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3.66 AVERAGE
3.66 AVERAGE
This book disappointed me. I was holding it to the standard of the other three books so it was kind of my own fault but I waited for this to be over. Still glad I got to see what happened to all my favorite characters.
It was a good story for the most part but probably more like 2.5 stars for me. There was a lot of extra information about the town and other people in it that didn't interest me that I skipped over. Also maybe it was just the digital copy but there was no space between scenes. One second she would be talking to someone at the store and the next paragraph she was at home.
Wonderful story - with lots of personal parallels… small-town South, pharmacies, typical characters who live in those small towns…
As with many series, you get into the characters and their lives… and then it’s over. I’ll miss Big Stone Gap, but so glad we got to visit.
emotional
hopeful
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book is a fine story though it took way too long to get through. The writing style really dragged, not to mention the long chapters. This book was also all over the place - it's like the author decided to put every stereotypical life in the mountains in this book I swear - not to mention the many unnecessary meanderings of the main character. It still isn't a bad story, just not the best.
Also. Not really funny as advertised.
Also. Not really funny as advertised.
It was very slow to start, but around chapter 7 it got really good. I loved the small town pieces that were thrown in there. It helped me remember my childhood growing up in that area.
I see shades of the early Barbara Kingsolver books here.
Ave Maria is 35, a pharmacist in a small Virginia mountain town, the "town spinster." The book follows her life for a year. Her mother's been dead for a year, her Dad dead for 10. But Ave discovers that her "father" really wasn't, the story builds from there. It's a warm, friendly book - reminiscent of Lorna Landvik and Fannie Flagg. I will definitely read more of her works.
Re-read on audio: Nov 27, 2012
Ave Maria is 35, a pharmacist in a small Virginia mountain town, the "town spinster." The book follows her life for a year. Her mother's been dead for a year, her Dad dead for 10. But Ave discovers that her "father" really wasn't, the story builds from there. It's a warm, friendly book - reminiscent of Lorna Landvik and Fannie Flagg. I will definitely read more of her works.
Re-read on audio: Nov 27, 2012
I like Trigiani's writings, but this book just never seemed to take off. There was nothing that I was waiting to see what was going to happen. It just seemed to plod along and if I did start to think something was going to be interesting it kind of fizzled. Disappointing.
I've meant to read this for quite awhile and now I'm glad I did. It was a lovely, comfy, place to be for the past week! And now I'll be looking for the next books Ms. Trigiani wrote about Big Stone Gap!