis manages to pack a lot of interesting, pertinent, and very eccentric stuff into the story. If we gave stars, we'd give one to this story...." --Mimbres Omnireview (NM)

"...story is full of surprises, not all of them pleasant. After a straightforward, funny, and sentimental beginning, the reader is taken to an animal shelter from which the little unadopted animals are 'disposed of.' Everybody knows that about shelters, but nobody talks about it. This part of the story grabbed me unexpectedly by the throat...." --Alice Grimaldi, Librarian (CA)

"I can sympathize with Patella. I am fat, too, and understand why she insists on wearing sweats. This story scared me in some places, but finally actually inspires me...." --Ann Pace, HS student (CA)

"...one part of the story made me cry (actually several parts did). It was when Joey came up to the group where Patella was and didn't greet her because, as he put it, 'I didn't see you.'" --Patrice Blanda, Grown-up (NV)

"...This is a story with a deceptively light tone, plenty of self-deprecating humor, and an underlying seriousness that does not preach but speaks subtly to some social and personal questions facing society today...." --Emeline H. Ficht, Older (CA)

"...If Mr. Riis was working from a live model person when he created Doctor Sammy Bud, I'd love to know that oddball dentist!" --Arva Jo Strickman, Middleschool teacher (AZ)

"...I'll bet you get complaints from readers who expected this to be a romance, like with frilly gowns and bare-chested guys. Some of Patella's experiences would make an ordinary girl shriek and run, or at least shudder. She does neither, which shows me that she's got more guts than most...." --Edith Scranton, High School Teacher (MN)