This was an engaging enough read. The author created well-drawn, interesting characters, and she certainly has a knack for imagery. However, sometimes she seems to become so enamoured with creating images, that the flow of the story is broken.
*Minor Spoilers**
I also found myself not caring much about a couple of the major characters. I couldn't empathize with Will leaving his young wife to go overseas for no real reason, and it seemed unlikely to me that someone who had done all the training and interning to become a doctor would be so thrown by the death of a single patient that he would essentially go off the deep end. At the same time, I also had little empathy for his self-pitying wife, Emma, who whined constantly inside her own head instead of speaking out.
The other characters were more appealing and I wish the story had revolved …
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MaidMerry rated Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine: 5 stars
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
No one’s ever told Eleanor that life should be better than fine.
Meet Eleanor Oliphant: She struggles with appropriate social …
MaidMerry rated Waiting for Gertrude: 4 stars
MaidMerry rated The Testaments: 4 stars
The Testaments by Margaret Atwood (The Handmaid's Tale, #2)
When the van door slammed on Offred's future at the end of The Handmaid's Tale, readers had no way of …
MaidMerry rated And the mountains echoed: 4 stars
And the mountains echoed by Khaled Hosseini
Presents a story inspired by human love, how people take care of one another, and how choices resonate through subsequent …
MaidMerry reviewed The Postmistress by Sarah Blake
Those who carry the truth sometimes bear a terrible weight... It is 1940. France has …
Review of 'The Postmistress' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
This was an engaging enough read. The author created well-drawn, interesting characters, and she certainly has a knack for imagery. However, sometimes she seems to become so enamoured with creating images, that the flow of the story is broken.
*Minor Spoilers**
I also found myself not caring much about a couple of the major characters. I couldn't empathize with Will leaving his young wife to go overseas for no real reason, and it seemed unlikely to me that someone who had done all the training and interning to become a doctor would be so thrown by the death of a single patient that he would essentially go off the deep end. At the same time, I also had little empathy for his self-pitying wife, Emma, who whined constantly inside her own head instead of speaking out.
The other characters were more appealing and I wish the story had revolved more around them.
That said, there was enough I liked about the book that I would try this author again.
MaidMerry reviewed Jane Austen book club by Karen Joy Fowler
Review of 'Jane Austen book club' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
It's Chick Lit, but it's a quick and entertaining read. Predictable, but satisfyingly so.
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Fifteen-year-old Ari Mendoza is an angry loner with a brother in prison, but when he meets Dante and they become …
MaidMerry rated The Dutch House: 4 stars
The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
A HOUSE FORMERLY OWNED BY A WEALTHY COUPLE IS PASSED DOWN TO A NEWLY RICH BUSINESSMAN AND HIS CHILDREN. HOW …
MaidMerry rated Little Fires Everywhere: 4 stars
Celeste Ng: Little Fires Everywhere (2020, Penguin Publishing Group)
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
In Shaker Heights, a placid, progressive suburb of Cleveland, everything is planned – from the layout of the winding roads, …
MaidMerry rated Such a Fun Age: 5 stars
MaidMerry rated Remembrance: 1 star
Remembrance by Danielle Steel
Her beloved Italian homeland shattered in the wake of World War II, exquisite Serena, Principessa di San Tibaldo, has nothing …
MaidMerry rated My Name Is Lucy Barton: 4 stars
My Name Is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout
My Name is Lucy Barton is a 2016 New York Times bestselling novel and the fifth novel by the American …