Melanie

Hard to like main character

Revisado: 05-29-24

There wasn’t enough depth to the main character to like her. There was very little excitement to the story.

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Fun story

Revisado: 05-01-24

Loved this book. The characters were all likable, and I found myself very invested in their happiness.

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Not my favorite

Revisado: 01-04-24

I usually like Jessica Redland’s books- but not this one. The main character just isn’t relatable or particularly likable, and I’m someone who also has an auto-immune disease.

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It took me a few minutes…

Revisado: 02-13-23

It took me a few minutes to get into the style of a series of letters— but ultimately it was a wonderful story with complex and lovable characters.

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I wanted to like it

Revisado: 01-27-23

I tried so hard to like it. I loved the first book in this series— but omg. By the time it got to the mean tweets, I found myself agreeing. Paris is hard to like— but I’m happy about the confrontation of a mental health issue. We all need to talk about that more.

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Wonderful story

Revisado: 11-22-22

This was a well written, and well performed book. Going on this journey with the characters really made the reader introspective as well. not my usual, type of book, but very glad I listened.

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Great story. Bad accents.

Revisado: 08-23-22

Fantastic story. I love Jill Mansell. Wonderful, likeable characters with complex backgrounds that came together well.
But there may have been too many people in the book who were from other places. The accents were terrible, particularly Maureen from Milwaukee. People from Milwaukee do not sound like drunk southerners (usually)— and it’s totally okay not to know that! I would far rather just listen to the narrator read the story in her own voice than to be distracted by all of the changes of accent.

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Weird dialogue

Revisado: 01-11-22

Okay. I tried really hard to like this book. The mystery element is good— but I don’t understand why the dialogue portions of the book are missing so many words which belong in conversation. There is a marked lack of pronouns and articles (like “the”) which results in a weird, stilted style, not just for one unique character, but in every quoted exchange with every character. These people are supposed to be midwestern (in Indiana), and the author makes them seem like bumpkins who met at the OK corral. I don’t get it at all. It REALLY detracts from an otherwise tolerable story.

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Weak main character

Revisado: 09-06-21

I wish I would’ve known this was about a 34-year-old virgin before I bought this book. The idea that this woman had to get the blessing of her overly controlling parents to find happiness was ridiculous.

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Captivating

Revisado: 08-15-16

Wonderful story with love and sadness-- and it lacks the predictability of so many similar books. Loved it.

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