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3.55 AVERAGE
3.55 AVERAGE
Cute, cozy, chick lit story about three ladies who share secrets. If you are looking for something light and fluffy this is the one. The thought of a Confession Club sounds cool and fun though! It reminded me a little of "Sisters of the traveling pants" but with older ladies. Thank you for the opportunity to read and review this cute book.
The Confession Club is the third book in the Mason series. Elizabeth Berg writes very likeable characters and this is no exception. Characters from The Story of Arthur Truluv and Night of Miracles make appearances in this book. Maddy, the young pregnant girl from The Story of Arthur Truluv is back with her daughter Nola. Iris, who took over Lucille's cooking classes in Night of Miracles, is a main character in this story.
The beauty of Berg's stories is that they build off each other. You don't necessarily have to read the earlier books to enjoy this one, but it's worth it to know the background of these characters. The Confession Club doesn't have the supernatural elements that Night of Miracles did, but it also doesn't have the tight storylines of the previous books.
The Confession Club itself was a club within the story. A group of women met to share confessions and things they were ashamed of. The underlying theme of this story was that family isn't something you are necessarily born into, but something you've created. Family accepts you as you are and they are there to appreciate you - flaws and all.
The Confession Club is a nice, feel-good book. It's light and it's good, but it can't compare to The Story of Arthur Truluv.
Thank you to NetGalley, GoodReads and the publisher for an advanced reader's copy in exchange for an honest review.
The beauty of Berg's stories is that they build off each other. You don't necessarily have to read the earlier books to enjoy this one, but it's worth it to know the background of these characters. The Confession Club doesn't have the supernatural elements that Night of Miracles did, but it also doesn't have the tight storylines of the previous books.
The Confession Club itself was a club within the story. A group of women met to share confessions and things they were ashamed of. The underlying theme of this story was that family isn't something you are necessarily born into, but something you've created. Family accepts you as you are and they are there to appreciate you - flaws and all.
The Confession Club is a nice, feel-good book. It's light and it's good, but it can't compare to The Story of Arthur Truluv.
Thank you to NetGalley, GoodReads and the publisher for an advanced reader's copy in exchange for an honest review.
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Frankly my favorite parts of the book were the Confession Club chapters, with the ladies of Mason supporting each other through big and little embarrassments and guilty secrets. I didn't get a sense of distinct personalities among the women, but their confessions showed that everyone has a bit of darkness in them and that it doesn't negate the good things we do.
I hope Berg moves on to a new setting for her next book; I've had enough of this mythical Missouri small town (I live in Missouri - believe me, it's as real as the Loch Ness monster).
Frankly my favorite parts of the book were the Confession Club chapters, with the ladies of Mason supporting each other through big and little embarrassments and guilty secrets. I didn't get a sense of distinct personalities among the women, but their confessions showed that everyone has a bit of darkness in them and that it doesn't negate the good things we do.
I hope Berg moves on to a new setting for her next book; I've had enough of this mythical Missouri small town (I live in Missouri - believe me, it's as real as the Loch Ness monster).
I love Elizabeth Berg's books and I haven't read them in a while. I'm not sure why; there's no real reason for it. It was an impulse grab at ALA and then an impulse grab the night before Thanksgiving. (I got the release date wrong, and then decided to read this instead of an early December release.)
The Confession Club felt like comfort food to me, and I loved every page. It also makes me want to start my own confession club. But even without that, this is a sweet and fun book that is also sad and thought-provoking and basically the literary equivalent of hot soup on a cold day when you're feeling just a bit under the weather: it's exactly what's needed.
This is the third in a series, but it's more of an interconnected set of stories that take place in the same town than an actual series where they need to be read in order. (I do want to read the first two books now, though.)
The Confession Club felt like comfort food to me, and I loved every page. It also makes me want to start my own confession club. But even without that, this is a sweet and fun book that is also sad and thought-provoking and basically the literary equivalent of hot soup on a cold day when you're feeling just a bit under the weather: it's exactly what's needed.
This is the third in a series, but it's more of an interconnected set of stories that take place in the same town than an actual series where they need to be read in order. (I do want to read the first two books now, though.)
The Confession Club was my first read by Elizabeth Berg and based on this novel, I will want to go and explore her backlist titles. This is her third set in the town of Mason, Missouri, and I regret not reading the first two before picking this one up. It's never too late to go back though - one of the beauties of the reading life.
A group of local friends, age 20-80, form a supper club. They share their secrets, loves, worries, and sins over wine and shared meals every month. The members support each other as they face challenges and life decisions. We get to know each individual and together they form one of those appealing casts of quirky, human characters, so that the novel is full of many voices and perspectives and journeys.
If you're after a story that zooms in on small town life, that is thoughtful, quietly funny, and all about friendship, relationships and the hard choices that everyone faces in life, this is one to try. It's satisfying, uplifting and easy reading.
3.5 stars
A group of local friends, age 20-80, form a supper club. They share their secrets, loves, worries, and sins over wine and shared meals every month. The members support each other as they face challenges and life decisions. We get to know each individual and together they form one of those appealing casts of quirky, human characters, so that the novel is full of many voices and perspectives and journeys.
If you're after a story that zooms in on small town life, that is thoughtful, quietly funny, and all about friendship, relationships and the hard choices that everyone faces in life, this is one to try. It's satisfying, uplifting and easy reading.
3.5 stars
I just love this series so much. This may be my least favorite of the 3, but I love spending time with these characters.