Greta Martin

Made me laugh out loud!

Revisado: 09-22-24

Loved the cleverness of the story! I could imagine all of it-great portrayal of the emotions of grief and loss.

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Aching Waves of Desire

Revisado: 05-03-24

Enjoyed the wisdom that comes with growing up and learning. Love the forthrightness between the characters.

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Stimulating And Tragic

Revisado: 04-25-24

The complexity of childhood trauma and adult life decisions is hard to judge. This story is as quick ‘read’ and truly had me thinking about the circumstances of hers and the others life. The characters really do come together, their life story is well placed. There’s a lot of heartbreak within each characters story except the thief’s. Which is how most theirs make their success-playing on others vulnerabilities.
When it ended I felt a little heavy and not completely excited about the main characters decision.
It was a great story and well written. I’d read another of this authors books.

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Healthy Connected

Revisado: 10-18-23

This brings three kinds of healthy connection to death. Michael is so honest, I enjoyed it.

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Caught me off guard

Revisado: 10-17-23

First of all, I still enjoy Jodi’s writing and storytelling. I think she’s fantastic.
This book caught me off guard. I enjoy the books that make me check my bias, learn and grow internally. Although this novel was informative and brought vivid description of the pains and fortunes of the archeology aspect within Egyptology.
I was so frustrated by Dawn/Olive the main character, I had to stop the recording and just breathe.
At a few points, I was shouting out loud about how selfish I felt she was! The contradictions of her actions from the things she aligned herself with in her life exasperating. Mother, wife, death doula, guardian of her brother, and lover (of two men). One whom she vanished from then just reappeared and smoothly starts back up the relationship! Like that happens all the time! The naivety of Olive’s actions drove me insane.
Knowing Jodi’s books help me do an internal bias check, I thought, am I showcasing any of these attributes of this main character that might be triggering my discomfort with her?
So I kept reading, listening, looking for something. The only place I could align myself with Olive was as a teenager when I was growing into my adult years and indeed ‘played small games within my young relationships!
And I grew out of that. Learning from those mistakes to be accountable for my actions and their ripple effect on others. Ta-Da!
The ending was a fitting closure for Olive in the steady noncommittal nature sense. I didn’t like it. After the plot peaked, I would have liked seeing internal growth of this character.
It would have reinforced all of the concepts that were brought up within the story. From pain and fortune in the study of Egyptology to life and death to love and loss to screwing up and forgiveness to parenting and child growth to pros/cons of marriage and adulthood.
In the end I found myself wondering if an editor shaved the book down and what her manuscript looked like. I’d love to have coffee with Jodi and get her thoughts on this book,
I’m still a big fan—and this book is ‘finished’.

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