This book was typical chick-lit - love story gone awry
interspersed with a few really profound sentences and funny moments.
Ultimately, I was disappointed with the plot; Flowers allows one of the major
characters, Patsy, to actually overshadow the protagonist, and seems to lose
grasp of where the story is going about three-fourths of the way through. She
conveniently recalls characters who have little to no development other than
mention of a name to fill in latter parts of the story and reaches for a few
unbelievable straws to bring the novel to a close. It occupied me for about
three evenings before bed, but did not hold my interest enough to pursue other
works by this author (Rebecca Flowers). The writer has some greater potential
that is unfortunately not reflected by the poorly planned resolution to this
story. If you need some mindless reading with a a few interesting characters,
pick it up. If you want an expertly-executed plot with surprises and resolutions,
look elsewhere.
No comments:
Post a Comment