*sigh* I wanted to like it. I really did. When I first discovered Alice Hoffman years ago I found her writing so lyrical and her stories wrapped aroun*sigh* I wanted to like it. I really did. When I first discovered Alice Hoffman years ago I found her writing so lyrical and her stories wrapped around you. Now I am only halfway through this long awaited prequel and I am bored and uninterested. There is nothing keeping me vested in the story or the characters for that matter. Very disappointing....more
I enjoyed this book but still had a but if confusion or lingering questions at the end.
how did Hollis' wife**spoiler alert** *possible spoiler alert*
I enjoyed this book but still had a but if confusion or lingering questions at the end.
how did Hollis' wife and child died? Did I miss that? I know Alan's wife died in a fire, the elder Coopers' (Gwen's grandparents) in a car accident, but Belinda and little Cooper?
Why did people think Hollis guilty? Susie Justice was determined to look into Hollis but she never didn't uncover anything about why people though Hollis killed Belinda. Yes he was and ass hole an manipulated and probably beat her bu I was expecting more info.
Why did March's dad bring Hollis home with him in the first place? I kept waiting for that info to unfold.
Isn't March regretful or something? I kept waiting for the story to unfold in a way that make the read feel sorry for Hollis or March. But it didn't. I did not like March at all. I thought she was being a shitty, selfish parent. I wanted some realization moment from her.
Overall its Alice Hoffman and I wanted to keep reading. ...more
This was an interesting sort of story. The type of thing I have come to expect from Alice Hoffman but not the standard for YA novels. Alice Hoffman's This was an interesting sort of story. The type of thing I have come to expect from Alice Hoffman but not the standard for YA novels. Alice Hoffman's mystical-ness, as I have come to call it, really shines through in this novel.
There is very little dialoge in this book, something I realized about halfway through and was impressed by the fact it did not standout. This is a story of a girl awaiting her 16th birthday. Her family lives on a hill above their small village which is just over the river from a large city. Disaster strikes the city. These places are never named and the disaster is rather vague but it gives some reminder to September 11. The girl looses her family in the disaster. The story is about how she survives emotionally and physically after this disaster to the city and her family. It is a girls journey through grief....more
I must be having a worse week then I thought because I don't remember even writing the blurb below. Oh well. I am still giving up. This book is very sI must be having a worse week then I thought because I don't remember even writing the blurb below. Oh well. I am still giving up. This book is very sad and I just cannot handle reading it right now. Also I am not connecting with any of the characters. Usually there is one that you tend to feel for or relate to but I don't and it feels like you're not supposed to be overly sympathetic for anyone.
Hoffman is one of my favorite authors so perhaps I will try it again some other time.
----- I'm giving up. Its very disappointing for Alice Hoffman. Her writing is normally so smooth and flowing. Not with this book....more
I like Alice Hoffman and her books have a way of drawing me in, but this one, did not do that for me. I thought it was odd. I couldn't connect with itI like Alice Hoffman and her books have a way of drawing me in, but this one, did not do that for me. I thought it was odd. I couldn't connect with it....more
This book drew me in. The writting enveloped me but I thought the story lost something at the end. I'm not sure what but it seems it ended to quickly This book drew me in. The writting enveloped me but I thought the story lost something at the end. I'm not sure what but it seems it ended to quickly or undramatically considering how it got there....more
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